Perhaps retaining the original barrel and bolt would eliminate the need. What worries me is the lack of a new fireproof, a shortened barrel or changed bolt would seem too qualify a rifle for such, though possibly not as i think there are cases where this is seen before (lacking). still, would like to see more of the front sight, contour of the barrel and any markings, faint or clear, on the stock, including buttplate (markings of any type, often HZa are small and worn). I can't upload my pictures here for some reason so I added a link too the pictures below.įor the most part this looks convincing, an authentic conversion, though I can't view all the pictures as that link won't load completely for me. I've never really seen anything like this before but my best guess is that it was a Gewehr 98 conversion to K98k, then some sort of wartime rebuild? Let me know what you guys think. Only markings I saw looked like 'Jih 1940'. It's in good shape besides some minor splitting. No SS markings or anything under the woodline. I couldn't find any markings on the stock. The bolt matches itself but I don't see any waffenampts or anything on it. Somebody did a poor attempt at a repair but it's fixable. The stock is in good shape besides being duffle cut behind the rear band. The bolt does not match, but everything else is stamped matching, including the screws. The floorplate and some of the other small parts look like Gustloff replacement parts. The front band looks like an old imperial band that was restamped and had the parade hook ground off. Appears the original barrel was used and not replaced.

It was a 1917 Amberg that has the 1920 property stamp. It looks better in person than the pictures. Some minor bluing wear but in good shape. It was priced around what Russian Captures are going for now, so I figured what the hell. I own more than a few K98k's but haven't had a chance to snag a Gewehr 98 conversion yet. Picked this up yesterday at a local show.

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