Sold off 10 rifles today from Knight to Winchester. I could not bring myself to sell these two. Both 8mm.

I'm not sure I want to drill them either.

Only if I didn't mind reducing their value considerably. Find something else to shoot that is already drilled.

Nowadays it should be a crime to drill receivers. Once it’s done it will always look like crap. There are plenty of rifles with scopes, use one of them.
Why buy a classic gun just to desecrate it?

Mark
I guess I have strong feelings about this.

Needs a Lyman 35 peep sight.

Depends if you want a scope on it.

NO; not on the ring; put a side mount on them if you need a scope. On ones like these I just keep them for looking at; not shooting. It's easy to get rifles to shoot or hunt with.

Only one showing, but it they are about the same PLEASE do not drill on them.

There are plenty of 98s to drill on without touching something marvelous like that.
Wish I had such a rifle, but luckily I do not,too nice to be in my clutches.

No.

yop one looks like a guild piece, bottom one looks more like a cigarette gun.

CZ Brno 21H? and a kar98a Erfurt small ring.

Hell no!

no!!!!!!!

Little note; after WW1, both Erfurt and Danzig continued to make sporting rifles from left over Kar98(a) receivers; in contravention to the Versailles treaty. Just to keep the workers employed. Until the inspectors caught them and made them stop. They are not conversions from military rifles, and are not marked Kar98. Actually very uncommon, and definitely not the local gunsmith cigarette rifles. And definitely not to be drilled.
And drilling into the CZ logo would hurt.

The top rifle is a Brno mod 21 or 22, (the 22 being a manlicher style) and it is the rare round top version, do not D&T it as it will degrade its collector value greatly..Those are small ring actions, the round top is in reality a G-33/40 action, the double square bridge mod 21 and 22 came later..Brno even built a LR rifle for a short time and its rare indeed, I believe there are less than half dozen in existence that I have heard of..

The 98 Mauser below should not be drilled and tapped IMO, but would only depend on the buyer, some would want it for a collector and the next guy for a hunting rife, and the next guy would not buy it D&T'd as those old guild guns and nice Mausers built by an un-named old gun smith who built guns in a closet with a hand file built them with low combs as a rule and some folks can't shoot a scope with a low comb stock..so the options are out there on the 98..Not so on the Brno, leave it alone or sell it to me!!

Please read what I wrote above; the Mauser is NOT a private gunsmith guild rifle. It is a rare, Efrurt factory sporter.

No to the D&T but would it be possible to use the rear sight base, without altering it, as a mounting point for a small red-dot sight?

Yes; make a DT base. But these things are for collectors; not shooters. Too many other rifles to shoot, if you can't see irons.

Don't you touch it. Send it to me and I will care for it properly.

Nope!


Steve........

How 'bout one of those classy/vintage Pachmayr Lo-Swing Mounts?