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Russian captured 98k from WWII
updated 2/9/2015
German Mauser Rifles Serial Numbers Makarov Firearms. Visit MakarovWebsite. Makarov (PM - Pistolet Makarova) - Here you will find the serial number break down by letters and numbers in order to find out when you Makarov firearm was created. This is as simple as matching red to red, blue to blue, or 1 to 1. Looking for year of make of my german made 22.LR 8 shot,HW7 revolver serial number 753040 Arminius, I'm trying to look up the model of my gun. All I have is a serial number 78468 the maker of the gun bringingham the barrel length is 25 in it is a rifle AR10.
RUSSIAN CAPTURES in EXCELLENT external conditionMauser Rifle Serial Numbers Database
with either laminated (or, infrequently) solid-walnut buttstocks as-noted (some having visible Nazi cartouches on the right side of the wood). All minor parts are milled unless mentioned otherwise (solid front bands are milled but do not have the cut-outs at the top and bottom featured on the earlier H-type bands). We literally 'hand picked' every single rifle, and selected them for bore condition and uniformity of appearance.The above photo is of one of these 98k rifles taken completely at random from our stock.
ALL have mixed parts (as initially dismantled and then rebuilt by the Soviets during the 1950's) that are fitted to the rifle and each part is electro-penciled to match the receiver (the buttstock is always stamped on the left-side to match). If it has a X-like stamp on the receiver (a Russian-capture mark representing two crossed rifles) there will be a Y in the X? column, if not there will be a N in the X? column.
ALL have mixed parts (as initially dismantled and then rebuilt by the Soviets during the 1950's) that are fitted to the rifle and each part is electro-penciled to match the receiver (the buttstock is always stamped on the left-side to match). If it has a X-like stamp on the receiver (a Russian-capture mark representing two crossed rifles) there will be a Y in the X? column, if not there will be a N in the X? column.
Some rifles had their muzzles counterbored to increase accuracy, if so there will be a Y in the counterbored muzzle? column, We also added some columns to determine if the groove for a front-sight hood was present and the length of the cleaning rod.NONE currently have cleaning-rods or front sight-hoods (we offer high-quality reproductions of cleaning-rods at the bottom of this page), and the trigger-guards that used the small non-essential 'guard-screws' will be missing those 'guard-screws' (Gun Parts Corp sells reproductions of the guard-screws cheap). While there are reproduction 98k slings offered elsewhere, we do not sell or recommend them. We used to offer repro sight-hoods but no longer have any for sale and do not know where to obtain more.
ALL have a 99% or better refinish (which is hot-dip blued) on the metal though there may be some evidence of slight external speckling caused by a reaction of the metal from exposure to blood (these were, after all, used by the losing side during wartime). Though the wood is very sound and serviceable it will likely show old bumps and dings from actual wartime usage and may have some nicks and scrapes in the thick shellac-type finish (as is common on all Soviet reworks) from handling and storage. Headspace has been carefully checked for each rifle, and all are excellent in that regard, all bolts are turned-down and blued (as issued). The bores on these 98k's are much better than to be expected for a 60+ year-old battle-rifle with sharp lands and grooves, however none are perfect or 'like new' (they were, after all, actually issued to and used by German soldiers during WWII that only had corrosive ammunition available to use in them).
These rifles were assembled to be (and are) excellent shooters, and many identical examples saw action inVietnamand other politically unstable places like Angola during the 1960's.
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ORIGINAL MARKINGS INTACT!
All original Nazi markings, being either Weimar-style eagles with folded wings(standard on all German military arms mfg. before 1938) or the more familiar Nazi-style eagles with outspread wings atop a Swastika(on most rifles mfg. after 1938) have (unless noted otherwise)NOT been pinged-out or otherwise obliterated, and are usually very bold and clear!.
NOTE: The Russians captured literally MILLIONS of 98k's, and 'reworked' EVERY SINGLE ONE! Not a *SINGLE* example exists for sale in Russia or the former Soviet States that did NOT undergo this 'refurb' treatment, and literally no 'original configuration all-matching' Nazi 98k Mauser rifles exist behind what once was 'the iron curtain' (except for the few exhibited in museums) so aside from G.I. bring-backs these are all that will ever be available with intact German markings.
THIS is how they were packaged for storage and transportation. . .
Here is how one of our customers was able to easily
refinish an actual RC 98k he purchased from this page:
They clean-up pretty darned nice, don't they?
EMPIRE ARMS has, since September 2002, sold over ten thousand (10,000) Russian-captured 98k's off of this very page, and have had only THREE (3) returns ever.
