dgradinaru
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Buyer's beware. A few listed on the other sales platform. Appear to be humped k98's at really high prices.
K98k in the EE with issues, ongoing.
- Thread starter CanadianAR
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I was at the Chilliwack show a couple years back. I bought a No.1 Mk3, pretty scruffy, but the seller assured me that it "has everything it left the factory with". I bought the rifle, choosing not to waste my time explaining to him just how full of **** he was and pointing out the various things about the rifle that didn't quite fit his claim.
What do you mean by "humped"?
dgradinaru
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- British Columbia
Refinished, restamped to try and force match a rifle, grind off old serial numbers on parts and add new ones. Not as described, trying to sell at top dollar in hopes that an untrained eye bites the bait.
For years, the same dealer arrived at the Penticton show trying to sell the same f---ed up G43. One of its many issues was a shortened barrel or altered front sight if I recall correctly.
He was certainly hoping to get $3500 from some poor sap. I stopped going, as the best rifles never seem to see the light of day. I'm happy to add 'humped' to the vocab in this space.
Humped is remembered and/or parts swapped in a way as to try to look factory for the purposes of deceiving and selling at a premium.
Renumbered in general is not a bad thing if it was done in a military as part of a rifle’s history. Generally it makes it less valuable than a perfect factory original, but is also not a fraudulent rifle or fake.
I have many matching but arsenal renumbered military rifles in my collection, and I think that’s just fine. I accept they are generally worth less than a factory fresh matching rifle, not that it really matters to everyone. In some cases, a perfect factory matching rifle is very much not the norm anyway. For example, most ww2 US guns, and even things like SMLE rifles. Most of those saw refurbishment to some degree between the wars, if you know what to look for.
Renumbered in general is not a bad thing if it was done in a military as part of a rifle’s history. Generally it makes it less valuable than a perfect factory original, but is also not a fraudulent rifle or fake.
I have many matching but arsenal renumbered military rifles in my collection, and I think that’s just fine. I accept they are generally worth less than a factory fresh matching rifle, not that it really matters to everyone. In some cases, a perfect factory matching rifle is very much not the norm anyway. For example, most ww2 US guns, and even things like SMLE rifles. Most of those saw refurbishment to some degree between the wars, if you know what to look for.
