Also I got my first firearm with my shiny new C&R license! A find up at Gun Bunker. $250 our the door. Consignment and wouldn’t budge on price. Looks like the stock was cut down and modified at some point, but it does look like the original stock. Was the barrel shortened? It does have a crown on it and it is a Gewehr 98 according to the receiver engraving. Barrel and receiver match, but I suspect that the bolt doesn’t. The receiver and barrel are ~1000 serial number and the bolt handle is 8600k (k98 bolt? It is turned down like one). Spandau 1913 manufacture.
The bore is rough as hell. The rifling looks deep and good, but it is corroded pretty bad for the groves. Interestingly the lands actually look clean. I gave up scrubbing it with brushes, patches and JB bore cleaner. Still coming out filthy every time I a run a damp patch through. I was thinking shoot it a bit and run some JB cleaner through it while hot to help take off what is left (as much as is possible). Any suggestions on cleaning the bore further? Any hope it could be an okay shooter? I had inspected the bore before buying and knew it was rough, but at the asking price...I’ve wanted a Mauser and wanted a K98/M98, I haven’t needed it to be completely correct.
The safety was jammed, probably from corrosion. A few whacks with a rubber mallet got it loose and it is operating correctly in all three positions and doesn’t seem to take excessive force to change positions. The firing pin really goes SNAP (dry fire bad?)
Also any idea on the rear sight? That doesn’t look like a WWII era K98 rear sight. I am wondering if that matches up with everything else that it was refurbished circa WWII for issue with a K98 bolt and K98 rear sight and probably cut down as well. Though the stock might have been cut down later? Or used as some kind of scout/rear echelon rifle? The cleaning holes were filled at some point and no bayonet mount. No front sight ears either.
Last questions (for now mind you!), the fire end top piece that fits under the front of the receiver is kind of loose. Any suggestions on tightening it up without significantly modifying the stock? It is held on by fitting under the front receiver and two wires wrapped over/through the wood and the barrel itself (and runs between the barrel and the lower forearm). One of the wires is broken and I could fix that easy enough, but the wood seems to have shrunk over time, so loose under the receiver. A tiny bit of wood filler to fatten it (since it is hidden)?
The final one, I picked up a box of Yugo surplus ammo while there. 11/1956 manufacture. Any idea if it is coorosive or not? Kind of wanted the stripper clips more than the ammo and it was inexpensive. If it is corrosive, I’d rather just hold on to it as an oddity. I figure the bore is rough enough...I’ll just grab a few boxes of PPU and go to town.
Mostly I am hoping this is accurate enough to hit a pie plate at 100yds and be a short range deer rifle when I get a wild hair (my Sako forester or AR-15 6.5 grendel are going to stay my main deer rifles for sure, but if it can ethically take game, I like trying to every once in awhile).
My Yugo M57 should be showing up day after tomorrow also! So excited.
And thanks!
The bore is rough as hell. The rifling looks deep and good, but it is corroded pretty bad for the groves. Interestingly the lands actually look clean. I gave up scrubbing it with brushes, patches and JB bore cleaner. Still coming out filthy every time I a run a damp patch through. I was thinking shoot it a bit and run some JB cleaner through it while hot to help take off what is left (as much as is possible). Any suggestions on cleaning the bore further? Any hope it could be an okay shooter? I had inspected the bore before buying and knew it was rough, but at the asking price...I’ve wanted a Mauser and wanted a K98/M98, I haven’t needed it to be completely correct.
The safety was jammed, probably from corrosion. A few whacks with a rubber mallet got it loose and it is operating correctly in all three positions and doesn’t seem to take excessive force to change positions. The firing pin really goes SNAP (dry fire bad?)
Also any idea on the rear sight? That doesn’t look like a WWII era K98 rear sight. I am wondering if that matches up with everything else that it was refurbished circa WWII for issue with a K98 bolt and K98 rear sight and probably cut down as well. Though the stock might have been cut down later? Or used as some kind of scout/rear echelon rifle? The cleaning holes were filled at some point and no bayonet mount. No front sight ears either.
Last questions (for now mind you!), the fire end top piece that fits under the front of the receiver is kind of loose. Any suggestions on tightening it up without significantly modifying the stock? It is held on by fitting under the front receiver and two wires wrapped over/through the wood and the barrel itself (and runs between the barrel and the lower forearm). One of the wires is broken and I could fix that easy enough, but the wood seems to have shrunk over time, so loose under the receiver. A tiny bit of wood filler to fatten it (since it is hidden)?
The final one, I picked up a box of Yugo surplus ammo while there. 11/1956 manufacture. Any idea if it is coorosive or not? Kind of wanted the stripper clips more than the ammo and it was inexpensive. If it is corrosive, I’d rather just hold on to it as an oddity. I figure the bore is rough enough...I’ll just grab a few boxes of PPU and go to town.
Mostly I am hoping this is accurate enough to hit a pie plate at 100yds and be a short range deer rifle when I get a wild hair (my Sako forester or AR-15 6.5 grendel are going to stay my main deer rifles for sure, but if it can ethically take game, I like trying to every once in awhile).
My Yugo M57 should be showing up day after tomorrow also! So excited.
And thanks!
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