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Got a J.P. Sauer & Sohn K98 Russian-capture last night. UPS crunched the box, big time: even a hole on the side from the bolt. Not happy to see that. Most times C&R dealers remove the bolt and pack it seperately for this reason.
Unwrapping it I found the bolt safety wing broken off! and the insides of the part has that gray, cast-metal look.
Shouldn't that be a forged steel part? Does anyone know if the Russians made their own (shoddy) parts and put them into the captured K98's? The bolt (of course) is an electropencil match- barrel, reciever and stock have original match, though.
I don't like the look of this at all. Is that Russian hot-dip blue covering other pot-metal parts? It is a serious concern.
Unwrapping it I found the bolt safety wing broken off! and the insides of the part has that gray, cast-metal look.
Shouldn't that be a forged steel part? Does anyone know if the Russians made their own (shoddy) parts and put them into the captured K98's? The bolt (of course) is an electropencil match- barrel, reciever and stock have original match, though.
I don't like the look of this at all. Is that Russian hot-dip blue covering other pot-metal parts? It is a serious concern.