Reproduction Mauser k98k
- Thread starter dgradinaru
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Got a source for that?
No idea if they are new or refurbed bands, but a stamped front band is easy to make, easier than a milled band, even for low volume production.
A stamped rear band is very hard to make. Milled would be cheaper for low volume production.
- Location
- Nova Scotia
Well aesthetic, the non stamped looks better. Esp when these will probably be close to 1200$. But I have no intrest in this gun as I got a Isreali K98 with a new barrel on it.
I'm not fussed what bands they use. It was a legit combo to have stamped front and milled bands on original k98k's.
I have many other issues with the prototype without nitpicking what bands they supplied.
-front band to nosecap spacing is way off
-rear sight leaf blued and markings not polished white
-stock too big in most dimensions
-buttplate does not match any real K98k pattern.
-no recoil bolt
-horrible stock inletting below bolt handle.
I have not seen what markings these will have, I wonder what will be on the front ring, on the side rail, barrel, etc. What will be serialized?
Hopefully the production gun remedies many of the obvious faults.
Zastava builds all kinds of mauser rifles.
Here is a discussion from Gun Board:
https://www.gunboards.com/threads/svt40-russian-non-finnish-captured-all-matching-1941-tula-and-yugoslavian-m63-mauser-tanker.1229788/#post-11140249
dgradinaru
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- British Columbia
Same here. No reply for the last 3-4 weeks.
Regarding the repro being priced at what some feel is high. Looks to me to be considerably lower quality than ANY prewar German or Czech manufacture rifle. Read a writeup on pre war k98's some years back that stated if a rifle comparable to the original were built today sticker price would be at least $2000 a unit. I would be inclined to go along with that.
If I could buy a prewar standard model K98k today for $2k, made last week, but to original fit and finish, I would. Alas it just doesn't exist and is not likely to any time soon.
In 1998 when mauser made thier anniversary run of 1898s they were around 2000 euros (2500 marks), twenty five years ago. You want prewar quality, figure 4-5k these days. Milsurps are only ‘cheap’ because tax payer money was used for tooling, assembly and materials.
You want prewar quality but newer, find a 1998 one and import it. You might get away with it for 2500-3000$
small market, lots of custom parts need to be fabricated... yup.
On the other hand, a K98 that actually shoots accurately...? that might be worth trying.
Yugo had about 10 different Mauser models in service before WWII. after the war, they tried to standardize LOL. Lots of equipment was scraped or refurbished. Refurbishing was a state-run cottage industry there until their civil war. Its a lot easier to assemble parts than manufacture new ones, especially when you have warehouses full of parts.
As for Marstar, From what I have seen over there, they only bought some of the better stuff.
Milsurps are "cheap" only in part because they were government contracts. In the 1930's skilled hands were a lot cheaper than these days. And I imagine you would be hard pressed to even find enough workers with the required skills. A real machinist in a conventional sense is a lot different than a CNC machine operator.
All the production stuff back then was done with jigs and fixtures. One operation per machine. 100 operations, requires at least 100 machines.
The machinists would make the jigs and fixtures.
The worker would sit there all day running that one operation.
There wasn't enough interest, so they dropped the project.
