#Kar98k

The K98k (Karabiner 98k) rifle has been a common sight in the United States as a hunting rifle or family heirloom. After the close of the Second World War, some of the rifles that were produced in Germany began to make their way out of the country and at the same time copies were made in other countries due to the rifle’s impressive performance with the Wehrmacht. One such rifle made its way into the hands of a hunter in Madison Wisconsin who unfortunately had his rifle stolen sometime in 1973.

Back in the days of the fighting bolt action rifle, clever small arms designers came up with  a number of minor but ingenious features to make the soldier’s life a little less hard when trying to cycle their rifle’s action by hand as they faced down the enemy. Many of these special features have since made their way into many of the world’s modern hunting rifles, but they were pioneered by designers coming up with new and better weapons of war.