Mauser Trench Magazine

Any minute now I am going to go pull a M98 trigger guard and try sticking an FN or m14 mag into it. It seems to me a guy could cut the lips off the mag so it tuckeup up under the rifle feed lips, and then tack weld the mag to the trigger guard.

Bubba would be proud!

Edit: I measured a M98 trigguard mag well. It is only 0.70" wide on the front end, inside. Any ordinary double stack mag (like M14) is wider than that, so I guess i need the repro.

$155 is too much. last year they were $70 in the USA. Sold out now.
 
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Ganderite said:
Any minute now I am going to go pull a M98 trigger guard and try sticking an FN or m14 mag into it. It seems to me a guy could cut the lips off the mag so it tuckeup up under the rifle feed lips, and then tack weld the mag to the trigger guard.

Bubba would be proud!

Edit: I measured a M98 trigguard mag well. It is only 0.70" wide on the front end, inside. Any ordinary double stack mag (like M14) is wider than that, so I guess i need the repro.

$155 is too much. last year they were $70 in the USA. Sold out now.
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Ideas -

Love em !!
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Original mag extension attaches to the BOTTOM of the existing TG. Mag well is barely wide enough to double-stack rounds: 1.5x width of round is necessary and you have very little more.

If you WANT to make something out of a surplus mag, and you had lotsa parts, you could weld/sweat/braze a lipless mag body to the bottom of a spare TG, assemble that.

Repro mag is for those who want to see what it was REALLY like to run 25 rounds in a 98.
 
Ganderite said:
Any minute now I am going to go pull a M98 trigger guard and try sticking an FN or m14 mag into it. It seems to me a guy could cut the lips off the mag so it tuckeup up under the rifle feed lips, and then tack weld the mag to the trigger guard.

Bubba would be proud!

Edit: I measured a M98 trigguard mag well. It is only 0.70" wide on the front end, inside. Any ordinary double stack mag (like M14) is wider than that, so I guess i need the repro.

$155 is too much. last year they were $70 in the USA. Sold out now.
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what caliber are you shooting?
 
RE: Mauser Extended Mags

Two Styles:

1. Trench Mag - 10-15 rounds but need to be pinned to five in Canada. These were used in WWI for trench clearing and WWII for snipers (probably a collectors invention, as the German snipers were all about one shot - one kill).
Originals are extremly rare and there are some on the repro market. Numrich has the best prices but won't ship to Canada. Sarco has them too, but they won't ship to Canada either.

2. MG13 Mag - 25 rounds, legally pinned to five in Canada. These were used during the war (limited use) and post war.

As far as I know the repro mags work, but might need some fitting (dremel tool) just like any other repro part on the market. Very few work without a hiccup.

I hope this helps.
 
If the mag is made for a bolt gun it doesn't have to be pinned. The MG13 Mag, yes if detachable. No if it is welded to the trigger guard.
 
Kudos to friend Pblatzz: Mauser 98 was a bolt rifle, last I took a look.

Still, if anyone comes across a semi-auto 98 Mauser, I would really appreciate a peek!

Just SO MANY strange things coming out of the woodwork and our vaunted Canadian registry just is not up to them. Friend registered a rifle as a Lee-Enfield, as a Savage and as a BSA, all at the same time: Savage-made Number 4 sportered by BSA. I have no idea if they EVER got that one figured out!
 
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