On the Springfield 1903 ,which is a Mauser action copy,the extractor must be profiled different since it has a magazine cut off and loads single cartridges very nicely.
I wonder why the Germans did not do the same thing on their K98k.
Please do not take offence, as it is not intended.
You didn't slip a cartridge into the chamber and close the bolt on it by chance did you? Tough on extractors on a CRF rifle doing that. A Lee Enfield...no problem...but a 98 Mauser...bad.
Just a question...
No problems friend. Even when we disagreed in this forum...we are still pretty polite.
Sorta the way it is here...help when you can.
Why would they? They would always feed from the magazine and as such this was never a problem for them. This is only a civilian post-military usage issue caused by not properly using the firearm. It's like the M95 rifles where people try to single load them because they don't have the Mannlicher clips and as such break those valuable extractors, the designers never anticipated or expected people to single load them, it just isn't how your supposed to use them.
Should the magazine spring on a K98k break or the magazine become defective in some other way,the rifle is useless.
If the poor soldier with an M95 lose his enbloc clips the rifle is useless,both deficiencies in design in my opinion.
Should the magazine spring on a K98k break or the magazine become defective in some other way,the rifle is useless.
If the poor soldier with an M95 lose his enbloc clips the rifle is useless,both deficiencies in design in my opinion.
I prefer to celebrate our pros rather than quibble over various cons![]()



























