We have a small quantity of Czech Mauser rifles which have missing parts, finish wear, and/or cracked stocks. The stocks are usually cracked at the wrist, some delamination of the wood and/or have a few chunks of wood missing and often can be repaired with some work. The missing parts can be items such as the rear sight spring, rear sight base, front sights, extractors, missing action screws, stock coin, etc. Bore condition varies from poor to good. These rifles will have finish wear and may have light pitting, surface corrosion, etc. May be missing the stock coin. Please note the rifle receivers from this batch may be marked DOT 45, DOU 45, SWP 45, possibly an overhauled VZ24 receiver, or a slightly different code used during the Czech rifle contract for Ethiopia such as DOT 1944. Once these rifles have parts replaced and the rifle is inspected by a qualified gunsmith, you can have a great Mauser rifle for a discounted price!
No returns, refunds, or exchanges.
Replacement Mauser parts are readily available at Sarco Inc or Gun Parts Corp.
Get your piece of history at a huge discount!
A Brief History of these rifles:
Czech made K.98 K last war production with large winter trigger. These rifles were manufactured on German equipment in Czechoslovakia, at BRNO and the Banská Bystrica plant. The codes are often dot 45, swp 45 and dou 45.
The rifles were made for export to Ethiopia for the emperor Haile Selassie . The rifles are identical to the German made K.98K but instead of the NAZI eagle the rifles have the Czech lion stamped on the receiver and barrel.
The firearms have the “St. George” coin embedded in the stock as a symbol for Ethiopia. These guns were not known to exist. They are nowhere found in any literature.
The condition is fair to good. All rifles feature the large winter trigger magazine, a laminated stock and the late war stamped bands.
These guns have been in Africa for 75 years and are in 100% original condition. Again these guns were not known to exist and are extremely rare. We only have a small quantity of these rifles available.
We do offer a hand select in which we will pick the best of 20 from any particular group.
This is a must for every collector.
C&R OR FFL REQUIRED
Need Ammo For your New Collectable?
Visit our friends at Milsurp Munitions, they make correct new production ammunition for C&R and Antique Firearms.
Related Items
See items related to this product.
Headquarters
- Royal Tiger Imports
- 295 North Dr Suite A
- Melbourne FL 32934
- * Not Open to the Public.
Contact Info
- Phone: (321) 212-7801
- Fax: (321) 989-0232
- customerservice3@rtifirearms.com
- Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm EST
Royal Tiger Imports
2 reviews for B Grade 1945 ETHIOPIA CONTRACT CZECH K98
Richard Cush (verified owner) –
I got a really nice swp 45 k98 with the winter trigger guard and saint George medallion. The bluing was gone and the stock was cracked by the wrist. Very easy fix with some dowel rods and high strength wood glue. After cleaning, rifle turn out in very good shape and nothing was missing. Bore was dirty and pitted but had strong rifling. Overall, I’m really happy with this k98 and will do business with rti again in the future!!!
WalterSteinwald (verified owner) –
I was a little nervous when I ordered one of these, but I’m pretty handy, and my last two orders had been great, so I took a chance and bought one. My rifle shipped in 8 days, and I was really blown away when I finally got it out of all the packaging. I had paid the hand select fee, but I was expecting something much uglier. The only part missing was the rear sight retaining pin. The wrist had a horizontal crack about three inches long running from the comb to the receiver tang, and that was it for stock issues, there aren’t even any major scrapes or dings in the wood. The metal has about 75% of the original mix of blued and phosphate finish left, and surprisingly no pitting. Barrel bands are the correct stamped type, with the large winter trigger guard. The bolt is non-matching but is the correct kreigsmodell style. The bore doesn’t quite swallow a bullet, and the lands and grooves are surprisingly distinct so it may shoot quite well. The receiver on mine is an swp45, which I was hoping for, and I also got the stock coin which I specifically asked for. Also I got a bonus in the shape of burned-in Amharic markings on the buttstock. Overall I am very happy with what I got for the price paid, and will order from RTI again soon.