Seems like a lot of fellows are getting these lately. This has been one of my top four wants for a couple of years now and I refuse to pay $400+ for a beat to crap one. Picked this one up in a private sale for about half that. The finish is gone but other than that, it's in pretty good shape. Bore could be a bit better but has very strong rifling, just a bit dark with some pitting. Took the wood off last night and metal under the wood is probably about 95%. Had a lot of fossilized cosmoline in there and what could have been fine sand grains but hard to tell on that, it was gritty. Would possibly explain why the exposed metal is bare. Missing the cleaning rod and I haven't been able to get a good feel on what size I need to get. I see 14 3/4 to 17 3/4 inch lengths advertises as being VZ24. I believe they are also supposed to be a thicker stock that won't work with a K98. Any help there would be appreciated.
These are the seller's photos, I haven't had a chance to take any of my own yet. He did a pretty good job.
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