Original Modern "MAUSER" Hunting Rifles?

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I was looking at the Mauser website and I have been thinking about, owning an original mauser hunting rifle sooner or later. I was looking at getting it in proven 9.3x62 which is one of the best all around cartridges ever invented. The picture shows them having excellent wood figure ,24 inch barrel, iron sights, sling barrel band, all the features I would want in a original style bolt action.

http://www.mauser.com/en/products/m98/m98/

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Here are my main question's:

Does anyone know what price these rifles are running at?

Does anyone have experience with "MAUSER" rifles? and what are your thoughts regarding these rifles.

Which importer would be best to use, on getting one into the country?

Would it be worth considering a Mauser in the M12 model?- Only down fall on not wanting one would be its not control feed.


all comments, advice, and information regarding them are welcome!

Thanks,

dgradinaru
 
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If you're looking in country there's still a Danzig Mauser here that needs some love ;). At this point I've got a OBO price in mind and the first one to take it gets it, she needs a good home :D. It'd go well with that other double trigger we made a deal on dgradinaru :D.

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dgradinaru said:
I think those ones are M12 model. I'm more interested in the M98 model.
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Last i heard they went for around 10k$.

For further info on importing and such contact:

FN Sports

2475 De La Province Longueuil, Quebec J4G 1G3
J4G 1G3 Quebec
Canada

Tel.:1-800-361-4867
Fax:450-442-9581

E-Mail:jnicholls@rnicholls.com

I too wanted and M98 so I contacted them years ago and they sent me a nice Mauser catalog. It's about the closest thing to a Mauser i can afford. :D
 
I'd try to find a good Oberndorf Type A or B. It will have lots of character and cost 1/2 as much, or less, than a new one. Those were the original commercial Mausers. The other option is to look for one from a company like Reimer Johanssen or Hartmann & Weiss.
 
Current Mauser Jagdwaffen is the same company, people and production as Blaser. Has nothing to do with the other 2 Mauser reincarnations other than brand name.

M98 is a very limited production rifle, even if you have cash the queue is full for a long time. This is 100% original design mauser, all steel, all machined, even swivels band on a barrel are machined out of the same block of steel.

M03 is the switch barrel system, all original new Blaser design which was done after R93. Arguably the best there is production switch barrel out of the box rifle. Probably the best safety-decocker on a bolt action ever produced. You can find no complains from the owners ever except it is heavy (due to massive steel receiver). Options and variants are practically limitless, but the caliber choices are slightly euro than american. An M03 will set you back at least $4k, close to $6k in general, more for safari setups.

M12 twin brother of the Sauer 101. Very "basic" regular rifle. Biggest negatives are heat pressed barrel, plastic magazine, very plain wood, yet priced at ~$2k. Very new, few people had it, in general no big issues, just kinda... nice but no flare kind of a gun.

So if you want a mauser or a custom mauser, M98 is a very remote option, very expensive for what it is. If you want modern german engineering top notch everything get M03, but it does not make much sense money wise. M12 is an option if you have to have decent rifle with a brand on it, but for the money even less value than M03, but affordable.
 
cam1936 said:
IIRC they are running in the 10k plus range. If you are seriously looking to drop that kind of dough I ask that you look here first:

http://www.martinigunmakers.com/
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For that kind of money, I would look for a good pre-war military Mauser 98 action and build a custom rifle. Then you get exactly what you want, and it may cost less in the end.
 
9.3mauser said:
For that kind of money, I would look for a good pre-war military Mauser 98 action and build a custom rifle. Then you get exactly what you want, and it may cost less in the end.
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There is no doubt that better values exists. But for a rifle of that style, there is no peer. You pay a lot of money for the very best. If the OP is looking for a rifle in that price range, and wasn't just blissfully ignorant on the cost of such a rifle, the Made in Canada option is definitely worth a serious look.
 
cam1936 said:
There is no doubt that better values exists. But for a rifle of that style, there is no peer. You pay a lot of money for the very best. If the OP is looking for a rifle in that price range, and wasn't just blissfully ignorant on the cost of such a rifle, the Made in Canada option is definitely worth a serious look.
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What he said.... If you want the real MCCoy - price rarely comes into the equation
 
I too looked at M98 6-7 years ago. That is when I had some cash to replace my 10 years old truck. If I remember it right, a new production M98 would have cost me 12G and change at that time. Needless to say I sobered up very quickly! Gun prices have been all over the place in the past 6-7 years, but I doubt you can get it for less now.

Just for comparison, that money plus another couple of grands was eventually used as my 50% share of my first hunt camp purchase! Of course I understand it is a matter of want. Take your pick.:)
 
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That scope setup makes me puke.
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Kudu said:
I thought it was that belly of yours that makes you puke... Stick to your Rugers - oversize them if you must!!
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They are designed with a purpose: low light. The EAW mounts make it easy to replace the scope with one of these
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