Possible SS bcd 42?

[Anzac15]

Looks like a VZ24 with the bottom and side sling swivel.

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I've usually seen Spanish Mausers with those bayo attachments.

[browningautorifle]

Possibly. Except he has the same hole in his...

[Aragorn243]

I never heard of that type bayonet attachment on a K98 either. No German bayonet would fit it that I'm aware of. The Argentine Mausers use those. Very curious.

[browningautorifle]

No, they would only take other country's bayonets...not made for Mauser. That was the idea. I'm surprised you haven't heard of them.

[Aragorn243]

I've heard of them, I have one on an Argentine Mauser. There aren't any bayonets that the Germans would have captured to have used them. Only thing I can think of is since they produced a lot of the export bayonets they had them on hand and decided to use them. These would work with most of the Souith American bayonets, the Spanish and Turkish.

[browningautorifle]

the Spanish

Example the Bolo...comes to mind.

[Aragorn243]

Any of the early Spanish should work. Chinese also, at least from the commission rifles.

[mike webb]

All genuine SS rifles apart from Depot rebuilds were produced at Steyr, Austria. They will be stamped BNZ 43, BNZ 44 or BNZ 4. You will see all kinds of K98's stamped with single and double runes as well as death's heads and the vast majority are fakes. It seems the fascination with the SS in the west has created quite a market for SS marked items. There were even a whack of Russian Captured German K98's that were shipped out of the Ukraine in the 1990's that the Ukrainians stamped with SS markings themselves before selling them.

[Anzac15]

I've definitely seen my share of humped up 'SS' rifles at gun shows in my area.