My K98

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These are some photos of my numbers matching K98. The helmet, flag, and Totenkopf are not real.

 

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And the bayonet

 

[majspud]

Very nice; hard year to find correct.

t

 

[Mountain]

Very nice and great pics!

 

[mac1911]

Looks itching to shoot a vintage match

 

[76Too]

Isn't there one of those coming up? I know if I had a Mauser like that I would shoot it in the CMP vintage match on October 15th at Old Colony Sportsmans Association in Pembroke...just saying.

 

[Hardwired]

What is the 8.N.N marking on the receiver?

I had to listen to The Forgotten Soldier on audible and got hooked.
You can see the disadvantage the Backbone of the Wehrmacht bolt action (supported by those few within the units with MP40s and MG42 MGs) were up against large numbers of adversaries and many armed with ppsh41s, pps-43 smgs, M1 garands and carbines in the later years.

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Very nice; hard year to find correct.

t

Why is this?

 

[majspud]

N.N. is probably 8mm.

Most of the '42 production was lost on the Eastern front. One of the scarcer years. Most common is '44.

t

 

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I have never been able to get an answer, the gentleman that sold it to me said he had researched it, and never got a straight answer. Everyones best guess is a caliber stamp.