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boofus
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I just got in my new $189 Mauser from AIMsurplus. It's a Russian capture marked DOU 1943. It looks kind of odd when compared to other K98s. The front barrel band is a very crude solid piece of metal. There is no bayonet stud, and no place to attach the cleaning rod. There is no spring loaded bar on the front end with the barrel band either.
The barrel and stock are matching but the floorplate and bolt don't. I've heard later on in the war the Germans started to cut corners like not including bayonet lugs or cleaning rods and using stamped metal instead of milled. The magazine floorplate and trigger guard look like they are milled and not stamped though. They have the additional locking screws as well, which the later models didn't have.
I'm at a loss as to what kind of K98 I actually got from AIM. Is this some transitional model with higher quality parts mixed in with a late-war crude stock? or did I just get a FrankenRifle that AIM scrounged enough parts to throw together?
The barrel and stock are matching but the floorplate and bolt don't. I've heard later on in the war the Germans started to cut corners like not including bayonet lugs or cleaning rods and using stamped metal instead of milled. The magazine floorplate and trigger guard look like they are milled and not stamped though. They have the additional locking screws as well, which the later models didn't have.
I'm at a loss as to what kind of K98 I actually got from AIM. Is this some transitional model with higher quality parts mixed in with a late-war crude stock? or did I just get a FrankenRifle that AIM scrounged enough parts to throw together?