Restoration of German Kar98K WWII Rifle
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Published 2022-06-17
Today I'm restoring a WWII era German rifle, a Kar98K made in 1941. It was hidden inside a wall and was found by builders during demolition. The stock had completely fallen apart, and the metal got seriously corroded. How am I supposed to fix this?
A special thanks goes to Michelangelo Neri Orliani for helping in the making of this project
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All Comments (21)
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One of the few honest and accurate gun restoration channels on YouTube. Amazing work as always!
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Beautiful, fantastic job saving this historical rifle! The stock having different markings is totally fine, stocks were replaced during WW2 too, so you made it nice and correct! Great job!
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Your restorations are great. I've recently seen a few viral videos where a guy is intentionally rusting firearms, and then 'restoring' them. Thankfully your channel is in the same category as Forgotten Weapons, where everything is factual, and just to the point with no gimmicks or poor attempts at misleading viewers.
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Awesome work! The Kar98 is such an attractive firearm, glad you were able to restore one
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Your restorations are always fascinating to watch! Thanks for saving yet another piece of history, and for inspiring us to do the same.
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I have been wondering how you found guns in the condition for this channel. Your explanation of how guns were ordered and hidden after World War II explains it quite well thank you.
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It's always a nice thing when YT notifies me of a new upload from you. Beautiful work on that 98K, mate. Glad to see Maurice shooting at the range. Cheers.
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Love your restorations, truly enjoyable to watch and listen to
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There is something that makes me inexplicably sad when I see that a gun has been forgotten and rusted over. Never before have I switched moods so quickly. Thank you for restoring this gun so masterfully, it really made my day.
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Absolutely beautiful work. Im glad people like you exist to make pieces of history like this into functioning examples.
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Kar98K is one of the most beautiful rifles I've ever seen. Great restoration!
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Outstanding job! From rusty looking scrap to a beautiful, historical firearm.
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Thanks for another great restoration video! The effort you put in shooting/editing and voiceover with detailed steps is also worth of mention. You may not deliver quantity but you deliver quality content!
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What a gorgeous result! Amazing work. Love the upside down demonstration as well, first time I’ve seen that
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Definitely been a fan of your work with firearm restoration. I just picked up a Czech k98 that was sporterized and I’m in the process of bringing it back to its military glory. Thank you for the motivation!
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love how the closed bolt is perfectly clean.
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“miserable skills……” lol, says the best and most knowledgeable gun restorer on youtube. Yet another highly informative, and entertaining video. Thanks again for sharing this to us! I loved the folding-sandpaper tip! I’m now going to use that method! I’ve taped them with duct tape in the past, but that’s such a much simpler solution!
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That was awesome! You know your stuff about these rifles! A few other things about the '98 Mauser is Firstly, they have a 3 position safety. First click (straight up) prevents you from sighting the rifle to remind you its on, and allows you to cycle the bolt with the safety ON to unload. I noticed this wasn't done in the video but rather with live rounds and on "fire" position. The next click locks the bolt, I've used this carrying it on my back because once I fired it with the bolt knocked partway open! All that happens on these is that the firing pin spring actually automatically rolls the bolt down into the locked position before firing! The metal ring in the stock is a bolt assembly tool! If you stand that rifle with the cup style butt on its butt on a flat floor you can walk away from it, looks kinda freaky when you first see it, told a few people a ghost was holding it! they are that balanced. The sight slide has graduations on the back so it can be set without raising your head. I personally love the sights for accuracy and the stock 2 stage triggers can be slicked up pretty good. The stripper clips dont need to be pulled out but rather eject when bolt closes. I can see how the sights are not as fast as some or good in low light. No other rifle until Vietnam had as good and stable of a stock. Each rifle had to be fired with 3 loads at at least double pressure and show no headspace changes. You did a fine job even selecting the correct milled barrel bands for an early one, and I wish I could fire it! Definitely has that 8mm Mauser double clap sound!
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I'm loving your restoration videos, you handle them with so much care that they look awesome afterwards
