98 KAR questions

[Eaglelord17]

I was doing some thinking on this, what if it was sent to the Ottoman Empire (Turkey)? They used 7.65, and that symbol on the barrel almost looks like a crescent moon with a star (which was the Turkish symbol).

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[Calif-Steve]

Not too many Kar98a's where shipped off to Turkey. Tough one to figure out.

[Ruffasacob]

7.65 x 53 is very close.

[henry r]

just putting the thought out there, could it be a variant made on the same premise as 7.7 by 54r? aka turn an illegal military calibre into a legal non military one by shortening the barrel at the breach end, rethreading barrel then shortening the cases to match?

a little on 7.7 by 54r: https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=25320