![]() ![]() They have even less collector value than a regular RC Kar98k, but like any Kar98k they can be good shooters. Mitchell's Mausers takes the RC Kar98k's and pimp-shines them: heavily sand the stock, polish the bolt to an inauthentic bare-metal shine, stamp new "matching numbers" on them, then charge a premium for their handiwork. At some point the Soviets took the valuable Kar98k's apart down to parts, refinished the parts, and then assembled mixmasters from parts, pretty much destroying the collector's value of the rifles as German Kar98k's. ![]() Then like a lot of importers they got access to Russian Capture (RC) Kar98k's that were real Nazi Kar98k's that had been captured by or surrendered to the Soviets. They used to advertise Yugo M48 Mausers as "98 Mausers made with German machinery" blah blah, and fooled some people into thinking they were getting Kar98k rifles. ![]()
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