I am currently looking at a K98 Mauser, but I don't know that much about them. The current owner claims that the rifle is an all matching example. I have examined it and all numbers do appear to match. The only thing that concerns me is that the buttplate is not numbered. I have seen other K98s before that had stamped numbered buttplates. Did original rifles all had numbered plates ? If not, about when did they drop the numbering of buttplates ?