There is a bigfoot museum up in north Ga. We went there last weekend. Bigfoot is a asshole, if he fucks with my dog, I'm pouring buckets of .308 bullets in his stinky, hairy ass.
And it might have the whole S/N somewhere else on the rifle ( but I don't think they do...) but I'd do your dead level best on determining the actual S/N on that rifle with matching numbers with other parts, that you think will match.... I don't think the ATF cares about a 75 year old bolt...
No, they should be dove tailed in the front sight post. I have a non Russian capture that has several Waffen amps from being reworked in the factory, I'll take pictures of later, I have company over in a few minutes.
Ask for a picture of the top of the receiver, so you can figure out who made it. I'm no K98 expert my any means, but I'm not aware of repro K98 stocks. I'm sure you can get all of the other surplus parts you need for the rifle, but I think it would nickel and dime you to death before you had a...
Yeah, what triplestack said, The engraved baseplate, and the tapped receiver, make it almost worthless... If you had a bunch of K98 parts, and wanted to make a fake sniper out if it, it MIGHT be worth it.