Coyote Ugly
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Russian Captured Mauser
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ACTION,
Don't forget that I'm mixin' a special blend of V1 Rocket Fuel with Messerschmidt 252 Jet Fuel as my RC Stock Cleaning Fluid for BBQ use only.
No matter how "bad" some people may think it looks, I'll never "fix" my RC K98. We'll see which ones are worth more and more desirable in a few years.
Much like Lee Enfields, I think it will be the ones that are totally un-bubbared, followed by ones that have been legitimately FTR'ed(an RC or other legitimate military refurb would fall in this category), and finally, guns that have been pieced together, or restored, or fixed up, or whatever you want to call the bastardization of a legitimate piece. While a refinished K98 may look better, an unmolested example will always be more valuable to serious collectors. Different strokes for different folks.
Mine will always be worth more, too, because it's the gun that killed hitler
Exactly!
I'm not sure Hitler killed himself with a K98. Did you find mustache fragments on it near the muzzle end?
There's a very nice looking refinished RC on the EE right now for $390. The RC word is not used, but the pics and narrative make it clear what it is, so I guess that covers the seller. Not a bad price, and saves you the cost of the Easy Off to strip the stock.
Actually I would not worry about their value, It will be a long long time before RC's are worth anything more than what they are selling for now. In fact they have already come down in value in the last two years..
So ugg are you keeping all your RC's original or do you still even have any. You see I KNOW what your answer is so why even worry what anyone does to an RC, because according to you they are non-rifles anyhow..
Well folks thats it for me.. YOU GUYS DA ####...
So ugg are you keeping all your RC's original or do you still even have any. You see I KNOW what your answer is so why even worry what anyone does to an RC, because according to you they are non-rifles anyhow..
Well folks thats it for me.. YOU GUYS DA ####...
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His K98 couldn't have possibly killed Hitler. The mustache fragments I found under the slide cover of my P-38 indicate otherwise
Here's something you all might find interesting. This is a photo of a German arms stockpile captured by the western allies. Depots like this were located all over Germany, usually near rail heads and arms factories. You might ask yourself why so many rifles sat around while the Whermacht suffered huge equipment shortages? It's simple, after the Ardennes offensive, there was not enough fuel to truck the guns to the front lines. In fact, much of German arms production after mid-1944 was not put to good use until troop formations fell back on arms dumps like this.
In fact, the western allies and Russians captured many of these depots fully intact and still full of rifles. It's every bit as likely an RC K98 was liberated this way, as it is that it was surrendered in battle.
In any event, cool pic.
Anyone wanna hazzard a guess as to how many K98k's are shown???
I think they are about 20 rows tall per pallet stack, 5 rifles across. That's 100 rifles per pallet. Just the two main rows shown depict NINETY stacks. Not including all the other piles around the periphery of the image, that's 9000 K98k rifles.
In fact, the western allies and Russians captured many of these depots fully intact and still full of rifles. It's every bit as likely an RC K98 was liberated this way, as it is that it was surrendered in battle.
In any event, cool pic.
Anyone wanna hazzard a guess as to how many K98k's are shown???
I think they are about 20 rows tall per pallet stack, 5 rifles across. That's 100 rifles per pallet. Just the two main rows shown depict NINETY stacks. Not including all the other piles around the periphery of the image, that's 9000 K98k rifles.
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Here's something you all might find interesting. This is a photo of a German arms stockpile captured by the western allies. Depots like this were located all over Germany, usually near rail heads and arms factories. You might ask yourself why so many rifles sat around while the Whermacht suffered huge equipment shortages? It's simple, after the Ardennes offensive, there was not enough fuel to truck the guns to the front lines. In fact, much of German arms production after mid-1944 was not put to good use until troop formations fell back on arms dumps like this.
In fact, the western allies and Russians captured many of these depots fully intact and still full of rifles. It's every bit as likely an RC K98 was liberated this way, as it is that it was surrendered in battle.
In any event, cool pic.
Anyone wanna hazzard a guess as to how many K98k's are shown???
I think they are about 20 rows tall per pallet stack, 5 rifles across. That's 100 rifles per pallet. Just the two main rows shown depict NINETY stacks. Not including all the other piles around the periphery of the image, that's 9000 K98k rifles.
So figure this, the Ruskies come across who knows how many of these pristine rifle dumps, with all factory intact matching k98's, AND THEN BLOODY WELL TAKE THEM ALL APART AND MIX THE #### OUT OF THEM... AND vola the RC is born
How anyone calls that a legitmate FTR is beyond me.. I call it sabotage...IMHO
MORE LIKE KING BUBBA HIMSELF... BUT I'm happy as my particular RC is somewhat UN-Bubba'ed now,But at least the RC option is an affordable k98 option. I heard that when the allies found these dumps, many of them simply got tossed into the atlantic
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Oh, thanks, YEP I GUESS WAIT UNTIL I GET SOME METAL WORKING MACHINES...
I Plan on doing some engraving on a pile of k98 milled floor plates that I purchased and producing a series of custom engraved k98 floor plates with NAZI era emblems and WWII German scenes on them.
This is for real, but I will advertize them as CUSTOM ENGRAVED BUBBA K98 FLOOR PLATES Just for you.
But the price will command slightly higher than what a Bubba would normally charge..
So figure this, the Ruskies come across who knows how many of these pristine rifle dumps, with all factory intact matching k98's, AND THEN BLOODY WELL TAKE THEM ALL APART AND MIX THE s**t OUT OF THEM... AND vola the RC is born
How anyone calls that a legitmate FTR is beyond me.. I call it sabotage...IMHO
But at least the RC option is an affordable k98 option. I heard that when the allies found these dumps, many of them simply got tossed into the atlantic
The Western allies came across many dumps and captured as many more German pieces of equipment...what did the West do with most of it? They burned it. Some went to Israel, some went to other places...but the majority was burned. Sad really.
I actually think this was not a dump of unissued weapons. There is between 80 and 100 rifles per "cube" pile there. I think these are photos of captured weapons after German forces surrendered by the tens or hundreds of thousands at the end of the war. I have seen examples of weapons being burned in photos (I own some of these photos) and they are usually piled crazily up in no order. The fact that these particular rifles are piled up and seem to be being counted (at least for the photo shoot) suggests this may have been a collection destined for an allied power after the war, or to the Isrealis who took many of the post war K98s.
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Slyder, this was an organized arms dump for sure. I've seen photos of surrender dumps - the arms are stacked haphazzardly in piles. Mountains (literally) of kit. Most of it was doused with gas and burned on the spot, the metal remnants later recycled.
how many times have we heard about rifles that were cheap and plentiful at one time being altered and how it is so hard to find one now that hasn't had something done to it in the past?
bottom line is, it belongs to you, do as you please with it. just don't take a russian M44, grind the bayonet lug off, put a scope on it and try to flog it as a sniper rifle at gunshows for $800.
bottom line is, it belongs to you, do as you please with it. just don't take a russian M44, grind the bayonet lug off, put a scope on it and try to flog it as a sniper rifle at gunshows for $800.
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