Alpine Mauser K98

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Hello folks, anyone know any details or history regarding the Alpine k98? cant find much online and see one for sale. Are these German or Czech made? any info would be appreciated. Thanks.
 
Be careful. Seems to me I had an "Alpine" 98 that was a sporting rifle with a 98 action. I may be wrong. Is there a picture with thread?
 
I have a 7x57 Mauser 98 barrel that is stamped as "Firearms Co. Alpine; Made in England" I believe after WWII, there were several companies that would re-work German m98 actions into "hunting guns" - I think SAKO got their start doing that - and many others. I suspect, but do not know, that "ALPINE" might have been a British product for hunters? Using former German m98 actions?

I think there were MANY "Mauser 98" makers - Santa Barbara Arensal in Spain, FN in Belgium, BRNO in Czechoslovakia, besides the actual German plants at Oberndorf and Berlin and other places. I believe even various South American countries, as well as China had licences to make copies of Mauser 98 rifles.
 
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Potashminer said:
I have a 7x57 Mauser 98 barrel that is stamped as "Firearms Co. Alpine; Made in England" I believe after WWII, there were several companies that would re-work German m98 actions into "hunting guns" - I think SAKO got their start doing that - and many others. I suspect, but do not know, that "ALPINE" might have been a British product for hunters? Using former German m98 actions?

I think there were MANY "Mauser 98" makers - Santa Barbara Arensal in Spain, FN in Belgium, BRNO in Czechoslovakia, besides the actual German plants at Oberndorf and Berlin and other places. I believe even various South American countries, as well as China had licences to make copies of Mauser 98 rifles.
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I had a Parker Hale Safari that was a reworked K98 action. Generally you can tell if they are a reworked military action as they had the thumb cut outs on the side for pushing in the stripper clips while the commercial actions didn't have that.
 
I believe the German issue short k98
33/40 carbine was made in a Czech factory under Nazi control
in 8 mm must kick like a horse. for mountain and paratroops
cannot find one for my collection that's available for a affordable price
 
Majestro said:
Landsborough auctions in Ontario
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Thank you.

Also this maybe an Israeli police carbine. They got a bunch of these rifles from the Czechs post war. But not enough for the Army, hence they gave them to the police which considered them handy rifles due to the length of the rifle. This one doesn’t look like it was converted to 7.62N.
 
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FYI the rifle in this auction is not a real G33/40 (mountain carbine). Its a Slovakian made 98k, perhaps manufactured directly post-war, that someone altered and dropped into a G33/40 stock. As someone else said, the receiver was clearly in Israel, so maybe it was them who created this Frankenstein mountain carbine.

Real G33/40’s can be quite expensive, especially in original condition. I hope no one spends a lot of money on this thing though…
 
From a few years ago in a Chatroom comment - take that for what it is worth - I think it was posted in 2017 ...

"To tell the difference at a glance between a WWII dou 45 K98k and a postwar one, look at the firing proof mark on the receiver. WWII has the German Reichsadler, post WWII has the Czech lion. The early postwar rifles were made with WWII parts but the firing proof mark will distinguish between WWII and postwar."

If I understand - "DOU" was a factory code used by Nazi to ID the factory that made the rifle - I think "dou" might have been BRNO plant (s) in Czechoslovakia - would have been making K98 for Nazi military while they were occupied. Russians ran out the Germans - captured much production direct in the DOU factory - so have DOU that were issed to Wehermacht (i.e. used by German soldiers), have Russian captured DOU (never used in battle by them) and also have DOU that were re-worked to 7.62 NATO by Israel.
 
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If I understand - "DOU" was a factory code used by Nazi to ID the factory that made the rifle - I think "dou" might have been BRNO plant (s) in Czechlosovakia - would have been making K98 for Nazi military while they were occupied. Russians ran out the Germans - captured much production direct in the DOU factory - so have DOU that were issed to Wehermacht (i.e. used by German soldiers), have Russian captured DOU (never used in battle by them) and also have DOU that were re-worked to 7.62 NATO by Israel.
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DOT were made in "Waffen Werke Brunn" in Brno (Brunn in German) whereas DOU was the second factory called "Waffen Werke Brunn" in Bystrica if I'm not mistaken (I might be).

DOU rifles started in 1942 and DOT rifles started in 1943. Then in 1945 DOT was changed to SWP.
 
The bolt handle isn’t even hollow like the originals, unless it’s a replacement. But the seller needs to put a little more detail into the add. I’m thinking of taking my bid away now that I’ve gone back and looked at it.
 
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The bolt handle isn’t even hollow like the originals, unless it’s a replacement. But the seller needs to put a little more detail into the add. I’m thinking of taking my bid away now that I’ve gone back and looked at it.
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You really should. In my humble opinion is not even worth the current bid. You basically paying for a refinished G33/40 stock and some altered 98k parts.
 
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