Value (trade value) Pre WWII German sniper

[Promo]

Well, they do changed barrels on K98k, but not for turning them into snipers. It might be too far off this topic, but I've just recently handled an S/237 dating 1937 made K98k which was sent to Steyr for overhaul. The rifle received a new Steyr made barrel with a matching S/N plus hand marked "BNZ" on the receiver and was then given to the SS (proven by a single rune on the receiver aswell). Though this may sound too curious now, this rifle is really genuine and belongs to a collector since WWII.

Also, the Germans DID bent the bolt - but only when converting a Gewehr 98 to a K98 (which they did for example for the early SS rifles with deaths heads).

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[JerryB08]

Your right about the Gewehr but it didn't look like that. To me that's obviously a commercial 98 gunsmiths work. Yes they would change anything to overhaul a standard K98. And the armor would stamp the part with the serial number if so equipped, Install a part marked e and then stamp a star. Or a combination of. ( It seems everyone did it differently as they did them on the unit level, division and corps level of the army so I have read.

K98 collecting has gotten retarded as They now sell the stamps made in Austria. Everything is faked. I bet 90 percent of the matching rifles out there were a parts bin project. I don't think I would spend the money again on an all matching unless the guy selling it was the guy that brought it back..lol AND could back it up