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marksman wrote:l think l would put my trust in No1's opinion
LawrenceA wrote:Looks like beech. Hard to tell if laminated.
Also appears to have had an alcohol based stain applied.
There were lots of late war K98's with Beech stocks I do not know if or how they were coloured.
What year is it?
Does it have the German manufacture code still?
Will be 3 letters.
No1Mk3 wrote:G'day SHV,
This is European Beech, same as most Swedish stocks. It indicates that the rifle was restocked after WW2 probably by Czechoslovakia but Israel also had Beech stocks after 1948, Cheers.
No1Mk3 wrote:G'day SHV,
Those WaA marks are on the rear sight base, which would have been reused when the 7.62 barrel was made. Removal of Nazi markings was somewhat haphazard, they could be ground off, over-stamped, peened out with a punch, overlooked etc. I have an Israeli K98k that still has it's Swedish Inspector marks from it's issue as an anti-tank rifle in 1940 then returned to 8x57 by Israel then missed out from 7.62 conversion so it has Nazi German, Swedish and Israeli stamps, Cheers.
in2anity wrote:just curious, shove the tip of an unfired cartridge into the end of the barrel - there should be say 6mm gap before the brass starts. if it's less, then she's done some work.
SHV wrote:LawrenceA wrote:Looks like beech. Hard to tell if laminated.
Also appears to have had an alcohol based stain applied.
There were lots of late war K98's with Beech stocks I do not know if or how they were coloured.
What year is it?
Does it have the German manufacture code still?
Will be 3 letters.
on the receiver manufacture code is bcd
made in 1943
SHV wrote:in2anity wrote:just curious, shove the tip of an unfired cartridge into the end of the barrel - there should be say 6mm gap before the brass starts. if it's less, then she's done some work.
it measures 5.46mm and it may change a little according the projectiles shapes and bullet sitting depth?
in2anity wrote:SHV wrote:in2anity wrote:just curious, shove the tip of an unfired cartridge into the end of the barrel - there should be say 6mm gap before the brass starts. if it's less, then she's done some work.
it measures 5.46mm and it may change a little according the projectiles shapes and bullet sitting depth?
yep spot on, it's only a rough indication. Nevertheless 5.46mm doesn't sound too bad, probably just shallower grooves when comparing to a newer barrel. My guess is the barrel is still a baby.