Postby DARIVS ARCHITECTVS » Sun Dec 17, 2006 2:44 am
A RC k98 with intact (unpeened) swastikas on the waffenampts, a decent varnished stock that isn't sanded into an amorphous blob, evenly dark rebluing, and very good bore goes for about $300.00 around here. Most often the bolt handle SN was been ground off, and all parts are mismatching. They still clean up very well. I have five of them and would sell one or two off for at least $350 each plus shipping since I bought cleaning rods, capture screws, repro slings, and front sight hoods for all of them. You gotta factor in the cost of the accesories added and the time and products used to clean them up. Aside from a couple rifles that have some grey stains permanently in the wood at the wrist and around the bottom of the butt, they look darn nice. Most have waffenamt eagle stamps and "H" (Heer) stamps still visible on the butt. All of mine have coppery brown ejectors on the bolts (original heat treament colour) that have not been reblued to black. Many typically are.
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