Mausers

I want a Gewehr 98 so fucking bad but I am poorfag

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>>34234561
>Can I get a decent Mauser that will last for a long time and shoot accurate for ~$500 or less? I'm not looking for matching parts or historical value. Just want something that works.
Pic related is 95 years old and does 2MOA or better with surplus ammo. It cost me $190. Can it last another 95? IDK, but there are plenty of fully-functional rifles from the mid-19th Century still around, and this one's metallurgy is indubitably superior.
>What's the most common ammo chambering for Mausers?
Most common smokeless chambering by manufacture is 8x57mm, then probably 7x57mm, then 7.65x53mm, then 6.5x55.
>How important is chrome lining?
Not. The only bolt-action service rifle to ever have a chrome-lined barrel was the Arisaka T99.

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1944 Oberndorf K98k
>.300 Win Mag
>3+1 Capacity
>Lyman Target Sights
>3.5# Timney Trigger
>Douglass Barrel
>Glass Bedded Stock

All with intact waffenamts on the bolt. Gotta love fudds, man.

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>>34234561

Just get a fucking Swedish M96. It has a smoother, easier to disassemble action than the 98 series and 6.5x55 is both light recoiling and inherently accurate. You can find good PPU FMJ ammo for target shooting and really fancy hunting ammo for critters pretty easily online and in bigger gun stores.

I paid $300 for my 1900 Oberndorf M96 a couple years ago (Leafland) and prices haven't gone up that much since.