No,no, I can't do it.
Sweet. The Mitchel is on my wish list.
I have an M-38 Swede, made by Husqvarna.
I paid about $165 for the same rifle and the accessories. A buddy had a Curio and Relics license and he didn't want it anymore. It's in great shape. I tried it out during the Freeper rifle competition. I didn't do so well and the rifle kicked pretty hard at the prone position. You can buy 8MM for a good price but it has corrosive primers.
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Bayonet and scabbard, bayonet belt hanger, leather rifle sling and keepers, dual leather ammo pouches, field cleaning kit, the crown jewel of bolt action rifles, this is a model 98K Mauser model 48. Brand new condition, in box with all documentation. Plus Shipping, must be to FFL Dealer.
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Sounds like something you'd like...
Having said that, nice looking rifle.
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I have owned several Mauser models since my 1st, which I ordered from a surplus gun dealer in 1960 for $15.95 delivered to my door by the U.S. Mail. Yeah, those really WERE the good old days when you could order any gun you wanted, including handguns, through the mail and have the post office deliver it no questions asked.
That 1st Mauser was a M95 Chilean 7x57 made by DWM before WWI. The most perfect fit and overall workmanship I have ever seen on any firearm at any price, but some Chilean recruit had neglected to clean the bore after firing corrosive ammo and the bore was black as Billy's hat. Wouldn't keep 5 shots on the paper at 25 paces. Swapped it for a beat up old SMLE .303 that looked awful but shot well enough to kill 1-gallon motor oil cans every time on the far side of grandpa's cow pasture.
Right now I have a mod 95 Swede 6.5x55 in near mint condition which I bought wholesale for $70 when I had an FFL in the pre-Clinton years. It was made at the Karl Gustave Arsenal in 1901 and it is absolutely beautiful inside and out. Shoots like a champ too, I have shot 2" groups at 100 long paces with it before my eyes got so old that I can't see both sights at the same time. I would have to say that I have had more fun in my time shooting surplus military iron than I ever had shooting shiny new hunting or varmint rifles.
I really like it. It is not the best made Mauser but is still well made. Shoots fine.
If you want a work of art, get any German made Mauser produced before WWI. I had an unfired 1909 Argentine made by DWM and the workmanship was off the scale. Absolutely unbelievable. Same goes for the 1895 Chilean and 1908 Brazilian although it is rare to find a really clean Brazilian one.
This is my Yugo mauser. Pretty decent gun for $90 including tax and from a dealer.
Yep.
I have VZ-24 with matching serial numbers that my great-uncle brought back as a war trophy.
50-years in my grandmother's closet and its bore still sparkled after a couple of patches.
The sling had dry-rotted, so I replaced it with an M1907, and took it out shooting.
It was the first gun I took my nephew out with, and the experience turned him into a horrible sort of gun nut...
I have a battlefield pick-up courtesy of my father. It had to have the butt broken off to get it into a duffle bag and back into the states. About 40 years ago, I spent about $12 to buy a replacement stock for it from Sears and Roebuck (back before it became just "Sears") and manhandled the replacement. It was rough and unfinished but it fit. The M98 doesn't have the original bold so it has never fed ammo well but it shoots straight. A few years ago I took it down and went to work on the stock. It looks a lot better but I have to find someone who can make it feed 8MM from the magazine
Yummy. I am fighting jealous thoughts. Good for you.
I'm lucky enough to own a few dozen. Here's one (Model 71/84) sunbathing in the backyard.
