k98 questions -help

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I recently recieved my k98 from another cgn. Its a dou 45 & it has been to Israel. I need some parts for it & it would be good to know if this thing was put together during the war or after. Here is what its got, stamped bands, laminate stock/guard,bayonet lug but no rod, cupped buttplate with take down hole, dou marked barrel&reciever with waffs, rear sight with waffs, two markings that look like small lions on barrel&reciever, a Y in a circle, star of david. The trigger guard is a rusty wreck(no rust on the other parts, israel is pretty dry) & looks like a recent addition & the bolt looks like it bent from a straight one but it also has a Y stamp & has been fitted to the gun(hard to close on a fired case from another gun). What do you think, german issue or post war put together? Also is dark grey phosphate the correct finnish? Thanks for any help you can give. OH yeah lots of sand between stock & barrel/action.
 
Without seeing it, I would suspect this one is put together postwar. Can't remember the exact date the Bystrica factory was overrun by the Soviets, but I think it was in March of 1945. The small lions on the receiver are most certainly Czechoslovak acceptance proofs. They sold alot of firearms left over by the Germans postwar to finance their cash-strapped government. And I believe DOU in 1945 should have a kreigsmodel stock (no bayonet lug), although anything was possible in the last weeks of the war (I have a matching byf45 with bayonet lug). Take care,
Joe
 
Israel bought a LOT of K98ks from CZ in 1948, along with other arms. If the bbl and receiver have the WWII inspection marks, then these parts would have been made prior to the Soviet occupation. Some of the rifles supplied to Israel were out of the crate unaltered. Some were assembled from parts for the order. Others were absolute bitsers. Receivers could be literally from anywhere, as long as they were generically 98 pattern. Rifles were also rebuilt in Israel using whatever parts were on hand. Some Israeli 7.92 rifles have rings cut into the bolt handle shanks, presumably so that they could be distinguished from 7.62 conversions not only visually but by touch. From what I have observed, it would be unusual to find an Israeli Mauser that was an intact rifle, sporting all parts original to the rifle.
 
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