Any help appreciated

[bigduke6]

I found this and Just wonder if the scope and mount are legit ? or if its a modern repro, see link below, any help appreciated.

Mauser K98 7.92 Rifles For Sale in Cambridgeshire - GS338CF8D :: GunStar

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[Patrick Chadwick]

From photos, one can often tell if something has been faked up, but not being able to do so does not prove that the assembly is an all-original configuration. I haven't noticed anything obviously wrong, and it looks good enough to be worth a very careful hands-on investigation. Look for tiny wear marks (scratches, smears) that run across boundaries between components, indicating that those components have been together for a long time. There is so much faking going on with WWII markings that I would leave them entirely out of consideration, unless you spot an obvious inconsistency. Just check the wear compatibility of the parts - a very difficult thing to fake!

BTW, a close-up of the barrel markings just in front of the receiver ring would be helpful. The rifle may have been imported to Germany and reproofed at some stage.

[vintage hunter]

Is that German K98k or a Yugo M48 short rifle? I believe I can see part of the Yugo communist crest on the receiver ring in the second photo. The brief description says it's Serbian.

[Patrick Chadwick]

Good question Vintage Hunter, so let's make that:

"Bigduke6, we need to see clear photos of the markings on the barrel AND the receiver ring!"

And in such a case, any seller's stories can only count as nth-hand hearsay. A large proportion of what came out of the Balkans is "bitsa" rifles, as succeeding generations re-used the bits of whatever was available to make a functioning weapon, from 1940s partisans through to the latest conflicts - and, of course, Bubbas and dealers today. Let's see the markings.

[bigduke6]

Thanks Patrick, it didn't strike me as being out of place, shame its not on a German made Mauser but I doubt if it would be that price. Think it may be worth a look.

[bigduke6]

Patrick, VH,

I have asked for more pics etc, I know the rifle is a Yugo but was more interested in the scope and mount... and it has its scope tin also.