22LR bolts and ask whether the gunsmith built the bolt from scratch, modified a Mauser bolt to. 22LR Remington rifles, and any good gunsmith could re-thread the barrel to fit the Mauser.īut is it not also possible, that someone in Canada had the same idea? I think it would be interesting to compare the bolt to existing. Now I suppose it is possible the armorers there had access to either barrel blanks or. I don't mean to burst your bubble, but a few things make me wonder about whether it was used as a. But does the barrel have any Hebrew markings? It no doubt trained thousands of men, women, and kids, who had never fired a gun and had just been released from concentration camps in Europe and arrived in Israel to fight for their Independence.īottom line, "Training Value", immesurable, what price Liberation? Beyond what you can count my dear "Jewish Marksman"!! Reply Delete And, above all the pinged out and obliverated Nazi markings, is the Star of David and Hebrew letter. One, againstthe Allies and the "Jews", and one for the Jewish State of Israel. The stock is original in it's Nazi configuration and the Pinged out Nazi markings and Waffen marks indicates that this weapon saw service in two opposite campaigns. THis trainer, coming on a converted, Nazi used K-98 from the was years, comes with a Remington barrel and specialized front custom sight. so $1475 total.īut what is unique about this trainer is that it is NOT an FN made up trainer and contrary to what others profess, I believe this is a much rarer trainer and tremendously more desireable as a collectors item.
The cost of the gun was $875.00 and then add 600. to get the gun to Wyoming through an importer in Washington state. It took a whole year to get the gun and the cost was approximately $600. 22 K-98 converted Mauser, with pinged off Nazi markings, with the large winter trigger guard, from a dealer in Canada. Given that it is a single shot rifle, I'm not even sure what the training value was. Even for sentimental value, meh.these rifles almost certainly never saw combat, or maybe they trained a few IDF troops or Israeli kids. 308, so for me this rifle would get boring fast. In my mind, part of the fun of an Israeli Mauser is firing it with a "real" cartridge like. In that range a new or used Anschutz or lessor. I think at those prices, the auction will only draw collectors. The bidding starts at $1300, with a buy-now of $1500. I have seen these around occasionally, and have also heard of people making them from existing Mauser parts. These things are unbelievably rare and only a handful were imported about 10 years ago or so. They were built on a FN single shot frame. These were not fabricated from existing K98's in 8mm these actions, barrels and bolts were made just for this project. 22LR training rifle! According to the seller:įN HERSTAL BELGIUM: The Israelis contracted FN to build them roughly 1000 of these dedicated. Today on someone has listed a truly rare Israeli Mauser, this one is a.