Mauser Picture Thread

Hunting rifles like these have been on my horizon for a very long time but your Orbendorf Type M with the Lyman peep sight just hit me like Thor's Hammer.
Rifles like these possess a certain type of person and I am definitely among those 'afflicted'. These are real gems - thank you for sharing them.
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A couple of examples of non-military but still very Mauser 98 rifles:

Original Oberndorf Mauser Type M 30-06 c. 1923 (w/Lyman 35 sight.)

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Original Oberndorf Mauser Type S 8x57 c. 1922 (w/ Wehrmann folding peep sight.)

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Riflechair said:
Hunting rifles like these have been on my horizon for a very long time but your Obendorf Type M with the Lyman peep sight just hit me like Thor's Hammer.
Rifles like these possess a certain type of person and I am definitely among those 'afflicted'. These are real gems - thank you for sharing them.
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If you ever need to choose between a Type M and a Type S: In my experience (having owned several of both types in various calibers) the Type S is noticeably the handier rifle, lighter to carry and faster handling. In the type M, the weight of all that extra steel in the buttplate, forend cap (and DST) does add up. Also the teardrop shaped bolt handle of the type S is much faster to manipulate than the Mannlicher-type flat bolt handle of the type M.

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And I have none of them. I still remember, and regret, passing on a minty Brazilian Mauser...back when they were affordable.
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They were always expensive, compared to the wages of the time. When they first started coming into Canada, in the early 70s, the cheapest way to buy them was by the crate if they were new, with all accessories, such as factory targets, matching bayos, slings, cleaning kits, muzzle protector. If memory serves, they averaged $45 each, but only if you bought a full crate. Dealers didn't get a better price from what I remember.

Local gunshops displayed them in their windows and some of the gas stations/hardware stores that carried surplus firearms did the same. Retail price, without accessories was around $90.

They were the cream of the Mausers, even back then.
 
Hardly in the same category condition-wise as the gems in this thread, but here is a DWM Boer Mauser which turned up in an attic in an abandoned house which was being demolished. It was the rifle of a TR Boshoff. No doubt came to Canada as a trophy 123 years ago.

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This one is a Ludwig Lowe Boer Mauser carried by AS STENT. He was a Veldt Cornet (VC), an officer.

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Still haven't done the buttplate or rear swivel. Screws frozen. Nor have I worked on the stock - just handling it has made some difference.
20 rounds through it now, and the bore has cleaned up to be quite respectable with significant shine.

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bearhunter said:
They were always expensive, compared to the wages of the time. When they first started coming into Canada, in the early 70s, the cheapest way to buy them was by the crate if they were new, with all accessories, such as factory targets, matching bayos, slings, cleaning kits, muzzle protector. If memory serves, they averaged $45 each, but only if you bought a full crate. Dealers didn't get a better price from what I remember.

Local gunshops displayed them in their windows and some of the gas stations/hardware stores that carried surplus firearms did the same. Retail price, without accessories was around $90.

They were the cream of the Mausers, even back then.
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I wasn't thinking that far back...I remember them being around $350. incl. sling and bayo. And I passed.
 
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I wasn't thinking that far back...I remember them being around $350. incl. sling and bayo. And I passed.
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$350 must have been in the 80s.
I purchased my first brand new 1908 Braz. mauser with matching bayonet etc.. for $400 in 1989.

Milsurps are always a good iinvestment. I remember when Lebarons sold Irish contract Enfields in the wrap for $200, at the Toronto Sportsmens show in 2002.
 
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$350 must have been in the 80s.
I purchased my first brand new 1908 Braz. mauser with matching bayonet etc.. for $400 in 1989.

Milsurps are always a good investment. I remember when Lebarons sold Irish contract Enfields in the wrap for $200, at the Toronto Sportsmens show in 2002.
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...and I remember buying Swedish Mausers at Levers in Vancouver in the early 80s...To begin with, the Carl Gustaf 96s were $45 and the Husqvarna M-38s were $50. Then they jumped in price to $50. and $55. You could hand pick them and if you bought more than 3 or 4, Mr. Lever would give you a further discount. (I was also nearly flat broke most of the time, couldn't read a stock disc, and also wasn't too sure what all those serial numbers on all the parts meant. But I still managed to buy quite a few.)
 
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Still haven't done the buttplate or rear swivel. Screws frozen. Nor have I worked on the stock - just handling it has made some difference.
20 rounds through it now, and the bore has cleaned up to be quite respectable with significant shine.

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That's a great rifle Tiriaq, I have a two piece stock for one of those, which happened when the Boer took the rifle home and used it for hunting, then put it back together to go back to the fray.

It has some very nice engraving on one side to show it was ''gifted by one good friend to another" The stock was taken off the rifle because there was some rot, created by blood, in a few places. The rot was scraped away as it was believed that it was the only way to stop it from spreading.

I have found that boiled linseed oil, mixed 25%BLO/75%Acetone will remove most of the grunge, leaves just enough behind to keep the "Patina"

They are very nice rifles. OVS marked??
 
tiriaq said:
Hardly in the same category condition-wise as the gems in this thread, but here is a DWM Boer Mauser which turned up in an attic in an abandoned house which was being demolished. It was the rifle of a TR Boshoff. No doubt came to Canada as a trophy 123 years ago.

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This one is a Ludwig Lowe Boer Mauser carried by AS STENT. He was a Veldt Cornet (VC), an officer.

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With God and the Mauser.

Very nice find! Is yours an A Block rifle?

I picked up mine a couple years back.

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