Video: K98 - These Will Be Available 06/14/17 12:00 PM EST

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Hey everybody, Ben with Classic Firearms here. Today is Tuesday, June the 13th. And before we get started, Dylan's running the camera. Dylan, this is a special day in one of your family member's lives, right? Correct. It's your mother's birthday, am I right about that? It is. What's your mom's first name? Beth. All right. Beth, happy birthday from everybody here at the Classic Firearms family. We appreciate you having this young man, that is so valuable to our staff. Dylan, tell us how old Beth is. I'd rather not. Okay. Anyway, happy birthday Beth. We hope you have a great day. Folks, we've got something very, very special for your today. I am so honored to bring you this. This is a product collection that we were able to obtain of really nice German K-98 Mausers. Authentic K-98's with all the codes and markings and the war eagle, swastikas, all matching numbers as far as we can see. Now let me repeat that. Every number that we can see on these rifles matches, whether it be the barrel band or bolt or floor plate, et cetera. And we're gonna show you that. I don't know the history of them well enough to know how original these are. They appear to be refurbished. But if they're refurbished, they were certainly refurbished on really good original guns because all the number matches. The appropriate stocks even have the serial numbers in the stocks. I think all of the flat butt-plate guns have serial numbers in the stocks. All of the cupped ones do not, but that is basically how they came from the factory. We're gonna get into them in just a moment. Folks, this is gonna be a long video. We've set up some lighting, these are expensive guns. We want to do them justice. So if K-98's is not your thing, or if you're out looking for an original K-98 bayonet, because we're gonna be bringing some of those to you too, turn this thing off now and don't spend the rest of the time watching it. You'll never get that 20 minutes of your life back. A lot of people don't want a K-98. Now if you're a K-98 collector, you're gonna enjoy this. Dylan's running the camera, as I said. Dylan, come on in and let's start profiling these guns individually. We're gonna start here on the end. There's really no rhyme or reason. This is a BSW manufacture code. I know, Dylan, you said that light kind of glares off of this. We'll bring it to the middle of the table. BSW is one of the more rare codes. They did not make that many K-98's. People love that Cyrillic writing on there. This is a 1939 dated. I don't know what the "c" is folks, I'm not enough of an expert to know that. Certainly connotes something. There is a Waffenamt on this side. As well as some Waffenamt's on the early side. Some of the 1939 dated codes will have war eagle, some are considered pre-war and will not. But you can see the matching serial number here on the barrel. Matching serial number on the receiver. Let me scroll down to the barrel band. You see a matching serial number there. Floorplate's, complete matching serial numbers on both areas of the floorplate that contain them. As well as on the safety latch, the bolt head, and the bolt handle. And in this case, it is a laminated flat buttplate stock. There is also a matching serial number in the stock. Beautiful rifle overall. Laminated stock. All of these are bent bolt. This one happens to come with the sling. I don't know if that's the original sling or a reproduction, but it's certainly based on the original sling. Very nice. You getting a good shot of that Dylan? I am. I want people to be able to see the quality these are. That's why we set up the lights. We're gonna take whatever time it is, because they are expensive. They're expensive for two reasons, folks. Number one, we paid a premium for them. Number two, because they're worth it. At any rate, let's come in on the tag. That is the BSW. We're selling it by serial number. Serial number 1435, for $1299.99. Our next rifle is a manufacturer 147. Dated 1940. All this white lettering folks, is exactly the way it came to us. If you see it in the white, it's because we got it in the white. You see the matching serial numbers here, barrel and bolt all the other visible numbers match also. No, we have not gone below the wood on any of these rifles. I don't know about numbers below the wood. But everything visible matches. See the two very nice prominent war eagles here? This is a war dated rifle. You can see the nice German war eagles. Serial number stamped as well, in the stock. Beautiful laminated stock. Beautiful finish. We also have some cartouche stampings in the stock. I hope the camera will pick those up. They are gorgeous. Really smooth actions, on all of these. Again, that was a manufacturer 147, serial number 4391. That one is at $1499.99. Next rifle. One of my favorites. This is manufacturer 337. If you have the book you can look it up, and see which German factory that is. It is 1939 dated. You see all the Waffenamt's on the right-hand side. Unlike my last 1939, this is a 1939 but it is war stamped. You see the war eagles. These are so clear that you can even clearly make out the swastikas in the talons of the eagle. Once again, all visible serial number match. For time consideration, I'm not gonna focus in on every one of these bolts and so forth. Just trust me, folks. We checked them all. They all have matching numbers. Not only that, I neglected to tell you about this, but this is a good time to show you while I'm thinking about it. Matching numbers here. These also come complete with all the capture screws. If you have a Russian capture, normally the capture screws have been removed. The capture screws keep the primary screws from backing out. It was something the Germans designed. It's indigenous to K-98 rifles. All of these have the capture screws. Look at the inlaying on the cartouches on this stock, Dylan. Absolutely beautiful. Again, that is serial number 9788, the 337 manufacturer, $1499.99. Moving right along, our fourth rifle. This is ... I about got ahead of myself, didn't I Dylan? Thank you. Speak up if you need to, I don't want to start this again. This is another BSW. 1938 dated. That is pre-war, but it does have some really nice Waffenamt's there. As well as the same markings on the other side. The same beautiful matching serial numbers. As well as, I said I wasn't gonna do this, but people want to see it. On the bolt, on the safety, and the bolt head, of course. This is a very low three digit serial number. That is serial number 399. Also reflected in the stock. Flat buttplate. Only laminated stock rifle. Once you've scanned it Dylan, I want to come back to these cartouches on the stock, because they are gorgeous. And let's look at that BSW again. This one's a pre-war date folks, so it's not as expensive as some of the rifles on the table. But people love the BSW brand. And we have it here for you, reflected here. Serial number 399 at $1299.99. Our next rifle is the rare AX code. It is 1940 dated. You can see some small Waffenamt's on the right-hand side of the receiver. More importantly, you will see the dual war birds on the left-hand side. Once again, matching serial numbers all around. Including in the stock itself. Is that picking up Dylan? I've got it. Excellent. Folks, if you see it with the sling, it does come with the sling. A couple of these do not, but this one does. Matching numbers up top here. Again, we've not been below the wood but every visible serial number matches on all of these weapons. Let you see the stock cartouches here. That is the AX code folks. Serial number 1, excuse me, 3176. At $1499.99. Our next rifle is manufacturer code 42. 42 is the original Mauser-Oberndorf plant. This is a 1939 rifle. You can see the prominent Waffenamt's on the right-hand side. As well as the dual war eagles on the left-hand side. This particular rifle has a beautiful, deep, blue finish to it. And, all of the serial numbers, even on the top here, on the bolt face, and so forth, are white highlighted. As well as the barrel band. As well as the floorplate. I don't know why some are and some aren't. That's the way they came to us, so that's the way it is. You can see the matching number, once again, in the stock. While we're here, lets make note that all of them do have their capture screws. All of them do have their cleaning rods. This one comes with a sling. And, I don't know that we've covered it, there's some nice cartouches there in the stock. That is number 42, the manufacturer 42. Serial number 2177. Price on that rifle is $1499.99. Our next rifle is a 337. The remainder of the rifles on the table not only have all matching parts, but they also have their sight hoods. Manufacturer 337. 1940 dated. You can see all the nice barrel markings here, including dual war eagles, matching serial numbers of course, that we've covered before. A nice series of Waffenamt's on the right-hand side of the receiver. Dylan, I'm just gonna hold this and let you scan that rifle, because that is a beautiful rifle. Serial numbers match up top, as you can see. As well as on the bottom. I think you scanned the cartouches already on the stock, am I correct? I did. Very smooth action. Beautiful rifle. I see you're gonna scan it one more time. And it's well worth doing. Anyway. That is manufacturer 337, serial number 8155, total price on that rifle $1499.99. The next rifle was manufactured BYF, dated 1944. Let's show them this rifle, Dylan. This is one of our higher-priced rifle on the table. As a matter of fact, it's next to our most expensive. But certainly well worth it. The BYF is a beautiful rifle. 1944 dated. Normally, the later production date rifles during the war years, they had very nice bores and I have checked this bore. We never make a guarantee for a bore, but I have checked this bore on this rifle because I was just curious for myself, because of the late date. The bore in this rifle looks like a mirror with lands and grooves in it. It is pristine. If you want a shooter folks, this would be your rifle. Now, back to the regularly scheduled program. You can see the dual war eagles here. BYF's typically did not have a serial number on the receiver, so this is historically correct. Do have the one serial number on the barrel. But it does of course match with your stock sleeve out here. And of course, with your magazine well floorplate there. And with your bolt and safety and bolt head. This is a heavy-cut buttplate rifle. Beautiful laminated stock. Beautiful cartouche in the stock. As you can see here, Dylan, I don't know that a camera picks up, but this is really smooth, nice bluing on this rifle. It's just got a gorgeous look about it. Of course, we have a sight hood here on the end. Cleaning rod for the rifle is complete. This one does not have a sling, but while you're focusing on me Dylan, let me tell the folks something I had forgotten to say until now. We've inspected all these rifles folks. Any time we get a product collection, we don't want to assume things because we don't know, for sure, the history on the rifles other than what we can see and what we're told. Sometimes we don't tell what we're told, because we have no way to verify what we're told. Anybody can make up a story. So we let the rifle speak for itself. I will tell you this, we're not calling these bring-backs. The condition would belay, they're too nice to be bring-backs. But we can not find any import marks on any of these rifles. Typically, there's an import mark somewhere on the receiver, or somewhere on the barrel. Or under the barrel, where the cleaning rod is. Unless there's an import mark under the wood, which, they're not supposed to put on there. I wouldn't imagine you would find it there. We can't find any import marks on any of these rifles. Which to collectors, as you know, would also increase the value. Anyway, back to this really nice BYF. Beautiful bore, beautiful rife. I'm sorry Dylan, were you done? Just one more time. Okay, just one more time. I'll hold it here while you scan it. These lights are hot in here, I need to hurry it up or I'm gonna melt in a puddle. BYF serial number 1716, at $1599.99. Folks, I hope I can talk about this next rifle without getting a tremble in my voice, okay? Because this is something we have never seen before here at Classic. I've done this 28 years. I have never seen, in our possession at least, I've seen them in books and museums and that type of thing. But this is a sniper, ex-sniper, K-98 rifle. We'll start just telling you about it. Manufacturer is BOT. 1943 is the date. You can see it has all the historically correct markings for a DOT. It's got a, one small Waffen there. Or it's a partial war eagle I think, that's actually just a not a very deeply stamped war eagle stamping. It has the heavy case serial numbers. But on the opposite side, it has the DOT barrel shield. DOT's were known for having some very nice, very accurate barrels. I have inspected this barrel. Unlike the BYF, it is not a pristine barrel. But it is a very nice barrel with very strong lands and grooves. You can see here something ... Let me go ahead and tell you about the serial numbers. Serial number match all the way around, just like all the rest of them. You can see it here on the barrel band. You can see it here on the floorplate. Capture screws are intact fore and aft, so it's historically correct. Heavy, nice, stainless steel cupped buttplate. Comes with the sling. Absolutely beautiful rifle. But you'll notice here, this is the extended sniper safety release lever, so you can activate your safety lower and behind where the scope would sit. So that's the extended safety for the sniper rifle. Not only that, but check this out folks. If you're a collector, you're just having fits right now. This is an original K-98 German scope rail. Stock has been originally factory inletted for the original scope rail. At one time, I have no doubt, with this fine DOT rifle, had a scope. If you're familiar with the movie, "Saving Private Ryan," you know that Barry Pepper's US character was having a sniper battle with a German soldier carrying one of these K-98 sniper's, scoped out. Beautiful rifle. Part of history. And, considering what you're getting, at a great price point. That is a DOT 1943 ex-sniper, serial number 7914, at $1899.99 How we doing on batteries Dylan? We okay for now? We're good. We need to hurry up? I think we're good for right now. Okay. Last two. Manufacturer BSW. This is 1937, it's an early, pre-war era K-98. You can see the matching serial numbers. Dual serial numbers there and dual Waffens on the right-hand side of the receiver. A series of nice Waffenant's on the left-hand side of the receiver. Beautiful finish. All matching serial numbers. We go over that every time folks. We're showing you, but you can trust me. We've checked. Every serial number that's visible is all matching. Nice cartouche in the heavy laminated stock. With the steel heavy-cut buttplate. We have a sight hood on this one. As well as this sling. Really nice bluing. I love that BWS marking. I love the way those letters are formed. They're just absolutely beautiful, this reflection of everything in German industry that you're accustomed to. At any rate, serial number on that nice BWS 1937 is 7264 at a price of $1349.99. Last, but certainly not least. We have a CE manufacturer. Date is 1943. The CE used heavy case lettering for the manufacturing stamp and the date. Typically, they used a small war eagle stamp, so that is historically correct. You see the serial number here, CE's only carry the serial number on the receiver. But all of the other serial numbers, meaning they didn't have a barrel serial number, but all the other serial numbers match. On the floorplate, get that sling out of the way, and the barrel band. I'm afraid we're running out of battery. This has been a long one. And then we gotta pause, and we're gonna have some more to come with some really nice K-98 bayonets. Laminated stock, heavy cut buttplate. Dylan should get an Emmy for his camera work, he does a really good job getting in here and showing the details of these. That's a very nice rifle for it's 1943 CE, I'm gonna lay it down the same way the other ones are. $1399.99. That is serial number 6873. $1399.99. Folks, here's the deal. Today is Tuesday. We are gonna release these rifles for sale tomorrow, Wednesday, at noon eastern time. You'll be able to come and purchase one of these fine rifles. I expect there to be a good demand for those. But a lot of collectors are gonna have a good chance in getting one of these nice rifles. Just after I'm done here, we're gonna segue into Matt, who's gonna be in another video. And some really nice German K-98's, we've got a nice batch of K-98's, historically correct, all types of different insignias and codes and dates. Those are gonna be available immediately. So when you see this video, the K-98 bayonets will be available immediately for purchase. They're followed up tomorrow at noon with K-98 rifles. Don't miss this opportunity. Folks, we appreciate your business. Stay tuned, Matt will be right back with some really nice K-98 bayonets. Hey everybody, I'm back. The old saying is that even the best of intentions sometimes go awry. And that's what has happened here. We had every intention of bringing Matt out here and letting him cover these K-98 bayonets with you. Our intention was to do the bayonets for a release on the same day as we were doing the K-98's that you just say. Unfortunately, as our tech people have reminded us, who load these videos up to YouTube, we have already gone well over 15 minutes on this video. To continue with the bayonets and do them justice would make the video extremely long. We don't want to do that, we don't think we can do justice to the bayonets. We don't want to try to hurry it. So for the good of everything involved, and we don't want to disappoint anybody, but we do want to do justice to these bayonets and be able to show you the detail on them. Just like we did the K-98. In order to do that, we think we're gonna have to bring them to you on a separate date. So look for these K-98 bayonets later in the week. We're gonna focus on, we'll do a focus just on the bayonets, one day later in the week. In the meantime, don't forget the K-98's that you just say will be posting up tomorrow for sale at noon Eastern time. So don't miss that. Dylan, come here and just scan the table very, very quickly just so people will see an idea of the K-98 bayonets that we do have. What we're gonna be bringing to them. We're very excited about this. They're some tremendous makers, tremendous markings in here, some really good codes. We hope to do them justice. Matt knows a lot more about them. He's our resident expert. So he's gonna come out and take care of the bayonet portion now that, those will come to you later in the week. In the meantime, the K-98 rifles will be posting tomorrow at noon. We appreciate your business, folks. If you like our videos and you want to follow us on YouTube, you can click on this link right up here and videos will come directly to you from the YouTube channel when they're posted. Folks, as always, we appreciate your business. And thank you for being with us. 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