Steyr manufactured Kar98K, manufactured in 1941, captured by the Soviets at some point in the war, and stockpiled in the Soviet Union for decades until the Warsaw Pact had a going out of business sale…
The bore is surprisingly good, very good. I’m thinking that the stock is in good shape too, and I’m going to work on gently taking that nasty Soviet shellac off and see what kind of condition the laminate is underneath.
Lot of history in these Russian capture K98’s.
Beautiful! I’ve been thinking of picking one of these up in addition to a Nagant (since they’re only 100 +/- dollars). Already have a 1903, so it’d make for a nice little collection I think.
Did you find this gem locally?
-Justin
Those K98s are built like TANKS!
Awesome piece of history with the German and Russian markings.
Neato. Steyr started using the cupped buttplate in what, 1940? And where can one get a Russian-capture '98 for $100 these days?
-I think he meant the Mosin-Nagants are around a $100.
-I bought a 98k from Mitchells last year, very nice rifles. Got a pretty good kick to it though.
Can I have it…?
Awsome I have always wanted one of them they never show up in the shops around here.
Correct.
I snagged a “AX” Erma Werke 1941 dated Russian Capture Mauser. They’re great rifles.
Gonna leave it as is or you gonna restore it to it’s original finish? :big_boss:
I’m going to take the nasty shellac off, I’ve heard that denatured alcohol is a good method.
Don’t know about the dip-blue…might actually look worse underneath.
How’s the bore look?
My SWP 45 looks like the Soviets took it right off the production line in Czechoslovakia in '45 and it was never fired.
Try Homer Formby’s products. Formby’s has a stripper to remove the old finish and follow-on to clean the wood and stop the stripper action. After that, your can use tongue oil, 0000 stainless steel wool and very fine sand paper to hand rub the finish on the stock. Oil finish was likely the original finish on the wood. Twenty coats or so and it will shine like a new penny.
For a shellac’d RC, thats a pretty nice one. But I’d shit can the shellac on that as well.
After you take off the shellac, a few coats of boiled linseed oil will do that stock some justice.
Nice find.
And did you add the capture screws to the action screws? Or did it come like that?
Try the small ring G.33/40 if you want to experience a whole new level of “good kick.” Same round, and still a true 98 action, but in a much smaller, stripped-down form that carries a lot more like an M1 Carbine than a k98. It’s a wonderfully brutal thing to fire. 
AC