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Rifle Misrepresented

The alleged "Karabiner 98k Sporter - 7.92x57mm IS" is not a Karabiner 98k Sporter, nor is it in 7.92x57mm IS. This is MY rifle, and I should know. It is a Waffenfrankonia Würzburg .30-06 Gewehr 98 Sporter made between 1945 and 1951. The actual receiver, as I mentioned, is actually from a Gewehr 98. The barrel is Böhler Stahl with only preliminary and final nitro proofs--no date, and they didn't apply dates until 1951. These rifles were made from Karabiner 98a short rifles, Gewehr 98 rifles, and Karabiner 98k short rifles and are often referred to as "cigarette rifles" or "cigarette sporters", because they were built for Allied Occupation troops and you'd typically have to fork over a CASE of cigarettes if you wanted a really nice sporter.