K98 "MK-2" stock

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A while back I bought what appears to be a very clean post-war refurbished K98 built on a scrubbed former vz-24 receiver. An interesting thing is, the hardwood stock has been sanded to remove the German markings and near the butt on the right side there was a marking stamped into it: "MK-2".
Has anyone run across these MK-2 stock markings before? What country would have done the rebuild or used the rifle post war?
 
It’s possible it’s a post war Czech or Yugoslavian stock. Would need to see the rest of the rifle, in particular the re-stamped serial numbers, to make a more educated assessment.
 
That black butt cup pretty much looks like post war Czech.

It should also have a stamped "winter trigger guard" which would be normal on a rifle with the MkII stamp.
 
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While digging through the pile today, cleaning and fussing, I discovered that I, too, have one with a stock marked "MK-2". The rifle is in very nice condition, decent bore, wood in good condition. Receiver marks "Mod.98" on the front of the top of receiver, "SWP 45" on the rear of top.

My tag reads: Waffen Werke, Bystrica Brünn, ser.no 88882 a. Black butt cap stamped "43". Non matching bolt etc. Machined trigger guard. Several "dirty birds on the receiver.I can see an "E" stamped on the barrel.My research indicated that it was a late war build and refurbished in East Germany. **Not gospel** Just what I have in my notes.

Edit: If one googles SWP 45, there are some very interesting posts and "theories" about these rifles.
 
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kjohn said:
While digging through the pile today, cleaning and fussing, I discovered that I, too, have one with a stock marked "MK-2". The rifle is in very nice condition, decent bore, wood in good condition. Receiver marks "Mod.98" on the front of the top of receiver, "SWP 45" on the rear of top.

My tag reads: Waffen Werke, Bystrica Brünn, ser.no 88882 a. Black butt cap stamped "43". Non matching bolt etc. Machined trigger guard. Several "dirty birds on the receiver.I can see an "E" stamped on the barrel.My research indicated that it was a late war build and refurbished in East Germany. **Not gospel** Just what I have in my notes.

Edit: If one googles SWP 45, there are some very interesting posts and "theories" about these rifles.
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The rifles with the MkII stamps, I've owned were all FTRed K98 types. All of them had matching numbers on bolt/receiver.

Other than that, nothing matched, stocks were new manufacture, Walnut, with butt cups painted black and black painted, stamped, winter trigger guards.

I had a couple of crates of these rifles. Picked them up from International several decades back.

They had all been FTRed to new condition.

I may have been lucky, but back then, I bought a lot of rifles from those folks and they may have sent me some of their best. That happened quite regularly, especially when ordering a half dozen crates.

I sold the last one 5+ years ago.

I've had a few SWP45 rifles in the past, they were all complete but "crude" with only the critical areas nicely machined and finished.

Stocks were roughly finished, metal parts were stamped and at least one of them never had a bayonet lug, right from the factory.

The stocks could be solid beech, walnut or laminated, depending on what they had on hand at time of manufacture.

The receivers had tooling marks all over them.

I shot a few and they shot well enough but in comparison to their earlier built counterparts they left a lot to be desired.

As for rumors, there was one going around that the heat treating wasn't accurate and they were soft or hard, depending on who you spoke to.

PO Ackley did tests on a couple of dozen SWP45 receivers, randomly selected from new in crate surplus rifles and deemed them to be very strong and and the critical areas were well within all tolerances.
 
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My goal in life: to have so many rifles I need to have ID tags on them to know what I know about them. Well, off to the EE to try to make dreams come true lol
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I also keep a record of each firearm in OneNote, a free, extremely versatile program. Each gun is assigned a number, so if I am looking at one and need to know what I have recorded, I bring up OneNote, go to "Ken's Guns" and scroll down to the number. I am not the OCD type of person, but it is impossible to keep all the details about each item in my head. OneNote is set up so it updates my phone, my MAC, all my iPads and laptops with any additions/changes.

I only wish I had recorded the purchase date and cost, and some other details.
 
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I also keep a record of each firearm in OneNote, a free, extremely versatile program. Each gun is assigned a number, so if I am looking at one and need to know what I have recorded, I bring up OneNote, go to "Ken's Guns" and scroll down to the number. I am not the OCD type of person, but it is impossible to keep all the details about each item in my head. OneNote is set up so it updates my phone, my MAC, all my iPads and laptops with any additions/changes.

I only wish I had recorded the purchase date and cost, and some other details.
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That's way more hassle than I need.

I only kept track of rifles in my collection while I had them.

I would often have several crates/or individually boxed rifles on hand at any given time and other than bills of sale, no other details were kept, unless I selected one to keep for myself.

I can see why a person would like to keep detailed records but for me, that would just take some of the fun out of it all.
 
bearhunter, you would realize, of all people, that it is just good practice to keep a lid on what's in the pile. I own one of the rarest rifles in the milsurp category. I didn't know this until I started cruising the 'net. That's what got me started keeping a better record of what I had. When I come across some decent information about one of my rifles, I record it, either by keying in or copy and paste. I enjoy doing this, so no drudgery on my part.

I also have a huge library of information I have gathered on the 'net and also keep that in a OneNote file. I am adding to it as time goes by. To me, it's all part of the game! I always enjoy yourposts - keep them coming! :)
 
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