T-shirt approved👍 1:44 if you file down the front sight you have to raise the muzzle even more, thus shooting even higher. (edit) Thx for your vid! K98ks are always sweet to see

@iloveshootingshit

4 жыл бұрын

Yea I mentioned filing down the front in the video. But since the groups are not super tight I didn't bother.

@ulflyng4072

4 жыл бұрын

@@iloveshootingshit Good you didn't file it down. You would have brought your groups up not down, like you wanted them

@chriscary4074

3 жыл бұрын

@@iloveshootingshit if the rear sight leaf is a mismatch try getting one from the same maker as your rifle, in this case you're looking for Oberndorf parts or proof marked WaA655 parts

@donwyoming1936

10 ай бұрын

Your front sight looks like it was already filed down. You can get replacement front sights, either original military or they come in several heights to adjust zero.

Front sighthood wasn't issued until late 1940 that's what I was told.

@iloveshootingshit

2 жыл бұрын

Yea I'm just pretending this is a early war gun that was built from parts later in the war. Lol honestly I didn't know that little detail

I am about to embark on rescuing a Czechoslovakian K98k that is just the barrel and action in a state of rust. I am looking forward to bringing it back to some semblance of its former glory.

I'm in the middle of doing the same thing with a Mauser K98 barreled action I just bought. Thank you for putting this video together.

@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK

Жыл бұрын

Good luck, aside from the stock parts are surprisingly cheap and common, I got all the parts for mine on eBay except for the .308 barrel and an aftermarket tall front sight blade from brownells

keep your files away from that front sight bud!!

Very nice glad u were able to save it!

Great video u did an awesome job on that rifle. I own a matching no. Byf 1944 k98k.

Not worth alot? My guy, people charge out the ass for even sporterized examples. You should tell me where you buy your mausers since anything around where I am with the name mauser or k98k automatically means over $600. I got super lucky with my late-war mauser at $300 and haven't found anything close to that since then. Also, those holes are really easy to fix with some threaded plugs locktited in and tig welded over. If you wanted, you could stain the stock to match that handguard.

@iloveshootingshit

4 жыл бұрын

I paid 300 for the barrel and trigger. Probably 700 into it.

@richard1165

4 жыл бұрын

@@iloveshootingshit Still not bad considering it is a true german made mauser that is mostly correct. Even if it's not matching, its still an awesome K98k, although the barrel bulge is unfortunate. I had to resolder both front and rear sights on my kriegsmodell. Really the only affordable mausers these days are beaten up turks or the 7mm Chilean mausers. The Yugo M48s are great alternatives for about $200-$300 more, I might pick one of those up and end my mauser collection at 3 rifles.

@butternutbestboy1251

4 жыл бұрын

I bought a k98 yesterday for $825 it’s a Russian capture but durning these times I can’t find any better

@kurtwk

3 жыл бұрын

Just bought a really nice Russian capture for 550 and I believe I lucked out for that price. 🙂

@michaelbenjmitchell1

3 жыл бұрын

@@richard1165 I bought a Yugo Refurb for $490 and it has a Hardwood stock not Laminate. I'll probably just use Tru-Oil on mine to get it to look like it is stained.

You are finding the joy of messing with old Mausers. Most of them have a lot of character and that is half of the fun.

AWESOME!! Next time you have a “ hang fire “ just lift the bolt up and then back down again , and that will recock it ...don’t cycle it..usually a second try will almost certainly fire the round.

@iloveshootingshit

3 жыл бұрын

I had that woth some romanian surplus 8mm. Most did go off on the 2nd try

@michaelbenjmitchell1

3 жыл бұрын

That is called light primer strikes not hang fires. Just means either the Main spring is full of Cosmoline or it is getting weak. Wolf makes heavier duty springs which will solve that. I did that with my 95 year old Finnish Capture M91 and what a difference that made.

@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelbenjmitchell1 no, old surplus ammo sometimes just needs a second strike, if it does that on new ammo then the spring is bad. I wouldn’t use one of those wolf springs unless it’s to exclusively shoot surplus ammo, on new stuff it can pierce primers

You would need a taller front sight to bring point of impact down. Where did you find the wood? I’m also restoring a k98

This is quite a useful video for me, I was gifted a Code 27 1939 Kar98k form a relative, fortunately it’s in much better shape than yours, as it’s still in original condition except the stock is cut down, the rear sight is painted a bit, and there is a wrong screw in the trigger guard. Where did you get your stock? Early stocks are either expensive, reproductions (which I don’t mind, but I’m not sure how well the parts I have will work in it), or just wrong lol. Where did you get your stock? And how did you take the takedown bolt and recoil bolt out in case I do get a reproduction?

@iloveshootingshit

3 жыл бұрын

Stock was from Numrich

@iloveshootingshit

3 жыл бұрын

For the recoild bolt i bought a specific tool, just be careful how hard you tighten

@sirboomsalot4902

3 жыл бұрын

@@iloveshootingshit Ok, thanks!

@douglassorren9798

2 жыл бұрын

@@iloveshootingshit where did you get the tool? I am looking at these to replace a stock from a yugo 98k. Plan on fitting a cupped but plate though.

If you wana let the holes diappear just weld the reciever. heat it up to 150 degrees centigrade, choose the wire for MAG welding. Take welding wire for fine grain steel in the middle range and make two or three point welding spots with 180A, but do not quench afterwards in cold water, better warm motoroil at temperature of 40 degrees centigrade. This will work, for sure. After that file and polish slightly, Use cold blueing for the polished spots. After one year you won't see your small fix anylonger. The steel for the reciever is ST C 35.61. This is our German classification. If you cannot weld ask someone else, the best way is a professionel welder. Greetings from Germany..... The steel of the reciever made in WW2 can stand this procedure. I did the same more than 30 years ago several time.

Put a proper German bolt in that gun and you'll be one step close to the original appearance. You came a long way in turning a junker into a respectable shooter. That M-48 Yugo bolt sticks out like a sore thumb. The location, profile and shape of the undercut in the stock under the bolt handle looks a bit odd and out of shape, hand cut? May need a little adjustment to get the look right. I've restored several k98's and carried that trusty Mauser for years as a reenactor and as a live shooter. A most inspirational rifle! I still prize my small collection of Russian captured k98's. I used have an untouched pristine all matching vet bringback several years ago, a very pricy safe queen that, although rare, was not as fun to own since it was unfired (except for German test rounds). It was taken new out of the factory new by a local vet taken right out of Mauser Oberndorf factory racks in 1945. The RC rifles aren't worth huge money, but you can enjoy them a helluva lot more.

@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK

Жыл бұрын

Uh the M48 bolt won’t work in a k98, it’s too short and therefore won’t lock

@DARIVSARCHITECTVS

Жыл бұрын

@@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK I think you're right, but the bolt that's in the rifle is marked M8655 on the bolt lever, not a German marking. k98 bolts are common enough that he should be able to find one.

@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK

Жыл бұрын

@@DARIVSARCHITECTVS true

I’m in the process of building taking down a bubbad G98 and building a k98 like this, but I want a .308 barrel and it’s proving to be a pain to find Edit: I thought I could go cheap and fit a vz24 stock, it fits the receiver but it’s too short to fit k98k, got a correct stock and trying to flip the vz24 stock Edit: I’m gonna take a risk and try a repro barrel by loathe-walther Edit: getting barrel gauged and properly headspaced Edit: it’s done and it’s very accurate, there’s a few little things left like re cutting the receiver crest and bluing but that’s for way later on

@ragingjaguarknight86

2 жыл бұрын

Way to go!!! 😎👍 I've got 2 kar98ks, one of which was a genuine Russian Capture (RC) mixmaster and another one, which from my research, is a "Balkan" capture. I like my RC kar98k more, since it has a mix of parts from the early, mid and late period of the war. My Balkan capture is weird, it's exposed metal is nearly in the white, but all the bluing under the wood is still intact. The receiver has had it waffenamts crudely removed, it looks like a drunk smashed them out with a punch and a sledgehammer, but oddly enough, the receiver, trigger guard, barrel and magazine floorplate all match. o_O I looked for a .308 or 7.62 NATO mauser barrel as well since eventually the barrels will wear out. v_v Either way I'm glad to see you caring for your rifle like the heirloom it is. ^_^

@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK

Жыл бұрын

@@ragingjaguarknight86 she’s almost complete, just needs the barreled action blued and there’s some small things I’d like to change like repairing the bolt rails to take clips and get a blocked mag for .308

They probably shot it with snow or mud in the barrel, causing the bulge. It may not be your ammo causing problems. Might need a new firing pin or spring. That's a fairly common problem.

You may have been told this already. If it’s shooting high and you file down the front sight, it will shoot even higher

@iloveshootingshit

Жыл бұрын

Yea I figured that out. Didn't do anything with the site

How hard was it to install that rear sight assembly? Haven’t found many helpful resources.

@iloveshootingshit

2 жыл бұрын

On my rifle it was very easy. Its been awhile sonce i done this but i remember doing mild tapping using a block of wood so i didnt damage the rear sight

@breeples1331

2 жыл бұрын

​@@iloveshootingshit Just wondering if I'll have to solder that thing in place. Thanks for the reply!

@iloveshootingshit

2 жыл бұрын

@@breeples1331 there is a dimple on the barrel that lines up with a set screw. I had to tap my sight back then line up the dimple. The set screw and the tighter fit made it solid for me. No soddering

@breeples1331

2 жыл бұрын

@@iloveshootingshit nice. thanks again

Don't worry, i will not file the front sight. I probably wont shoot this rifle again

@GreetingsandSalutations4007

3 жыл бұрын

ILOVESHOOTINGSHIT may I ask why?

@iloveshootingshit

3 жыл бұрын

@@GreetingsandSalutations4007 8mm is expensive

was wondering how one of those walnut repro stocks would look. not too bad

@michaelbenjmitchell1

3 жыл бұрын

Why buy a Repro when there are a ton of surplus stocks out there.

@MrJerry160

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelbenjmitchell1 well the walnut stocks are not as common

@michaelbenjmitchell1

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrJerry160 I actually have one on my Yugo refurb that was original to it.

@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelbenjmitchell1 the originals are expensive and most of the ones out there are sporterized, plus, they’re old

what you got is what i call 42-38 (factory code and year),i have 3 Oberndorf Mausers a 42-40 and an S/42-37 but the second one is a commercial rifle i also have a ottoman 1903 reworked by the turks for WW2. the stock looked repro from the start with how pristine it looks, however it looks good on your rifle. as for your list of things it needs you were half way there, ya need a sling but you're also missing a cleaning rod, let me save you some headache for ya, you need a 12 inch rod, there are a LOT of variations, 10.5, 12, 14.75 and thats just off the top of my head, the rear sight you ordered looked like a yugo or czech sight block, but they look almost identical to a turk sight block but czech/yugo blocks are solid on the bottom while the turk blocks have a cut out, if you take your turk and yugo M48 out of their stocks you should be able to see what i'm talking about. Mausers are a bottomless rabbithole of variations and information, like do you know the 4 families of muser? 71, 89, 93 and 98. if you're interested i can give you my FB link to continue this conversation :-)

@iloveshootingshit

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks fpr the info. I wish you warned me earlier with the cleaning rod because i did buy the wrong one 😂

@chriscary4074

3 жыл бұрын

@@iloveshootingshit don't feel bad, i did the same thing first time around. you should do a short update video on your K98, there's never enough Mauser content on YT

@iloveshootingshit

3 жыл бұрын

@@chriscary4074 well i eventually want to hide the holes so that what i wanna do before any video.

@chriscary4074

3 жыл бұрын

@@iloveshootingshit small amount of spackle and touch of pint and you'll be grand. i did like your wall BTW, shame the stock is too thick to hang your K98

@iloveshootingshit

3 жыл бұрын

@@chriscary4074 i hope i made a fan with you. Been struggling to increase subscribers

holes for a scope ? or why drill like that

@GreetingsandSalutations4007

3 жыл бұрын

rem ko yes

Don't file the front sight get a taller front sight to bring the muzzel down if it is shooting high.

@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK

Жыл бұрын

Brownells makes one for $8, I got one for my k98 build and it’s zeroed at 50 yards

I have one that the safety is stuck to fire. How do I remove this? Maybe something is broken?

@iloveshootingshit

2 жыл бұрын

Plebty of really good videos that can help u

@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK

Жыл бұрын

Same thing happened on my Spanish 1916 carbine, funny thing is once I take it apart to a certain extent it works again but fully assembled, it’s stuck to fire

Nice job but like others have pointed out don't file down the front sight.

@iloveshootingshit

3 жыл бұрын

Yep its noted and i wont

Gotta say though since yours is not a s code rifle, like s/42 and just 42, a walnut stock is incorrect. This rifle should have a laminated stock with a flat buttplate

@iloveshootingshit

2 ай бұрын

Well the rifle had a lot of issues to begin with. Just wanted to make it fun

You are wrong. If your groups are to high and the rear sight is at the max. down position, you need a higher front sight. Don't file it down! Change it to a higher one!

@iloveshootingshit

2 ай бұрын

Yea I had it backward when I was talking. Don't worry I haven't touched the sight

1938 k98’s didn’t come with a front sight hood

@iloveshootingshit

Жыл бұрын

Yea figured that out later. Mistakes were made. Oh well.

@softailrider4976

Жыл бұрын

@@iloveshootingshit hey we all make them, I bought a $4500 rpk-74 with a shot out barrel lol