In this video, we cover every major combatant nation's most collectible WW2 rifles — from entry-level surplus to the fully matching K98k sniper that sold for over $40,000 — and exactly what makes each one worth far more than most owners realise.
⏱️ CHAPTERS:
00:00 — Introduction
01:00 — #15 U.S. M1 Carbine: The Entry Point Into WW2 Collecting
02:30 — #14 Soviet Mosin-Nagant 91/30: 37 Million Made, Good Ones Vanishing
04:00 — #13 British Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I: The Fastest Bolt-Action of the War
05:30 — #12 Japanese Arisaka Type 99: The Rifle Most Collectors Get Wrong
07:00 — #11 Italian Carcano M91/38: The Most Overlooked Rifle of the War
08:30 — #10 U.S. Springfield M1903A3: The Bridge Between Two Eras
10:00 — #9 German Mauser K98k: 28 Million Made, Hard to Find Clean
11:30 — #8 Finnish M39 Mosin-Nagant: The Mosin That Isn't Really a Mosin
13:00 — #7 U.S. M1 Garand: Patton Called It the Greatest Battle Implement Ever Devised
14:30 — #6 German Gewehr 43: Germany's Answer to the Garand — and Far Rarer
16:00 — #5 Soviet PU Sniper: The Rifle That Won Stalingrad
17:45 — #4 U.S. Springfield 1903A4 Sniper: How to Spot the Real Thing
19:30 — #3 Japanese Type 97 Sniper: Why a Paper Trail Changes Everything
21:15 — #2 Japanese Type 2 Paratrooper: Built to Be Taken Apart, Almost None Survived
23:00 — #1 German K98k Sniper, Fully Matching: The Most Valuable Production Rifle of the War
If there's a rifle in your family from the war, do not clean it, do not refinish it, and do not sell it before you know exactly what you have.
#WW2Rifles #MilitaryCollecting #NeverSellThese
In this video, we cover every major combatant nation's most collectible WW2 rifles — from entry-level surplus to the fully matching K98k sniper that sold for over $40,000 — and exactly what makes each one worth far more than most owners realise.
⏱️ CHAPTERS:
00:00 — Introduction
01:00 — #15 U.S. M1 Carbine: The Entry Point Into WW2 Collecting
02:30 — #14 Soviet Mosin-Nagant 91/30: 37 Million Made, Good Ones Vanishing
04:00 — #13 British Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I: The Fastest Bolt-Action of the War
05:30 — #12 Japanese Arisaka Type 99: The Rifle Most Collectors Get Wrong
07:00 — #11 Italian Carcano M91/38: The Most Overlooked Rifle of the War
08:30 — #10 U.S. Springfield M1903A3: The Bridge Between Two Eras
10:00 — #9 German Mauser K98k: 28 Million Made, Hard to Find Clean
11:30 — #8 Finnish M39 Mosin-Nagant: The Mosin That Isn't Really a Mosin
13:00 — #7 U.S. M1 Garand: Patton Called It the Greatest Battle Implement Ever Devised
14:30 — #6 German Gewehr 43: Germany's Answer to the Garand — and Far Rarer
16:00 — #5 Soviet PU Sniper: The Rifle That Won Stalingrad
17:45 — #4 U.S. Springfield 1903A4 Sniper: How to Spot the Real Thing
19:30 — #3 Japanese Type 97 Sniper: Why a Paper Trail Changes Everything
21:15 — #2 Japanese Type 2 Paratrooper: Built to Be Taken Apart, Almost None Survived
23:00 — #1 German K98k Sniper, Fully Matching: The Most Valuable Production Rifle of the War
If there's a rifle in your family from the war, do not clean it, do not refinish it, and do not sell it before you know exactly what you have.
#WW2Rifles #MilitaryCollecting #NeverSellThese