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Will Mitchells tell you that they reblued the metal? Of course not. Any collector will tell you, reblueing or for that matter sanding a stock will LOWER the value of a rifle. Mitchells reblues them so of course theyre going to have excellent blueing (and besides when your grinding off serials you kind of have to reblue or it wont look to good). "Excellent Blueing? The russians applied a matte black finish to the metal parts. The Germans NEVER marked their stocks in that way or location."
Mitchell mauser k98 serial#
The serial stamped in the side of the stock will tell you that and is a dead giveaway that these are Russian Captures. "Clean original stock? Yeah, they're original, made during WW2.just not original to that rifle. In the collecting world, every one of those things is a HUGE NO NO." Cause their "factory overhauled" statement is just their way of saying "we sanded the stocks, reblued the metal, ground off and restamped serial#s, and polished the bolt". But looking at that beautifal rifle in their ad you wouldn't know that and Mitchells isn't going to tell you that. "Ok.we know these are Russian Captures (again, something Mitchells does not mention) so being "preserved in military storage"? Ok, I can buy that.įactory Overhauled? Do you consider disassembling a rifle, covering the stock in shellac and stamping an "X" on the receiver and reassembleing the rifle regardless of serial#, as being factory overhauled? Because thats exactly what the Russians did. Bright bore, clean original stock, excellent blueing, matching numbers on all six major parts" Factory overhauled, preserved in military storage since 1945. Do you think people living under a Communist dictator were "free"? Hmmmm, let's leave that one to the historians shall we."ĥ. "Well, I guess that depends on your definition of free.
Mitchell mauser k98 free#
The Model 48 was produced by free people, instead of forced labor Or a beechwood stocked M48 made in Yugoslavia? Yeah thats what I thought."Ĥ. "Superior Example"? Ok let me ask you, would you rather have a walnut stocked Mauser K98 made at the Mauser factory in Germany. The Yugoslavian M48 is the designation or name of another certain rifle. the Model 48 is recognized as a superior example of the K98 type military rifle "Huh? K98 type? The German K98 is the designation or name of a certain rifle. Again a knowledgeable collector knows this."ģ.
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Built on former German tooling "Blah, blah, blah, nope, wrong! The "tooling" had been there since before the war and had been purchased from Fabrique Nationale in Belgium. Who do you think Mitchells is going after."Ģ. Somebody with little to no knowledge of Mausers, probably, does not. Big difference!!! A knowledgeable collector knows this. A Yugo M48 is a Mauser 98 action designed and built in Yugoslavia in 1948. Sorry, if you dont think thats misleading.an M48 is not in any way, shape, or form has anything whatsoever to do with a K98. Or Im sorry as they "advertise" 98K-M48.īut wait, I'm confushed, which is it guys a 98K, or an M48? It can NOT be both. Be warned, for any defenders of Mitchell's, it is very harsh against them.īold text is Mitchell's advertising statements.ġ. This was not written by me, so credit goes to original author.