Best Mauser 98 Receiver

Oskar Kob for CCH and Chris Griesbach for stock restoration. They both come highly recommended. I have other names for other services, including Jason Spencer for bolt handle modification.
 
conor_90 said:
Do you know if he does butter knife bolts?
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I would call Jason at Gunco and ask. If anybody can do it, it's him. Ralf Martini also, but he's about 2 years behind in custom orders and is likely not taking on small projects.

For scope clearance, I would avoid butterknife handles if I were you. However, if you must, a cheaper and easier alternative would be to buy a used Brno 21 from Tradex, harvest the M98 butterknife bolt and part the rest out. You will recoup most of the cost and have a perfectly functional bolt for any Mauser 98 (make sure it wasn't bent/modified for scope use). You would also score a beautiful shotgun style trigger guard and bottom metal. There would likely be lots of takers for parts. I know two members looking for a stock, the small-ring 98 barreled-action will go almost instantly. I also know of a WTB for a DST, as somebody bought one with a missing set trigger.
 
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I reworked a couple of military Greek M-S actions to make sporters; made butterknife bolt handles out of barstock. it is certainly do-able, and isn't that big a job. There was a time when unfinished castings could be had. Maybe these are still available.

Just a question - isn't a receiver a single piece, while an action is the receiver, plus the working parts?
 
Good to learn, that would certainly make sense.

You can buy the bolts in the states, just a matter of having them on hand and having experience welding them on correctly I guess.
 
I have used oxy-acetylene for doing bolts, along with the welding rods that Brownells sells. Makes for a good clean job.
 
conor_90 said:
Sure there’s a difference between owning a military rifle and a genocidaires

Why would you want a gun used to snipe civilians in the streets of Sarajevo?

You won’t find any third reich mausers in my collection either.


Guess this isn’t the place for this debate but that gives me the chills
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I doubt everyone in the Bosnian civil war was shooting civilians, I'm sure there were pockets of resistance directed towards the military as well. I'd have to ask him again what the story was that he was told. He's a history buff though, and whether or not someone was on the "right" side of history doesn't make the artifacts any less interesting. I know I didn't really like shooting it though, it's light and kicks like a mule.
Kristian
 
turbo_bird said:
I doubt everyone in the Bosnian civil war was shooting civilians, I'm sure there were pockets of resistance directed towards the military as well. I'd have to ask him again what the story was that he was told. He's a history buff though, and whether or not someone was on the "right" side of history doesn't make the artifacts any less interesting. I know I didn't really like shooting it though, it's light and kicks like a mule.
Kristian
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I agree to a point; problem being everyone's point is different. There is a burned up CE 44 code ( J.P. Sauer) 98 up on the wall across the room. Is it inherently more evil than No. 4 Lee Enfield?
 
turbo_bird said:
I doubt everyone in the Bosnian civil war was shooting civilians, I'm sure there were pockets of resistance directed towards the military as well. I'd have to ask him again what the story was that he was told. He's a history buff though, and whether or not someone was on the "right" side of history doesn't make the artifacts any less interesting. I know I didn't really like shooting it though, it's light and kicks like a mule.
Kristian
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without derailing the thread genocides were comitted by all sides on those particular wars. the rest belong to the spirit of the owner. i do myself make pride of not owning that kind of history first because it impacted me personally and second coming from europe we do not see those objects as belonging to history and to a wider point everything related to ww2 and the nazi except in the museums cannot be own by individual for many many good reasons in many european countries ...
 
medvedqc said:
without derailing the thread genocides were comitted by all sides on those particular wars. the rest belong to the spirit of the owner. i do myself make pride of not owning that kind of history first because it impacted me personally and second coming from europe we do not see those objects as belonging to history and to a wider point everything related to ww2 and the nazi except in the museums cannot be own by individual for many many good reasons in many european countries ...
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Definitely a fair point you make. I wasn't there and would never want to have to live through something like that.
Kristian
 
medvedqc said:
without derailing the thread genocides were comitted by all sides on those particular wars. the rest belong to the spirit of the owner. i do myself make pride of not owning that kind of history first because it impacted me personally and second coming from europe we do not see those objects as belonging to history and to a wider point everything related to ww2 and the nazi except in the museums cannot be own by individual for many many good reasons in many european countries ...
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It's an inanimate object. Same argument we make to the antigunners. The gun does nothing. The person handling the gun chooses what they will do. - dan
 
I think the 1935 Oberndorf Brazilian Mausers are the best. Excellent workmanship, good heat treating and very smooth. The 1908 DWM actions are very nicely made but tend to be a little soft. Same with the 1909's. FN's are very good but not as good as those made by Mauser. Commercial FN actions are the best of the commonly available commercial Mausers.
 
In addition to Brno 21's, Brno ZG-47's are often still used as the hunting tool of choice by many experienced hunters and sell as quickly as they are posted for sale. That has to say something
 
Are some BRNO models a “small ring” style Mauser with a smaller profile? Not sure if they are a scaled down 98 or a modified 94?
 
dan belisle said:
So you believe the gun has what, evil spirits? Scary voodoo? - dan
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it is more the symbolic. like i wont get a nazi flag ... you may not see it but this is the way we ve been raised and it was not anti-guns in those days but not supportive that much of that crazy regime and all the supporters they had ...
 
medvedqc said:
it is more the symbolic. like i wont get a nazi flag ... you may not see it but this is the way we ve been raised and it was not anti-guns in those days but not supportive that much of that crazy regime and all the supporters they had ...
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A Mauser 98 isn’t a symbol of the Nazi Regime... are you suggesting the AK-47 is a symbol of Communism?

It’s just a gun.
 
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