Put a deposit on this one and should have paperwork finalised here in August. it's 8x57(I)S
in the attached picture
Can’t really figure it out though, very interesting, hence I'm getting it ;-)
Military stock, but grip has a large palm swell, no K98’s were ever made like that, and there’s no ‘extensions’ made to this
Front barrel band would usually go over the top wood on the stock, this is perfectly fitted ‘onto’ the barrel
There’s no recess in the stock under the bolt handle, K98’s almost always had this
There’s no butt screw plate for repressing the firing pin to clean the bolt
Belgian proof marks, but with a much larger standing eagle stamp,,not the usual Waffenamt stamp, can any ID the stamp?
My guess…captured german k98?, rebuilt by the FN factory as an early post-war sporter before they started their famous FN actions..hence, they could have created an improved ‘hunting’ grip on their usual military mauser 98 stock process. I just can't see this being a gunsmith job, the stock must have been cut like that from a factory, no gunsmith would create a large palmswell and then recreate a military stock.
What do you think?
in the attached picture
Can’t really figure it out though, very interesting, hence I'm getting it ;-)
Military stock, but grip has a large palm swell, no K98’s were ever made like that, and there’s no ‘extensions’ made to this
Front barrel band would usually go over the top wood on the stock, this is perfectly fitted ‘onto’ the barrel
There’s no recess in the stock under the bolt handle, K98’s almost always had this
There’s no butt screw plate for repressing the firing pin to clean the bolt
Belgian proof marks, but with a much larger standing eagle stamp,,not the usual Waffenamt stamp, can any ID the stamp?
My guess…captured german k98?, rebuilt by the FN factory as an early post-war sporter before they started their famous FN actions..hence, they could have created an improved ‘hunting’ grip on their usual military mauser 98 stock process. I just can't see this being a gunsmith job, the stock must have been cut like that from a factory, no gunsmith would create a large palmswell and then recreate a military stock.
What do you think?