Portuguese 1941 Mauser 98K

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[Badger]

Beautiful old girl ...

Congratulations and thanks for posting such great pics ...

Regards,
Badger

[Calif-Steve]

Very nice keeper.

[Harlan (Deceased)]

Outstanding!

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[halhunt]

What is the history of the rifle, I mean in general - portgugese manufacture with nazi markings?

[Badger]

What is the history of the rifle, I mean in general - portgugese manufacture with nazi markings?

See the entry in the MKL ...

1941 Portuguese Contract K98k (Karabiner 98) Rifle

Regards,
Badger

[rich v]

that is maybe the finest example that i've ever seen, congrats!

[diopter]

I have found my father's Military book from his service in the Portuguese army, 1945-1953
They go well together.

[mike webb]

That is a beauty, especially the wood. Like the link posted said some were delivered to Portugal and some were comandeered by the Wehrmacht and pressed into service. I can't see how a rifle in this condition saw action in the German army owing to it's high condition so I suspect it was in fact delivered to Portugal especially if it has a matching serial bayonet as these were the only K98k's to be delivered with matching bayonets. Seems to me I saw pics of a '41 Port marked K98 on another forum which was Russian capture marked, mismatched parts except for barrel and action as usual. It was in considerably worse condition. Too bad it couldn't talk.