I picked up a real nice all matching down to the stock and hand guard bcd 1944 K98 with no import marks and while I rarely believe the story with the rifle I think I do with this one First off the guy brought it in and said his daughter had befriended an old vet in his 80's and he has no kids so the daughter is sort of his kid and takes hime places and feeds and cares for him too. The old vet wants to sell off all the guns he brought back from the war and this is one of them. The bore is really nice and there is little or not wear on the bolt face and the bullet ramp. It is complete with a WW2 sling in great shape and marked for the manufacturer, the original cleaning rod, the sight hood is there too, and a dark but nice finnish. I wiped it down with Ballistol and it got much cleaner and less dark. I used patches on the stock to wipe the Ballistol off and they were black so it sat out in someplace and just plain got dirty. Only negs on it are a speckled mag plate and trigger guard along the bottom of the ring, the front band looks similar too. I would bet by the look of it it set in an attic for sometime. No major and few minor dings or digs in the stock and it is match marked to the rifle too.

Now the story after I bought the rifle for $400 he said he had a couple of other guns he would bring for us to see tomorrow and that one was a Luger but it was partially dissasembled. We said no problem we'll take care of that for you and oil and check it too. The guy brought an all matching Black Widow BYF 43 Luger in a bag but in great shape and all like brand new too. Kicker was he had a holster match marked to the gun with it!! It was so new and stiff it actually was hard to get together so we charged him $10 as it took awhile to do plus we were checking numbers too. He did not want to sell the Luger just yet but he has our number and names so who knows and we did ask for first shot at it. He seemed pleased and also had another old German gun with a piece msiing the name of which I can't remember and we looked that over too. Told him where to find the part and the value of it too. He had another old German rifle also and we sold that for him to a dealer that was there because we knew he would like it.

I am still not going to sell this as I really like the look of it so don't bother sending any m notes offline or asking how much I want for it. I am going to try and get the vets name and such next week as I have his number so it will have some backround history to go with it too. No papers as he must have worked in supply or been an officer and no duffle cut either. I am betting this was a depot set of weapons as they had some sort of cosmilne on them and were really in nice shape otherwise. Original sling is suffering from exposure but I have some stuff on it to get it back in better shape, that light checkering that was on them is still quite visible and prominent and like I aid there is a three letter ID on it and I am thinking it was opd or opm. Can't remember just which one right now. Needless to say with the M91 Mosin I traded for and this $400 K98 I am quite please even though I was in the red again for the show. I have never broke even or made money at this show ever but I find things there sometimes so I keep going back!  Bill   ELT