DennisW
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The Mauser is a beautiful weapon and is very accurate. Have fun.
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The Kraken:Well since you can't handle an 8mm, should I send back the custom built, H&H .460 Rigby Magnum that I had made for your birthday????
H2Andy:ok... well... over the weekend, ended up at a gun show here in town.
lo and behold, i spy this beautiful, orginal German Mauser rifle (K98k).
i look at the rifling, and it's beautiful .... almost mint ...
made in 1937, at the Berlin plant ... was a Russian capture, but it
looks like the stock and the barrel/receiver stayed together
(the buttplate, floorplate, sling ring, H-ring, and bolt were all
from different rifles. the bolt was rebuilt from at least two,
possibly three rifles).
well, being a sucker, of course i bought it after i somehow
managed to talk the seller down $100 bucks to a reasonable
$300
went home, cleaned it. next morning, to the range.
can you say "ouch?"
this 8mm (7.92x57mm) rifle weighs less than nine pounds.
and it frigging kicks ... ow... how did those guys do it, firing that
thing all day?
anyway, after 30 rounds, the thing was amazing... i was shooting
three-inch patterns from 100 yards, with surplus ammo.
believe me, i SUCK at shooting. that's just how sweet this rifle is.
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PaulChristenson:Mitchell's Mausers as seen on The History Channel
DA Aquamaster:In either case you definitely want to hold on the to rifle tightly and pull it into your shoulder so that it does not have a chance to get a run at you.
DA Aquamaster:In either case you definitely want to hold on the to rifle tightly and pull it into your shoulder so that it does not have a chance to get a run at you.
justleesa:Mauser is acutally german for what birds go thru when they change feathers....lol
H2Andy:so Mauser is German for "being shot at with an 8mm bullet?"