Cleaned Up 1941 German Mauser K98

this is my 1941 Gustloff Werke German Mauser K98 i bought from big 5 sporting goods. I just finished re-finishing the wood stock and cleaning the metal parts. all the metal parts were in way better, cleaner shape, than my 1925 mosin nagant and required very little cleaning. the stock however looked like it saw some real action and needed some love.

i soaked the stock down with warm water and crud cutter and scrubbed it with a scotch brite pad. I then sanded the stock down to remove any old coatings remaining. I pre-stained the stock with minwax pre-stain, then i stained it with a minwax dark oil based stain, and finished it up with about 5 coats of minwax wipe on poly. i sanded with fine steel wool inbetween coats and on the final coat to give it a shiny but flat, more original, look unlike my super high gloss mosin nagant.

time to fire it, next weekend, 2/26/2011

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[GlockPunisher1]

Nice and clean!! may ahve to get one!

[ericzanutto]

@GlockPunisher1 do it! youll love the Mauser for sure.

[DARIVSARCHITECTVS]

The buttplate is supposed to be in the white (unblued) if you want to make the rifle look as it was originally issued. It should have a satin finish, not shiny or reflective. Nice cleanup work!

[ericzanutto]

@DARIVSARCHITECTVS thanks. it was actually black when I got it from the store so I just touched it up. Ive seen photos of it both ways.

[Sauerbutsweet1]

@ericzanutto wow.....that means it shoots pretty good haha, i would buy that thing in less then a heart beat but ik that after all the work you wont sell it =) neither would i! lol

[ericzanutto]

@Alexn1067 youll lover the Mauser. I still shoot my PE sniper Mosin more though.

[ericzanutto]

@TheBierJunkie I honestly can say I have never met a person from Germany who can speak perfect English without an accent (young or old). I'm not saying their English isn't good, and I'm not saying I could learn German any better, but they definitely have an accent and usually incorrect grammer...but then again, lots of people in the US do too.

[ericzanutto]

@Sauerbutsweet1 thank you, it shoots as good as it looks.

[ericzanutto]

@dantheman7624 thanks for the advice. the crud cutter has worked more than fine for me though on 2 occasions and im very very happy with it.

[ericzanutto]

@Noobkiller259 cool man, mines real too so not sure what you're trying to imply by that. mine has swastikas and everything.