I have had a couple of members pm me regarding Mitchells Mausers. They are a horrible company and have been walking the line of fraud. They will grind off stampings and re-stamp a rifle and sell it as all original. All of the real K98's that they sell as unissued start out as regular Russian capture guns. Well now it ends up that they are taking M48 Yugo Mausers and re-stamping German markings on them. DO NOT BUY FROM THIS COMPANY. I have heard of the M48 thing for a while, but here is an example. Here is a link to a discussion on Gunboards where a fella is figuring out that his new K98 is actually a re-stamped M48! Again if you are looking for a good example of a German K98, do not go for a Mitchells. They are Con Artists!!!!!!!!!!!

Gunboards discussion

I have seen their AD's in gun mags and I always wondered how their prices seemed so competitive! Bad apples

THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP!

I'm glad you posted this, I have a friend who is hinting to his wife he wants one, I'll have to let him know before she orders one.

Unfortunetly, my dad bought me one a few years ago. She is nice and all, and shoots great, but I've heard nothing but bad things about Mitchells.

I`ve shot a Mitchell`s before..............they shoot great if you re looking for a shooter since it is a refurbish, re blued clean gun...............however no historical value as they twist many details on the history of the rifles (especially the Yugo`s)................and they restamp the Nazi`s.

This is a fair deal right now. They will require a little clean up like a mosin, but they are nice guns. This is what mitchells starts out with before they go all pimptastic with them.

My link

I will be buying one of these. Thanks for the link!

The Yugo M48A that I bought from them a few years ago came as advertised, though delivery was very slow and the accessories other than the bayonet not much good. The rifle and bayonet were new.

if you are looking for a good shooter k98(the real deal) go to sarco and get a yugo capture. they have them for $200, last i was there, and other than the receiver ring, most still have the original german markings. I have a couple and love them.

I will be buying one of these. Thanks for the link!

Did you end up getting one? Ive been looking to get one for some time, just wanted to know the condition yours came in?

They sell them at Cabela`s this month

 

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but for a high price , since this is the 24/47 mauzer from Mitchell`s.

I was referring to Shane45's post about getting one of the rifles from Wideners.

holy bejeezus! Mitchells gets 449 for a 24/47!! I am a millionaire!! The Yugo 24/47's are excellent guns for the money and most are unissued since refurb in 1947 with new barrels. They can easily be had for less than $200 at most gunshows. Heck over the summer, I helped matt6669 pick one out at Eagle Arms in the exact condition of a Mitchells for $180. Like I said Mitchells is a rip.

I was referring to Shane45's post about getting one of the rifles from Wideners.

 

 

Sorry ,

I got rid of the quote so it`s fixed now and not related to your post.

holy bejeezus! Mitchells gets 449 for a 24/47!! I am a millionaire!! The Yugo 24/47's are excellent guns for the money and most are unissued since refurb in 1947 with new barrels. They can easily be had for less than $200 at most gunshows. Heck over the summer, I helped matt6669 pick one out at Eagle Arms in the exact condition of a Mitchells for $180. Like I said Mitchells is a rip.

That was my thought! I bought one from Eagle in the early summer for $169 or $179 or something in excellent condition.

I was at Sarco yesterday and they had some Yugo capture k98's. All were $200 and 2 that I fondled had absolute cherry bores. As usual they would require a cleanup to look great, but for the price it was hard for me to leave one behind. I resisted the temptation and left it there. They had about 15 on the shelves.