1996 1st Ed Backbone Wehrmacht Vol II: K98k Sniper Variations German Rifle - Law

by Richard D Law

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First edition

🔫📖 Serious K98k collectors and WWII militaria enthusiasts, take note: you’re looking at the gold-standard reference that turns a rack of Mauser rifles into a museum-worthy display. Richard D. Law’s Sniper Variations of the German K98k Rifle – subtitled Backbone of the Wehrmacht Volume II – is the book every serious shooter reaches for when authenticating a wartime sniper setup. Produced and edited by R. Blake Stevens at Collector Grade Publications (Cobourg, Ontario, Canada), this 1996 stated First Edition (ISBN 0889352224, copyright page confirms it, no later printings noted) is the one that set the benchmark. Law, a meticulous researcher who examined hundreds of surviving K98ks in person, delivers the definitive breakdown of every factory variation, scope mount, optic, and field modification the Wehrmacht ever fielded. Stevens’ legendary touch ensures the production quality collectors crave: crisp layout, heavyweight paper, and the kind of detail that makes other gun books feel like pamphlets. At 236 pages and 11.25" × 8.75", this oversized hardcover is heavily illustrated throughout with sharp black-and-white photographs, technical line drawings, close-up markings, and side-by-side comparisons of the ZF 39, ZF 41, high-turret, and low-turret sniper systems. It’s the logical backbone for any K98k library and the emotional payoff for the collector who wants to know their rifle better than the original armorer did. Here’s the story that makes this copy special: Law’s resear

• Publisher: Collector Grade Publications
• Year: 1996
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 0889352224
• Condition: Good

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