It's the ugly green one.

Works great. I've put something like 800 rounds through it. I still have the stock rings (1", they lock onto the dovetail/tip-off rail cut into the receiver top) and the manual. Magazine works fine (I fire full 10+1 loads all the time). I also have seven boxes of Remington Thunderbolt (.22LR, duh) if anyone's interested. It should be clean and in working order unless I poached pigeons and clubbed seals one night in my sleep. There's black stuff all over the outside of the magazine, but no harmful effects on function. *shrug*

It's more accurate than I am (n00b), so I can't really tell you anything about groups. I know it'll do less than 5MOA, lol

I need some cash, and I don't especially like the Remington. I'm trying to save up for a CZ 452 Lux, will probably get that sometime over the summer. I'll make do with my Mauser in the meantime. (FETC rocks, btw)

Gunsamerica tells me that lightly-used camo 597s go for about $150, so I guess I'm going to start taking bids at $100?

2/20/2006 5:02:40 PM

I’ll start at $50 and anyone who is paying $150 for a used one, well never mind i'll be nice

2/20/2006 5:37:48 PM

^he started it. Agreed.

2/20/2006 5:50:06 PM

I got $75 on it.

2/20/2006 5:54:34 PM

Hey don't look at me. It's apparently $160 MSRP for a plain black synthetic model, and AFAICT the camo stock was a limited run from back in 2000. I had to clean it up ALOT, the last owner apparently failed to clean the guide rails.

Anyway, AFTER I cleaned the poor thing, I had no failures which weren't either caused by incorrect loading of the magazine (don't put #10 in basefirst and rotate into position, the gun will not be happy) or cheap ammo.

[Edited on February 20, 2006 at 6:06 PM. Reason : .]

2/20/2006 6:06:06 PM

Bump

2/20/2006 7:23:16 PM

Bump?

2/20/2006 9:54:44 PM

$80

2/20/2006 10:06:47 PM

Going once...

2/20/2006 11:12:02 PM

Going twice...

2/21/2006 7:47:06 AM

Sold.

2/21/2006 11:02:29 AM

ill be damned, i would have given 80 for it. Give it to gunguy. Gone...........

2/21/2006 11:41:07 AM

HOW MUCH for the k98?

2/21/2006 12:17:07 PM

^ yes, how much?

2/21/2006 12:20:39 PM

That looks like an M48

2/21/2006 12:51:33 PM

i couldn't tell you what it is, but since it's the other gun in the picture, and i'm interested in it, i'll just agree

2/21/2006 12:54:16 PM

It's an M48. And I'm not fucking selling.

I might buy a couple more, though, just for fun. (One to scout-scope, one to leave "proper", one to go bananas with and convert into .376 Steyr...)

2/21/2006 2:03:09 PM

i have an actual K98 with all nazi markings..i paid $220 for it

2/21/2006 3:17:24 PM

we have a working mauser upstairs

2/21/2006 3:30:39 PM

You know, the collecting thing never appealed to me that much. If it's pretty and it shoots well, that's enough for me.

That said, I don't like the modern "sporter" look (I like upper handguards, sue me), but oh well.

2/21/2006 3:36:57 PM