K98 issue

[Slyder73]

I have a 1938 Erma K98 Mauser, Russian Capture. Had it out shooting and discovered it's consistently shooting high. Very high. At 20 yards, shoots about 6 to 8 inches high. Any further out at rifle range and it's not usable.

Sights are set to zero yards. Has anyone else had an issue like this with a Russian capture rifle whose parts may not have been put back together with the utmost care or concern for matching? Short of filing down the front sight, which I don't want to do, did anyone find a better solution, admustment, rear sight tweak, etc?

 

[DAR 701]

I have a 1938 Erma K98 Mauser, Russian Capture. Had it out shooting and discovered it's consistently shooting high. Very high. At 20 yards, shoots about 6 to 8 inches high. Any further out at rifle range and it's not usable.

Sights are set to zero yards. Has anyone else had an issue like this with a Russian capture rifle whose parts may not have been put back together with the utmost care or concern for matching? Short of filing down the front sight, which I don't want to do, did anyone find a better solution, admustment, rear sight tweak, etc?

Looks like you need a much taller front sight! Filing the sight will make the impact lower...

 

[desporterizer]

You would have to increase the front sight height to correct this not file it down. I have had two RC & both shoot pretty much to the sights, never heard of one shooting that high.

 

[steve1973]

With something shooting that drastically high at 20 yards, I think you are going to have to go with a new front sight blade. I bought a Swedish M96 front sight blade as a replacement on a K98 that was shooting high and I didn't have to file it down to bring it down to POA at 100m. The replacement was very high and I just had to file to a point as there was a square top to the blade.

If the rifle was shooting that high at 100m, I would also suggest a six o' clock hold when aiming at the target or reloading your own ammo where you can 'walk' the bullet down to the target with different weighted loads or bullet weights. Good luck.

 

[can14]

get a new high front sight and file it down until the rifle zeros. I think that brownells sells the sight.

 

[diopter]

I have a 1938 Erma K98 Mauser, Russian Capture. Had it out shooting and discovered it's consistently shooting high. Very high. At 20 yards, shoots about 6 to 8 inches high. Any further out at rifle range and it's not usable.

Sights are set to zero yards. Has anyone else had an issue like this with a Russian capture rifle whose parts may not have been put back together with the utmost care or concern for matching? Short of filing down the front sight, which I don't want to do, did anyone find a better solution, admustment, rear sight tweak, etc?

Were you using 170gr Winchester, Remington, or Federal factory ammo?

 

[Andy]

Do you know where it hits at 100yds? Where it hits at 20 yds tells you nothing. Make sure all the screws are tight, then find where it hits now, before you make any alterations. Put up a large target, say 4' x 4' and try an aim dead centre, followed by lower left, lower right, upper left, upper right until you get a hole. You might get help from the berm by seeing dirt kicked up. If way off, then aim below or above the target, etc. Once you've established where it hits and hits consitently, look at front sight alterations.

 

[Slyder73]

Do you know where it hits at 100yds? Where it hits at 20 yds tells you nothing. Make sure all the screws are tight, then find where it hits now, before you make any alterations. Put up a large target, say 4' x 4' and try an aim dead centre, followed by lower left, lower right, upper left, upper right until you get a hole. You might get help from the berm by seeing dirt kicked up. If way off, then aim below or above the target, etc. Once you've established where it hits and hits consitently, look at front sight alterations.

I was only able to do the 20 yards before we moved on to some other fun guns. I shot 100 yards but it was so high it went over the top of the berm we were using so didn't want to keep shooting until I can take it someplace with a safer backstop for those high shots. It is definately consistently high by 6-8 inches at 20 yds though, shooting 198 gr Igman.

Thanks for the suggestions though, sounds like the front sight blade might have to be replaced with a taller one. I was thinking filing down but yeah, I guess that is backwards LOL.