Mauser love limits

Meroh said:
Only issue I had with my right hander was a bit too much wood at the tang, dragging on the bolt. A few strokes with a file to open the tang grove up and the bolt just glides. Only a few hundred rounds through it varrying from my 85 gr varmint loads to 156 gr LRN. Like my M96, at 100 yards, all loads shoot to virtually the same point of aim. M38 shoots well, but the shorter barrel gives different point of impact depending on loads.
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Interesting. Will have to see how mine is. The 156 gr. RN would those be hornady?
 
Brutus said:
Plus if you look at the M1917 and P14 there isn't alot of gunmetal in the way to reach across and grasp that dogleg bolt with your left hand.

maybe?

Edit: seriously considering next purchase will be one of these two rifles
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Southpaws have a lot of issues getting used to hanling a Pattern 14/17 if the rear ears aren't removed, which you likely don't want to do.
 
Well. Interesting. I shot my FR-8 for very first time.
It's a little rough IMO.
As a comparison my sporterized FN large ring is a dream. Same as my ES350B small bore Mauser. Maybe a mere .22 rimfire shouldn't really factor in here?

You folks with more experience than me, please tell me your opinion of smoothest operating bolt Mauser? Will factor highly as my future next purchase.

Thx
 
Brutus said:
Well. Interesting. I shot my FR-8 for very first time.
It's a little rough IMO.
As a comparison my sporterized FN large ring is a dream. Same as my ES350B small bore Mauser. Maybe a mere .22 rimfire shouldn't really factor in here?

You folks with more experience than me, please tell me your opinion of smoothest operating bolt Mauser? Will factor highly as my future next purchase.

Thx
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Spanish mausers tend to be rough operating, especially the 98 types and the later refurbed FR7-FR8. Mostly because the bolts were sandblasted and the rails weren't properly polished when finished.

Same goes for a lot of WWII production 98s.

South American 98s types that were manufactured in Europe tend to be as smooth as a military mauser gets, unless they've gone through an FTR.

The Swede 94, 96 and 38 types are usually quite smooth.

The early 91/93/95 type small ring mausers are also quite smooth. The M91 Mausers are some of the smoothest of the bolt action milsurps.
 
Brutus said:
Well. Interesting. I shot my FR-8 for very first time.
It's a little rough IMO.
As a comparison my sporterized FN large ring is a dream. Same as my ES350B small bore Mauser. Maybe a mere .22 rimfire shouldn't really factor in here?

You folks with more experience than me, please tell me your opinion of smoothest operating bolt Mauser? Will factor highly as my future next purchase.

Thx
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I have never successfully made one, but maybe someone can find article about Phil Shoemaker's 458 Win Mag - Finn Aargaard is reputed to have nicknamed that one as "Ole Ugly", or at least mention how ugly that rifle looked - and the thing therefore acquired that "name" - I believe it started as a Mark X made Mauser action. Some honing by someone who knew what they were doing - as I recall pictures - perhaps 25% or 30% of the bolt motion forward, the rim was fully "popped up" out of the magazine and solidly behind the extractor claw on the bolt face. I think the bullet was partially into the chamber - entire cartridge was virtually perfectly aligned with chamber at that point - no clanking or rattling for the round to find its way into the chamber - was straight in - minimal to no drag - described as being able to be operated with "flick of the wrist" - it was, for me, an example of what "good" looks like. As I recall, the stock was old school Brown Precision fibreglass - several layers of automotive cloth fibreglass laid on that stock at grip area and other places, to get it to fit to him the way that he wanted - then he has been spray painting the stock, scope, etc. with various colours of Rustoleum Spray Paint. I seem to recall an article about that rifle (and about Phil Shoemaker), in a Rifle magazine a few years ago.

There is a 1909 Argentine Cavalry Carbine here - made in Berlin - that sounds way more "solid" when cycled that most other Mauser 98's - including its partner Infantry rifle. Many "old school" infantry Mausers will have the straight bolt handle - so it sticks straight out right side when closed - straight up when opened - that Ludwig Olson guy described a technique for rapid fire - simply straighten trigger finger and rock your straightened hand "up" - that opened the bolt and ejected - then pushed with your thumb to load the next round. The Swedes have had various "rapid fire" competitions for decades - how many hits in 20 seconds at several hundred meters - in a way, what they do for shooting, rapid manipulation of the bolt and reloading - makes the British "Mad Minute" look sort of amateurish - the Swede game apparently played with both Swede Mausers and Norwegian Krag rifles.
 
Fellas. Thanks all for your input. I will tell you a recently discovered truth with myself. I am still on the fence my next milsurp buy.
Been gazing at an Irish No. 4, sometimes I think I need a Polish or Hungarian M44. Can't afford a nice Persian Mauser, along with any 8mm Mauser carbine.
There's a guy in Alberta, (Chestemere?) whom is trying to sell a Gewehr 98 carbine on GP. Never heard of them before?
Looks cool, but big bucks.
Torn between nations!

Lol
 
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