Question for Mauser guys... (poor sporter)

[louthepou]

Go home Bubba, you're drunk...

Ok, recently got this sportered Mauser. I know next to nothing about Mausers (sorry, I am not perfect ) so, I'll welcome any info.

Surface of metal looks sand- or bead-blasted...

And, I have no idea of it's value on today's market...

I think the only good thing I can say about it is that it has a decent bore.

Poor 98...

 

[gaff]

appears to be one of the 1960's imports .probably Globco. recently bead blasted . with a new stock and barrel bands it should be in nice shape.
you might want to run it over to Gunco for a bluing before the rust starts.

 

[Nabs]

Shes not that bad, I've seen worse sporters. She can be restored with a bit of work.

 

[collector67]

Shucks, fellers, Ah thank she looks dadgum purrrrrrty!

 

[Tinman204]

It's ok Lou! I bought my first Mauser at Christmas, nothing like my .303 british stuff which is about all I have. I really like my Mauser and have been having fun reloading 8x57 and learning mauser accuracy tricks!

That Sporter is a fine rifle and I'm so sure that I'd bet the farm that it will be even finer when you're done with it!

 

[CanadianAR]

That's a bit of a tough rifle to restore. Proper configuration would be blued, semi kreigsmodell. Which means that the stock butt still has the bolt take down disc, but the cleaning rod and bayo lug are absent. In their place would be an end cap and the bands are screwed on with special screws used only by dot/dou.

Still a nice rifle, nearing the end of dot 44 production.

Shame about the bead blast.

 

[bearhunter]

Lou, clean up the finish with a decent blue job and hunt with it.

Whoever did the job, did it in a hurry but it's not bad.

IMHO, these old girls are not worth throwing a lot of money at, unless you're determined to have a custom sporter, built on a 98 action.

That rifle is very salvageable as you likely know. Especially if the parts match. Stocks are getting hard to come by but there are still a few kickin around at gun shows, pricey though.

It would likely cost you as much to put it back to original as it would to pick up a complete rifle.

 

[Claven2]

Yep, a late-war dot (BRNO). It could be cleaned up easily enough as these were sometimes phosphated when new. Or alternately, build a sporting gun. Up to you.

 

[CanadianAR]

I don't think dot ever made the switch to phosphate receiver/barrel.

Stocks are easy to find, but a semi kreigs stock isn't so easy.

 

[louthepou]

Thanks for the input, guys, much appreciated. I figure that at the very least, the metal needs to be reblued. Precious details have been lost with the blasting, we are far from an ideal restoration candidate here. But whatever i'd do with it, it wouldn't bring more permanent modification! Anyone know how much a blueing job (say, at Gunco) in ottawa would cost? Or would blueing be ugly with the blasted surface?

 

[sigrunes]

I'd blue it for sure.

 

[gaff]

as the original finish is gone. and the bead blasting is a prep for rebluing that is about your best option .

 

[dahs]

The damage is already done, I'd try to make an absolutely gorgeous sporter out of it. Polished, mile deep bluing job. Double set triggers, put it in a great piece of wood, etc.

If the gun is worth it and shoots and functions as good as it would look that is.

 

[jbmauser]

Maybe a parkerizing? Obviously not original, but with the blasting done the original style finish isn't an option at this point anyway. It costs about 250 for a complete parkerizing job.