Should I buy a Mauser? What should I look out for when I buy one?

>>31342396
No, stay away from Mausers. You want a Mannlicher.

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>>31342396
>Should I buy a Mauser?
Yes.
>What should I look out for when I buy one?
Depends. You just want any old model just to have an example in your collection, or do you have a particular interest in a period of history/conflict that they were used it?

>>31342396
You have a wide margin of weapons to choose from if all you want is a Mauser.

Things to check for:
Muzzle wear
Head spacing
Firing Pin spring strength

Stay with post 1898 model designs and you should be good.

>>31342415
How much should I find mannlichers for? On a budget right now.

>>31342467
I'd like one with historical significance and to outside and shoot targets

Are there any models I should look out for thet are more desirable than others?

German or nothing senpai

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>>31342396
see >>31342415
pic related

>>31342415
88/05>Mannlicher
if decent clips were available, it might be different. But it's not

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>>31342486
>Stay with post 1898 model designs
Snoooze.

>>31342500
>How much should I find mannlichers for?
You shouldn't, unless you're already a reloader.
>On a budget right now.
Well, that narrows your options a bit. How much budget? Generally German service rifles are the most expensive of the Mauser models commonly available on the market. For instance, the Yugoslavian M1948 in the OP are like ~$300 from retailers; a German-made-and-issued Kar.98k on the bottom of the collectability scale (Russian-captured refurbished parts gun) have been selling for $500+ from online retailers.

>>31342396
>Should I buy a Mauser?

Sure, if you're just buying it for collection purposes.

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>>31342736
Get a load of this guy.

>>31342415
Why?
Seems to be a competent bolt action and survived berlin to stalingrad and back

>>31342945
he's a gun hipster.

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>>31342500
Straight pulls can be had for around $250, but you wanna save up and get a Greek or Hungarian.
>>31342607
My blanco.
>>31342647
I consider the 88 series to be Mannlichers. Also not all require clips. Take pic related for example.
>>31342945
At first I was just being a contrarian, but after thinking about it I'd take a Mannlicher over a Mauser any day. They may not have the action strength or a big claw extractor, but they're much smoother to work, usually have better sights, and just turn something on in me.

>>31342991
Fair enough
I simply like german guns

>>31343160
Yeah Mausers are fine. I've been searching for a Kar98az for a little while now myself. I just don't like Mausers much when compared to other rifles.

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>Should I buy a Mauser?
no, i want them all for myself

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>>31344399
How does this make you feel?

>>31344418
it makes me horny /k/omrade

>most easily available Mausers are Yugo ones

fuck that, Yugoslavia a shit

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>>31344438
>Yugoslavia a shit
No.

If Mausers are so popular, why is the ammo for them not so common?

I have an easier time finding .303 British!

>>31344503
>LGS shelf reflects everywhere else

U R NOT A SMART BOI

>>31342396
If you don't know, then no. Stay away, leave them from the rest of us.

>>31344438
Yugos aren't the best mausers, not by a country mile, but they are cheap, fun, and pretty good.

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>>31344503
You don't look very hard, then.

>>31344503
Because we bought it all.

>>31342396
yes. good bore, matching parts, realistic non fudd inflated gunshow price

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just got hold of a 1940 g33/40 gonna pick it up in a couple of weeks.

those things are soo sexy

>Should I buy a Mauser?
hell yeah
>What should I look out for when I buy one?
well depends on what you're going to use it for.
but in general,
get a pre1942 one, germany started getting desperate after that, and quality is poorer, both the steel and especially hardening and finish
if the bolt matches the gun you can look at corrosion on the boltface from the primer, too see how much the guns been fired. if its got no corrosion its likely a post war bolt.
shit like good bore should be obvious.
another thing is trying to find one with a matching bolt. these guns, especially the early ones were kinda hand fitted, so its a big difference in smoothness of the action with an original bolt vs replacement.
keep in mind that every single part of the german pre 1942 mausers were marked with the weapons number, so its easy to check if you got an original. If you have the dosh ofc.

I'm from norway, we're literally swimming in mausers over here

>>31344503
>not having stocked up before the golden age of milsurp ammo ended in 2008 with king nigger
it sucks its not around anymore, but you had plenty of warning. shit i bought tins of 5.45x39 when they were 5 cents a round and i have never had and still dont have an AK74 to shoot them. but i knew it was a good deal at the time

>yfw i bought crates of mosin and mauser ammo for a cpr less than 22lr today

>>31344558
>dat norwegian wood
if i recall you have a couple of norway converted 30.06 mauser variants

>>31344618
yeah. 30-06, and 308, and 6.5x55 + the ones that werent converted.

the armys sniper rifle was made on FN mauser actions, and were used up unitll 2008 or something.

I actually have my bubbaed 30-06 and my 6.5 competition gun right here

>>31342396
>Should I buy a Mauser?
Do you have problem of mouse?

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>>31344765
pic related

How much would a captured polish mauser with no nazi markings or import stamps be worth?

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>>31344603
>it sucks its not around anymore, but you had plenty of warning

I turned 14 in 2008. What did you think I could have done?

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>>31342396
>>31344558
heres how thi pitting on the boltface looks btw

>>31344856
God damn I feel old...

Anyways get a Reloading press. If you like milsurp it should be high on your priority list.

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>>31344803
Nein.

>>31344603
Nigga, I couldn't even legally own a gun in 2008.

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With Mauser bigger is better

>>31344883
>If you like milsurp it should be high on your priority list.

It is. But all I've been able to afford is a Yugo M48, and a few old service pistols.

>>31344938
If you reload the cartridges for your Yugo, you'll save money and can then either

A: shoot it more
B: Buy more guns.

But I suppose the choice between reloader master race and scrubdom is yours.

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>>31344503
What are you talking about I get 8mm Mauser at big 5 all the time. And my lgs always has privi.

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>>31344957

I can't afford a full reloading setup, nor do I have space for it in my rented room.

On top of that, the company that makes the Lee Loader (by hand, one at a time) dropped their 8mm Mauser model several years back for some godforsaken reason.

>>31345016
Get jar
Put money in jar when you can
wait
wait more
wait maybe a year
Congrats you now have 200$ and can buy a basic bitch set up.

Can't really help you with the space though.

>>31345016
a simple press isnt that expensive, and the dies you get can be used later if you decide to get bigger sutff

>>31345016
A true gun owner will always make the space, because a true gun owner reloads all his cartridges

Especially if you're a Milsurp owner; handload or bust, that's the game

>>31345016
A full setup is like $350 and you need maybe 2 square feet. Sure more space is nice (especially if you load a lot of different calibers) but it's totally doable. When I first started I did it in my barrack wall locker.

>>31344856
UNDER AGE B& MODS MODS
wait
fuck time flies

>>31345037
>>31345049
>>31345054
>>31345074

I must have been looking at fancier models or something. I thought it was around a grand to get into it. I only glanced at it briefly a year or so back.

I'll look into a basic setup, and maybe talk to the guy I'm renting from to see if he's cool with it.

>>31345132

I'm a 22 year old college junior.

To make you feel even older:
-I only have a handful of hazy memories of 9/11. I was 7 years old in second grade.
-My first console was a PS2. The Xbox 360 came out when I had just entered sixth grade.
-I never had dial-up. Still not entirely sure what it is, just know it went through phone lines and would get interrupted by calls.
-VHS was in its death throes when I was in elementary.

>>31345453
shit man
we was still buying records at the age when you had PS2, and having a cassette player in the car was standard.
the TV had big rotary dials and when it didn't work right you punched the fuck out of it

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>>31342396

This is the only sensible option OP.

>>31345593
>when it didn't work right you punched the fuck out of it
And broke your hand in the process. Those old TVs were no joke.
>>31345453

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/937051/rcbs-rock-chucker-supreme-master-single-stage-press-kit?cm_mmc=pf_ci_google-_-Reloading+-+Metallic+Reloading+Presses-_-RCBS-_-937051&gclid=CI3e3cXwks8CFdgQgQodaYoPOw
This is the kit I started with. You need a couple more things like calipers but that's the bulk of it.

>>31346019
I have been using the same rock chucker since I started reloading, which was about 30k rounds ago.

Damn things last forever, I love mine. If you do somehow manage to break it or an RCBS die, just call them up. They replaced my 7.62x54 neck sizer for no charge, and threw in a new handle for my case trimmer to boot.

>>31344856
lol have you seen the movie from your picture?

>>31344895
>>31344856
shit well your only hope is a trump presidency. republicans in president + congress = cheap and abundant gun and ammo supply because no one is panic hoarding and shitty anti gun legislation for imports isnt being passed

>>31344917
love those cute little "in the house socks" you make it wear

>>31344938
check into turkish mausers and jap arisakas if you like them, probably the next best milsurp besides yugo mausers that are currently undervalued

>>31345016
you can find a basic single stage press for like 50 bucks used, and dies can be had for like 25 bucks used or 40-50 new. but yeah its hard to get into reloading because all the accessories like brass tumblers and such add up quick

>>31345453
>>31345453
>>31345453
>I never had dial-up. Still not entirely sure what it is, just know it went through phone lines and would get interrupted by calls.
holy shit i feel old. i cant believe an entire generation literally doesnt know what its like to not have internet or google to find everything out in an instant

>>31347038
don't want it scratching up the hardwood

>>31342607
There's a shitload of M95 carbines in gunbroker right now for $300 and under. Is that a good price?

>>31347038
Damn you're a faggot.

>>31347507
i wouldnt pay more than $200 for one because if you are patient you can find them for sale for $120-$150 pretty frequently still. they are one rifle that has not appreciated in value at all since they were brought over, and i think its because the caliber's obscurity

>>31347507
Yeah, but you're definitely gonna want to reload if you buy one. Ammo is not easy to find, and it is expensive.

>>31347599
i have one i just never shoot it. prvi makes ammo for about 80 cents a round. the cheap milsurp for it is long gone. i wouldnt get one as my only or first milsurp though

>>31347652
> $0.80/rnd
Where have you found it that cheap? Last I looked Prvi was about $1.35/rnd, same as 8mm Lebel.

Anyways, Reloading you can get it down to $0.54/rnd or so.

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>>31347558
You can neck out 30-06 shells and put 7.92 boolits in them. Then go ring the gong at 1000 yards like this guy did on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3VBsjcS1hE
It's a rifle, a goddamn good one, even when it's stamped and not machined, the barrels are great for accuracy. Can penetrate an AR500 plate at 50-55 yards.
Basically 10-15% more power than a 30-06.

>>31347704
You seem to be confused about what rifle he is talking about friend.

Mauser standard modell 8mm for $695, in very good condition, should i? I have been looking for an almost faithful K98 clone or the real thing.

>>31347717
That would be a good price for a good wartime Mauser, standard modells are even rarer, i'd buy it immediately.

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>>31347704
The bore should e bright and shiny, Deep rifling and no serious scratches on the lands of rifling. If the thing is sold plugged with cosmoline be prepared to take a change and work on cleaning it for a day or two to get to find out. More than likely it hasn't been fired 10000 times and will be good for a lifetime and a half of shooting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiKslwIlMIY

>>31347754
I'm between that or a Ruger AR-556, I can get it NIB for $479.

>>31347793
Don't tell me that fat fuck destroyed a matching or non-russian capture 1945 K98.

>>31347816
if you don't care about the history let someone who will appreciate it get the Mauser

>>31347841
I love the history aspect, but with the upcoming political tensions, I wish i could get both.

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I love my m-48. Get a mauser

Well I just bought an m48 tonight and I'm just now realizing I've never owned a rifle before. I'm in over my head. How do I make sure my baby stays pretty?

>>31347881
Which model m48?

>>31347897
M48A

>>31347937
Nice, is it still covered in cosmoline?
Just apply a thin layer of protectant oil on the fiinish and you should be fine.

>>31347881
Ballistol

>>31347962
Yes it is. And thank you! I know it may seem like no big deal but I'm excited as hell.

>>31347881
stroke it with boiled linseed oil

>>31348033
>>31348033
fun times await you friend. and a sore shoulder