Did a trade with a friend. My M42 Springfield and 105 rounds of 1942 8x56 ammo for his jhv41 and a player to be named later.
I'm working the rounds of substitute standard K98s for my German collection - those foreign rifles in 8mm taken into German service during WW2 - now that I have the 10 German makers of the K98. I now have the G.24 - VZ24, G.29/40 - Polish M29 carbine, and now the G.98/40 - the Hungarian successor (German modified from the Femaru FEG35) to the M95 Steyr. Those who have one can see the similarity of the bolt and safety. Unlike a Mauser action and the original straight pull M95 Steyrs, the G.98/40's are cock-on opening, not close.
Somewhat of a rare piece, this one is a bolt and floor-plate mismatch. Bore is OK, but some roughness as shown. I added a German sight hood cover and a place holder reproduction cleaning rod and muzzle cover. Original sight hoods for the G.98/40 are unobtanium, and I mean unobtanium. My friend saw a loose sight hood go on eBay for $1200. Let me repeat that; twelve hundred dollars for just a sight hood - half again what the rifle cost. That much will get you a great bolt MM K98 outright. I don't know why they haven't survived, but they don't exist. There have been a few private runs of correct reproduction hoods, but this will do just fine for me - and the metal finish actually matches quite well.
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I'm working the rounds of substitute standard K98s for my German collection - those foreign rifles in 8mm taken into German service during WW2 - now that I have the 10 German makers of the K98. I now have the G.24 - VZ24, G.29/40 - Polish M29 carbine, and now the G.98/40 - the Hungarian successor (German modified from the Femaru FEG35) to the M95 Steyr. Those who have one can see the similarity of the bolt and safety. Unlike a Mauser action and the original straight pull M95 Steyrs, the G.98/40's are cock-on opening, not close.
Somewhat of a rare piece, this one is a bolt and floor-plate mismatch. Bore is OK, but some roughness as shown. I added a German sight hood cover and a place holder reproduction cleaning rod and muzzle cover. Original sight hoods for the G.98/40 are unobtanium, and I mean unobtanium. My friend saw a loose sight hood go on eBay for $1200. Let me repeat that; twelve hundred dollars for just a sight hood - half again what the rifle cost. That much will get you a great bolt MM K98 outright. I don't know why they haven't survived, but they don't exist. There have been a few private runs of correct reproduction hoods, but this will do just fine for me - and the metal finish actually matches quite well.
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