k98's where are they hiding

Mike Webb said:
The Canadian confiscation angle on war trophies might be true as I have seen far more Luger and P-38 Canadian bringbacks than K98's. Easier to hide?
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I know of a friend of a friend who has his canadian grandfather's vet bring back Dot 43, all matching numbers and in very good condition. I only saw it once but I was a genuine Kar98k noob at the time and I wish I could see it again. He has had it for 20 years and it rarely sees the light of day I think but he has taken it shooting on occasion.

Deltasilver, those pictures make me want to cry. On the upside, I could spend days going through those piles and tracking the maker codes if any of them are still visible. Think of all the history just lying there in those piles. Any idea where the pictures were taken and when ?

I wonder how much the MG34/42 pallet would go for nowadays ?

The only other piles of Mausers I haev seen in worse condition are ones imported from China.
 
american lockpicker said:
I think those pictures are from Vietnam or somewhere in Asia. Its very sad, at least they could have deactivated them and sold them instead of letting them rust away. :(
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I think so too - there was everything from M60s to miniguns to thompsons to missiles to tanks. The OP was long before the post I stole them from and there was some arguing about where and when but given the diversity of the weapons, I'd say Vietnam.

One fellow figgured a yard in the North since Russian stuff (and R/C k98s?) was neatly stacked and Western equipment was incomplete/damaged and in piles like it was salvaged from aircraft/equipment.
 
Dad was returning home in 1946. When he was about to leave Germany, the officers told the returning troops that they would be arrested and have to spend another 60 days in the Army if they were caught with any firearms, as they would be searched upon reentry into Canada. My Dad threw overboard a US .45 1911 but kept the Luger. They were never searched. It would seem at that time pretty tough to hide a rifle, although some did.
Here it is with an Iron Cross, both came from a German in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.

I remember Dad saying another popular item amongst returning troops was the German enlisted man's belt and buckle. So popular was this item that their CO, upon leaving back to Canada, had to insist that all men refrain from wearing the Nazi buckle from then on.
 
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That's a really nice Luger. My Grandad brought home a couple of those and his Inglis Hi-power. When he passed my Grandmother tossed everything I hadn't already smuggled out of the house. Unfortunately at 14 I just didn't have the balls to take the pistols. Still makes me sick 20+ yrs later.
 
Originally Posted by cornbinder49
Are the CZ made 98ks in the same rarity?

If they are wartime builds and have all their codes and stamps, then yes, they are.
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Would you, CanadianAR, know off hand any of the marking on a CZ built 98K to identify if its a war time built one??
 
cornbinder49 said:
Would you, CanadianAR, know off hand any of the marking on a CZ built 98K to identify if its a war time built one??
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Pictures. "CESKOSLOVENSKA ZBROJOVKA, A.S., BRNO" or something similar roll stamped into the side rail? Rampant lion on the top of the receiver? "dou" code built in 1944 and final assembled after the war by the Czechs? Waffenamts?

Need pictures =)
 
I have a dou marked 44.
I just know tthat dou was a captured factory in czech.
Other then that I'm not sure. But waffenamts also can be traced to
The factiry of origin.
 
Deltasilver said:
Pictures. "CESKOSLOVENSKA ZBROJOVKA, A.S., BRNO" or something similar roll stamped into the side rail? Rampant lion on the top of the receiver? "dou" code built in 1944 and final assembled after the war by the Czechs? Waffenamts?

Need pictures =)
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Like he said CZ marked siderail, rampant lion crests, post war. Other indicators of post war Czech are large trigger guard, upper case serial suffixes. DOU marked 98's were built at Bysterica while DOT and SWP marked receivers were built at Brno. DOT45 and TGF50 are all post war rifles.
 
There are still some untouched ones that show up, but like everything else milsurp more collectors are holding onto their k98s.
CanadianAR has a beautiful DOU, if you happen to see it in the March purchases. My favorite is the DOU rifle, not sure what appeals to me most, could be the timeline when it was produced. Mine is a matching one in the EE block.
BadgerDog's site is full of amazing information on markings and codes.
 
Looks like from what you guys are saying mine is a post war, disappointing, but will still look good hanging on the wall with the rest of them, in my one day "Man Cave"
 
cornbinder49 said:
Looks like from what you guys are saying mine is a post war, disappointing, but will still look good hanging on the wall with the rest of them, in my one day "Man Cave"
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It's not a wall hangar, Czech '98s are the closest most of us will come to ever owning a "newer" k98 - You see that TGF50 in the March purchases thread? Show room new. You're not going to find anything wartime issue in that kind of condition, and IF you did you'd be looking at a price tag of well north of two grand I have 6 Czech rifles of various years and configurations including 3 Israelis. Don't match? Don't care. Great shooters.
 
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