K98k Pictures Page 3 Well, my new K98k is finally done! After many coats of BLO and lots of scrubbing and cleaning, the rifle has turned out pretty darn nice, even if I do say so myself ;) The only thing that still needs some work is the barrel. No matter how many time I scrub it out with Hoppes #9 and a .338 bore brush, the cleaning patches still come out a solid charcoal grey. It's a real horror show. Hopefully soon I'll reach the bottom of the accumulated decades of powder fouling and get to some steel. I wish that those Germans and Yugoslavians had practiced better rifle cleaning! While the rifle was disassembled I found several German Waffenampts that the Yugoslavians failed to remove before they rearsenaled the rifle following the war. Most were in spots that weren't visible when the action is in the wood, or were too deep to completely buff out. Unfortunately I found only one very faint Waffenampt on the receiver. The eagle above the number is actually a Weimar eagle and the number is either 114 or 117. I've had several people look at the mark under a strong magnifying glass and everyoen agrees that it's 114, which means that it was produced by J.P. Sauer sometime between 1934 and 1936. This would make it one of the very nice pre war K98k receivers. Here's a chart of Waffenampts that I found on various parts of the rifle while it was disassembled and being cleaned: Location WaA Number Receiver WaA114 Bolt Body WaA37 Bolt Shroud WaA77 Safety WaA37 Ejector WaA280 Rear Sight Spring WaA280 Rear Sight Base WaA280 Rear Sight Height Adjuster WaA280 Bayonet Lug WaA77 Here are some pictures of the reassembled rifle, ready to take to the range. Click the thumbnail for a larger image.