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[bigduke6]

The 98, is a 1943, JP Sauer made K98, this is more restorable than the Enfield, Lot more stocks out there etc, plus its not a capture K98 AFAIK, it still bears the complete Waffenapts, so no punch marks or grinding etc, a good base for a sniper repro ?? you need to put the pics of this on the Mauser forum......

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[GreatWarGuns]

The 98, is a 1943, JP Sauer made K98, this is more restorable than the Enfield, Lot more stocks out there etc, plus its not a capture K98 AFAIK, it still bears the complete Waffenapts, so no punch marks or grinding etc, a good base for a sniper repro ?? you need to put the pics of this on the Mauser forum......

Thanks for the info, as I’ve said I am new here but would love to get some pics up on the Mauser forum. Where can I find that?

[Alan de Enfield]

Thanks for the info, as I’ve said I am new here but would love to get some pics up on the Mauser forum. Where can I find that?

Here :

https://www.milsurps.com/forumdisplay.php?f=119

[mrclark303]

The 98, is a 1943, JP Sauer made K98, this is more restorable than the Enfield, Lot more stocks out there etc, plus its not a capture K98 AFAIK, it still bears the complete Waffenapts, so no punch marks or grinding etc, a good base for a sniper repro ?? you need to put the pics of this on the Mauser forum......

Geoff is spot on, much easier (and cheaper) to restore the K98.

There seems to be a good number of surplus WW2 'ersatz' laminate stocks available to buy these days too.

You don't need a great deal else to build up a nice stock WW2 K98.

Non capture original rifles (most available are Soviet or Norwegian .30-06 rebuilds) are getting increasingly scarce on this side of the pond ... And steadily more expensive to buy.