Nice article but I shuddered when I saw the mitchell mauser kar98ks and thought of all mausers that have been violated and falsely advertised as untouched matching pieces. One of my range targets is mugshot of Mitchell that all my mausers will soon have a crack at.
Sadly the rifle pictured is one of those refinished specials with newly applied stamp markings. The bolt is in the white, the stock number number is on the left side and, for being a 1943, she has a lot of inspector markings that were typcially not applied in order to save on production time. I pity the collector who buys one of these rifles.
Luckily this isnt much of an issue for Canadian collectors but for our American brothers down south.
That aside, I truly admire the mauser action and design, so many newly made rifles utilize the time proven design.