RC K98s at Fishing World... $599

[The Kurgan]

Very nice mix masters, some with waffenamps intact. Got a 1943 dot for the range.

 

[sunray]

"...$599..." Ludicruous.

 

[samsplacci71]

Unfortunately, the supply seems to have dwindled to the point that K98's are coming in at 600$ plus.

 

[The Kurgan]

And I would gladly pay more for a rifle I can personally inspect

 

[samsplacci71]

And I would gladly pay more for a rifle I can personally inspect

Have you cleaned it up and shot it yet? I have a 41 bcd RC. Nice shooter.

 

[Light Infantry]

Unfortunately, the supply seems to have dwindled to the point that K98's are coming in at 600$ plus.

I thought this was SOP as of at least 12-18 months ago? Or even higher pricing.

 

[Claven2]

Last couple K98's I bought were well over a grand, but they were not RC's.

 

[CanadianAR]

I thought this was SOP as of at least 12-18 months ago? Or even higher pricing.

RC were way up when no dealers had them. I sold a really nice bnz43 for $700 express shipping included a year ago!
So its definitely been like this for awhile.

 

[Desert_Fox]

If the Russians had done a nice job of preserving the captured K98's originally, had not used that horrible bluing and shellac job, these RC's would probably be worth even more (like the Yugo, and Norwegian refurbs)... Though I am sure the capitalist market system of Canada and the US was the LAST thing the Soviet Union was worrying about when right after a absolutely devastating war, they put these former fascist rifles into long term storage for future use...

Still, love these RC's as they didn't obliterate most of the markings, unlike many Yugo refurbs... (Though I guess a poorly placed "X" and the ones with the peened markings kinda lose some value... I REALLY hate how on some stocks they took the belt sander to 'em!)

 

[Claven2]

When I compare my Yugo refurb to the typical RC, there is really no comparison - the Yugo is much nicer. The wood is usually in better shape, often they have new Yugo-made replacement barrels with perfect bores, and many of the parts have the original blue. They also all still have original rods, hoods and captures screws.

Sure, the bolts are scrubbed and re-numbered and lack some of the WW2 markings, but so do many RC's. I use my capture Mausers as range gun so that the matching or bolt mis-match collectible examples can stay in the rack looking pretty and gaining value.

 

[gordonlbyrne]

my yugo capture k98 came with an original sling, cleaning rod,rifle looks used a lot but like Claven2 said bore looks almost new and it did have the capture screws .Everything German except a few tiny fireing proofs have been scrubed and all new yugo serial numbers added real nice piece to have in a k98 mauser collection along with an RC K98

 

[Coyote Ugly]

$400 for an RC K98 in the States...Duties, taxes, profit, mark up, middle man and expensive shipping is the difference we pay on this side of the border, not an increase in collectability for a mixmaster...otherwise the price would be the same in the USA, which it is not.

 

[cantom]

Imperfect as they may be, it's really nice to see some new stuff coming into the Canadian market over the last couple of years. For a while there it seemed like little new was coming in at all.

 

[Coyote Ugly]

Thousands of G/K43's still in Russia in crates in the salt mines, so the rumour goes.

 

[The Kurgan]

Well... I wrapped the stock in paper towels and placed in a plastic bag and put inside my hatchback (direct sun)... I'll give it all day tomorrow to "sweat out" the cosmoline:

In the meantime, I boiled a pot of "Soviet soup" to clean out all the metal bits:

I thoroughly cleaned out the barrel using Hoppes #9 and a brass brush, and followed by many pull throughs!

What appeared to be a "very good bore" at the store turned out to be a "good" bore. The lands are "very good" but the grooves have a mildly rough surface ("frosted") but no big pits. The photo makes it look worse. For the life of me, I couldn't capture the bore with any success. I would call the groves "semi-shiney". Hopefully, she turns out to be a good shooter. The crown looks good:

Just after the metal bath and a wipe down with G96. The typical peened waffenampts(!), but a nice rearsenaled Soviet finish. "ghn" on bolt shroud?

 

[y2k]

I think the RC Mausers are a neat part of history. Quite a interesting story behind them.

 

[The Kurgan]

The bore looks similar to this (but mine is a bit more shiney):

 

[The Kurgan]

Here she be all de-cosmolined...

 

[jbmauser]

Looks good! I wouldn't worry too much about the bore. A slight frosting like that may not matter too much at all as far as accuracy goes.

 

[CanadianAR]

Shooters Choice in KW has RC mausers on for $525......for anyone interested.