Mauser Thread

fun fact: an ancestor of mine developed the mauser 98 action

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>>34468411
Nice Mauser NZ anon, But you're probably right in your guess. I have no idea, because I don't know a lot about all the carious contract Mauser's.

I've got a replacement ejector box in the mail for my Chilean right now, planning to shoot it next week.

>>34469036
Nice man. Your ancestor was a cool guy.

>>34468411
Could also be a post-war reworking of a K98. Most countries would scrub all the markings and replace them.

>>34470132
Have you shot you 1895 before? I have one and I find the comb is quite sharp and makes it a little unpleasant to shoot. It is really accurate though.

>>34468411
didn't the nazis use the czech armories to produce k98s after the anschluss?

as >>34470339 it could be an arsenal mix master, post-war production, or a later mix master done by someone for any number of reasons.

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>>34470339
I've put about 10 rounds through it, and its one of the smoothest shooting guns I've ever shot. Other than the fact that it shoots super high (to be expected), I love it.

>>34470710
Is it in the original 7x57 or was re-chambered for 7.62x51?

I have a re-chambered one, the action is smooth but if I use true to spec NATO ammo it does shoot high. My guess is the sights are set for 7x57 which shoots much flatter.

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>>34468411 (OP)
>It was advertised as a K98, but has Czech writing on the receiver.
Not an Iranian-contract rifle. It is a Vz.98N (N=Nemacka="Germany"), a post-WW2 Czech-made copy of the Kar.98k. After the annexation of Czechoslovakia in 1938, the CZ-Brno Mauser production lines at Brno and Povaska Bystrica were gradually shifted from Vz.24 to Kar.98k production. After WW2 ended, the revived CZ-Brno kept producing Kar.98k for the re-formed Czechoslovak Army, and also for export (notable customers included Israel, Bolivia, and East Germany).

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>>34470834
It's in the original 7mm. I've heard there can be overpressure problems with some of the 7.62 NATO conversions, you ever have any problems?

>>34471489
I roll my own ammo and have not run into pressure issues but the load that shoots the best for my gun is under max load. The big issue I have is the chamber was not reamed properly so I have to run my brass through a 8x57 die for the taper in addition to a .308 die for sizing. If I don't the bolt doesn't run as smooth.

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There's a spanish Mauser at a pawn shop near my house. Worth picking up for $249?

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>>34471859
>bubba'ed
Nope.

>>34471911
How's it bubba'd?

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>>34472329
No handguard, no handguard retainer ring, rifle-length rear sight but turned-down bolt handle, no rear sling swivel. Could be salvageable if the barrel hasn't been shortened.

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>>34471246
This, I have one though it has a winter trigger guard and kriegsmarine stamped rings. They come in a variety of different configurations since they used a lot of war time parts as they filled contracts for the Israelis. Some were converted to 7.62x51 as well.

pic related

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>>34468411
I've wanted a kar98k for a while but they seem super expensive. What type of 8mm mauser is the best bang for your buck?

I have a friend who's interested in Mausers, wants a K98. Is there a pastebin or anything on buying them, like what all to look for?

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>>34473252
>Is there a pastebin or anything on buying them, like what all to look for?
Go to the Kar.98k forum and start reading.
http://www.k98kforum.com/forum.php

Also comes on dead trees:
https://www.amazon.com/Karabiner-98k-Bruce-Karem/dp/0988962918

>>34473155
Well the yugos are ok, I had a vz24 for a while i bought off of some guy here and it was the smoothest ive ever owned

>>34469036
An ancestor of mine killed an American general, and many other soldiers (American and British)in WWI.

>>34473140
Bright and relatively clean looking room. Although the trim (baseboard) looks to be budget Home Depot special and the chair rail is out of place for this room, I would have at least painted the the lower portion and trim a bright semi-gloss white to give it the faux wainscoting look.

>>34473336
What is the price on one of those? and do they have the curved bolt? I like the Aesthetic of the curved bolts

>>34468411
Didn't occur to you to vacuum your carpet for the pic, or ever?

>>34473300
Will do, thanks!
Also, nice double dubs

>>34468411
Is there a particular mauser you'd recommend for a first time owner?

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>>34473580
For a first time owner, probably a Yugo M48, any South American Mauser, or a Spanish Mauser, since there are still a reasonable amount of them left at reasonable milsurp prices.

>>34473501
The yugo has a wide arc bent bolt. If you plan on putting glass on it that isn't a scout scope, you will have clearance issues with the bolt handle

>>34473580
My first one was a Turkish mauser but i have no idea if Turkish mausers are good or just muslim shit...

>>34475736
Are turkish rifles that bad?

Can anyone confirm?

>>34473300
That pie looks as delicious as that mauser.

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>>34476028
>Are turkish rifles that bad?
>Can anyone confirm?
Turkish Mausers are only bad in that the cheapest ones will be those 1930s-era 8x57mm rebuilds that were then heavily used by generations of conscripts of the Turkish Republic for training and consequently they're just worn out.

>>34476085
>That pie looks as delicious as that mauser.
It was damned fine.

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Prospects on gunbroker seem to be lacking, are there any sites that specifically deal in mausers or just happen to have shitloads of them laying around?

>>34476229
>are there any sites that specifically deal in mausers

Mitchell's Mausers.

>>34476405

>touching those pieces of shit
>ever

Force matched, scrubbed numbers, replaced stocks, and fake bullshit need not apply here. What offends me even more are idiot gun stores that talk as if it's some sort of pedigree.

>>34476170
So turk mausers are shit?

Damn because I have a turk mauser.

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>>34471246
Thanks for the info, I kept researching after I made the thread and found out about the post war Czech rifles.

Will I need to buy a specific bayonet for it or are they all the same for Kar98 based rifles?

Pic semi related, my youngest Mauser

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my m24/47

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>>34477083
>So turk mausers are shit?
No, only the worn-out ones are bad. Same with every other Mauser. I would rate their workmanship as being on the lower end of the skill-level scale (same as post-WW2 Yugo Mausers or Chinese Mausers manufactured in the official Goumindang arsenals) but still serviceable and some shoot very well. "Turk Mauser" also covers a lot of Czech and German-made Mausers (that weren't Ottoman-contract rifles) that merely spent time in Turkey. My Vz.98/22 here gets 1.5-2MOA with surplus Turk and Yugo ammo and it spent about 70 years in Turkey; the Vz.98 is no slouch either.

why are mausers so sexy

I have a ce44 k98k. I've heard that the ce code is somewhat rare. Is this so?

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>>34477810
>Will I need to buy a specific bayonet for it or are they all the same for Kar98 based rifles?
Pretty much any bayonet designed for the Model 98 bayonet lug SHOULD fit. I'm not sure if the Czechs issued the German SG.84/98III or the Vz.24 bayonet for the Vz.98N, perhaps both.
>my youngest Mauser
Cute.

>>34478031
>why are mausers so sexy
That's the way it is.

>>34478129
>I've heard that the ce code is somewhat rare. Is this so?
I don't think so. 1944 was the last year for Sauer und Sohn, but they reached "x"-block in their serial numbers for 1944, which means they made some 230,000 rifles that year.

>>34478031
Because Germans know how to engineer stuff.

>>34473384
what was his role?

>>34479095
Commander, British Expeditionary Force.

>>34471859
that's way too high

>>34469036
Nice too meet you, Paul mauser Jr. Jr.
Jr.

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Anyone buy from mitchels mausers? looking to buy an m48 in service grade from them. I've heard people say they are selling re stamped yugos as kar98ks, but would it be alright to purchase a shitty yugo from them?

>>34468411
Where can I get a decent Mauser in .308 or 30-06?

>>34481569
Why not just buy a springfield if you want 30-06? It's just a copy of the mauser action anyhow

>>34469036
fun fact: a great^99 grandfather of mine is the great^99 grandfather of adolf hitler.

>>34479100
I laughed.

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>>34481512
>Mitchels Mausers
>>34478976
Nice trench mag Gew98 anon.

>>34481512
The rifle will probably be fine, but find a different seller, fuck that guy on principle.

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What's a reasonable price I can expect for a Turkish mauser bayonet? Mine was made by Mauser Obendorf in 1915 but was cut down.

>>34481635
1917 enfield is too and it's cheaper.

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>>34481809
>>34481816
See nobody ever says what's wrong with mitchell's mausers they just reply with memes
>>34476405

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/k/ wth do I have? My (1940 mix-n-match ru-cap extravaganza) Kar98's stock is missing pic related (file photo). It doesn't have the barrel band spring or even a grove for it to sit. What did the Russians do to it?

>>34481864
Mitchell's Mausers is a company that refinishes historic rifles to pass them off as more valuable versions. They scrub serials and restamp them to match, they scrub makers marks and restamp with more valuable arsenal marks, they try to pass off their refinished fakes as original condition and authentic.

They are just shady dudes all around.

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Got my Type-38 cleaning rod today. Slid right in and latched.

>>34481828
>What's a reasonable price I can expect for a Turkish mauser bayonet? Mine was made by Mauser Obendorf in 1915 but was cut down.
A Turk'ed SG.98/05 probably $40-60. I have a Turk'ed ersatz bayonet from WW1 that was shortened.

>>34481864
>See nobody ever says what's wrong with mitchell's mausers they just reply with memes
They definitely refinish rifles, and what's worse is that they don't even do it correctly, leaving parts like the bolt finished in-the-white when they were originally blued/phosphated.

>>34482184
Kreigsmodell stock. Bands held on with screws rather than spring.

>>34469036
Fun fact an ancestor of mine was a confederate general and the highest ranking officer to be killed in the war.

>>34469036

fun fact my dad was hitler

>>34476229
I saw someone mention a couple of other sites but I can't remember them at the moment.
God I want a Gewehr 98.

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>>34482816
The confederate is gay lmao

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>>34483440

>>34482801
Thanks, anon. You're the best anon.

I want to get a Mauser for general use. What's the most economical (but also fun) chambering of this gun I can get?

>>34469036
Fun fact: my great grandfather was the king's right hand man on the secular side in the 1929 afghan civil war

>>34485061
That's so specific that I actually believe you.

>>34485913
Fug I just looked at the replies and everyone else was memeing

I'd ask for you fags to not doxx me but good luck lmao, it's fucking Afghanistan

>>34469036
fun fact: an ancestor of mine died at Auschwitz. Fell out of a guard tower.

>>34470434
The Anschluss was Austria, Czechia was the Munich Agreement. And yes, they did.

>>34486240
I had an ancestor die in Auschwitz too, he died when a guard fell on him.

>>34471859
As long as the rifling's good and it cycles and catches cartridges appropriately, I'd say do it. I paid 400 for mine, but condition was way better cosmetically.

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Just got a 2447 at Cabela's for 275. How did I do? Also pupper likes cosmoline now.

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somebody say Mauser thread?

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>>34484933
>What's the most economical (but also fun) chambering of this gun I can get?
7.62NATO.

>>34486683
>Just got a 2447 at Cabela's for 275. How did I do?
Did all right for a box store.

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>>34486978
Hell yea

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>>34487347

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best mauser coming thru

>>34482816
Stonewall?

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Swedish Mauser>all
Sadly mine, from 1917, is niggerized (sporterized)

>>34469036
My ancestors were the main characters of the movie Lawless.

Who makes the best 8mm mausers that works in ww2 rifles?

>>34492147
>Who makes the best 8mm mausers that works in ww2 rifles?
Nazi Germany.

>>34489524
Yup

>>34483453
can anyone post the edit

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>>34473384
yeah that is false. We did not lose any commanders above field grade so...

>>34469036
fun fact: im literally hitler