K98K Portuguese 1941 contract mauser
Article about: i recently puchased this K98K Portuguese 1941 contract mauser,.all matching serial numbers on stock & Bolt/Block etc,made by Mauserwerke A.G Oberndorf A.N H BLOCK WaA 135 Waffenampt mark
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Excellent example-they weren't 'recalled'-export rifles were held at the factory and not allowed to be sent to Portugal due to the deteriorating war situation and then issued to the German forces. Portuguese markings were applied at the Oberndorf factory.
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That's a sweet rifle! Beautiful
"Please", Thank You" and proper manners appreciated
My greatest fear is that one day I will die and my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them
"Don't tell me these are investments if you never intend to sell anything" (Quote: Wife)
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Overthetop
...some of these portuguese contract rifles were called back to germany late war to be issued to the wehrmacht when raw materials were scarce.
Actually, as lithgow stated, some Portuguese contract rifle were not delivered and diverted to the Wehrmacht, due the operation Barbarossa needs (some shortage in rifles and other materials).
Surveying the RC K98's, it seems that the Portuguese sent in battle were mainly of the F block, with some (rare) G block; there should be an interesting sticky about that on GB.
You have an gorgeous specimen, almost mint and, for what I can see, absolutely not messed with.
Too bad for the "F" scratched on the safety (fire?): try to touch it with a drop of could blue.
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It's usual in Australia to see an 'F' marked on the fire position of the safety lever on Mauser action rifles-usually red paint as well-this is a customs import regulation here.
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lithgow
It's usual in Australia to see an 'F' marked on the fire position of the safety lever on Mauser action rifles-usually red paint as well-this is a customs import regulation here.
It seems that each Country has some curious rules about weapons; just figure out that here bayonets, daggers and swords are treated as firearms: you need a police permission to buy/own one.
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Hi, nice rifle! For what I know, only a fraction of F block and few early G block seen actual use with Whermacht. Some specimen so serialized popped out from Russian captured weapons inventory, stored there for emergency use in the 50's
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