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Old 04-14-2011, 09:15 PM   #738
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Originally Posted by D Day Dog View Post
Yeah, unfortunately, a lot of countries that ended up with captured german firearms de-nazified them by crossing out or grinding off marks they didn't like. Kinda silly to me as it's just a frickin' mark. I have actually seen 1 all original vet bring back here in Alaska that is all matching and in 95% condition. The story behind it was it was captured at a rear echelon area from a guard who was not front line material and had rarely ever shot it. Nice rifle. Worth lots of dough.
Well, I can kinda see the Russians having a bit of an issue with it, lol. Even funnier is the fact that the Israeli army used de-nazified Mauser K98k's and had them retooled for 7.62 rounds.

I have a friend with 3 (count'em, THREE) G43's...now there's a sweet rifle.
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