Mauser K98 gun marks

[za73]

I've recently received a number of items from my Grandfather's estate.

He returned from the European theater in 1944 and discharged according to his DD214. According to my father and Grandmother, he also returned with a good condition Mauser rifle. It has a number of markings that I believe are consistent with the era.

Per my insurance agent, I should take photographs and obtain appraisals of specific items I've inherited. Thus I've taken the rifle to be appraised by an auctioneer that frequently deals with firearms, who told me that I had a fraudulently produced rifle.

I asked him for specifics, without his answering me. From his attitude, he apparently had little time to answer such academic questions posed to him. As such, I left with the rifle and without paying his appraisal fee.

I do believe that the rifle is genuine, but unsure of how to research the authenticity. Is anyone with any type of experience able to point me in the right direction in this matter.

Would there also be any potential reasons why someone would intentionally mislead or misappraise this firearm?

 

[nambu1]

Photos would help and what are the markings?

 

[rcmodel]

Would there also be any potential reasons why someone would intentionally mislead or misappraise this firearm?

Because he is an idiot?

Because he knows nothing about Mauser's?

Because he is an auctioneer?
I know several who sell a lot of guns, but that is far from making them experts in any specific field of weapons collecting.

As for faking a 98K?
Up until about 25 years ago, good ones were a dime a dozen.
There would have been no reason for someone to take the time & effort necessary to make a fraudulent one right after WWII, or for years afterward.

What might have happened is, after Germany lost the war, a gazillion Mauser's were assembled out of mis-matched parts and imported for sale in the U.S. at very low prices.
He may have recoginized it as a parts gun.

But if all the numbers match on yours, it is almost certainly not a surplus parts gun.

Do some research here and see if you can match your rifle up with the information.

http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/firearms/98k/k98index.htm

http://mauser98k.internetdsl.pl/kodyen.html

rcmodel

 

[Jim K]

Because he wanted to buy "that old piece of junk" low and sell it high?

Jim

 

[SigfanUSAF]

Check out the gk43 forum. Humping K98s for various reasons is becoming a pretty big problem.

http://gk43forum.com/forum/index.php