[A. Patriot]

I have read that at one time, the Mauser bolt action type rifle was considered very unsporting because it was a "weapon of war", not a sporting arm.

Most all military rifles in the past have become "sporting".

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***I have read that at one time, the Mauser bolt action type rifle was considered very unsporting because it was a "weapon of war", not a sporting arm. ***

Back in the good old dark ages before the 1968 Gun Control Law the Mauser rifle was "evil" because it has been a military issued surplus. Thomas J. Dodd and Emanuel Cellar tried to get the imports banned as "non-sporting rifles" because they cut into the profits of the American gun industry (Remmington, Winchester, Savage). they were successful in 1968.
The very same rifle could be imported if it had been issued to a Police agency, but not Military.

[caver]

"I have read that at one time, the Mauser bolt action type rifle was considered very unsporting because it was a "weapon of war", not a sporting arm."

I was looking over Remington's web site and noticed that they quite freqently refer to the Mauser design being the basis of a number of their rifles. I wonder is Zumbo thinks a Mauser is an assault rifle?