I have one... Originaly an Mauser 98 long gun then converted to a 98K.. then sent to Israel and got a new stock and sighthood... didnt get 7.62 and then somehow ended up in norway :P
Great looking Rifle, I have always wanted one of those. I love My 8X57s but it would be nice to have one in the readily available .308 Winchester. Good Review
I just bought one of these today. It’s truly a beautiful rifle and, coming from a guy whose first milsurp was a Mosin. It truly is the perfect bolt action.
Although I appreciate the history of that gun and the fact that this gun was re-barrelled with a more common calibre, I am sad that it no longer has the original calibre. It feels wrong, although it is part of it's remarkable history. And seeing David's star on a Gew98 is so surreal, makes it so unique, in a very sick way...
Very interesting rifle with a very interesting history! Especially the conversion from the long - straight bolt - Gewehr 98 to the K98k... The long Mauser Gewehr 98 was still used in 1939 - 1945 beside the new K98k by second echelon and police units. But I didn't know they also converted the original Gew 98 tot the new standard.
I bought this several years ago, so I am not sure what the market is on them now. This was in the four to five Bennie range, but I am sure they are much higher now.
I was lucky and happened to see this on BullMoose's site years ago. You probably have to just look where one would normally looks for milsurps (I may put out a video in the near future on good places to look).
I am getting an FN made Mauser for Israel, unfortunately it got sporterized, I will need to hunt for a period correct stock, remove the stecher and then it should be at least somehow period correct, supposedly was used during the Suez Crisis.
I mainly want to make viewers aware of the place to check them out. They actually see these every once in awhile, but you need to be on their mailing list or it gets snagged up pretty quickly once they go on their site and Facebook.
I never really saw these Israeli k98 as valuable pieces just because they changed the caliber and peened off all the original markings, virtually molesting the guns original state.
As I indicated in the video... moneywise they are worth about the same as a Russian Capture K98. History-wise and storywise is where the value is for me. It isn't like this is a Bubba sporter, this was a nation's military rearsenal. The fact that this was used in two world wars, the Israeli War of Independence, and at least in the rear echelon during the Six-Day War along with having both Waffenamts and the Star of David on it makes it much more interesting to me than some of the most expensive pieces of my collection.
