NEVER buy a Mitchell' Mauser because they are flat out liars. they force match them all, reblue and restock them. Mitchell's Mausers are just Russian captures they have humped to get more money from. Here is a link with pictures of an all original German 98k: RC's are about $350 while original untinkered with 98ks go for $1300+ now. produced bear many manufacturing shortcuts introduced by Mauser in 1945- one. occasionally parts were replaced in the field so sometimes they will have some mismatched numbers. the late 5 digit serial number guns were actually manufactured in 1945.

originals will have no shellac on the stock, they will be (usually) all matching. the Germans also phosphated some of them later in the war. stamped parts go with later war rifles while milled parts are early war issue but the Russians didn't pay attention to keeping things correct when they put them back together after taking them apart in the 1950s.

the Germans only ever put the serial number under the butt or inside the barrel channel. Mr Speed evaluates the Model M carbine between 1000. There were only 127,000 Commercial Mausers produced and many have been altered or destroyed. 126 Jon Speed Original Oberndorf Sporting Rifles). RC's also have the serial number from the receiver stamped on the left side of the stock behind the takedown disc. Mauser Model 98 Serial Numbers Looks like Sporting Carbine Type M pattern 720 (pg. for example, if the rifle you're looking at has a cupped buttplate but the year is 1938, it's in the wrong stock as cupped buttplate stocks didn't come to be until 1940. Principal markings include: 28543L (serial number) byf 44 (manufacturers code and year of manufacture) eagle over WaA135 (military acceptance stamps). sometimes the swastikas have been removed, they have also been reblued or painted to a dark blue/black color. Russian captures have shellac on the stocks, electro pencilling on the parts, all mismatched numbers and lack capture screws, sight hoods and cleaning rods. Not all Russian captures will have the 'x'.

German mauser 98 serial numbers