Turk Mauser range report.

[Tinman204]

Got that Turk m38 Mauser at Christmas, been playing around with it and getting pitiful results! It was very dirty, missing the ejector spring and the barrel was so dirty it almost looked unsalvageable. I've been scrubbing and oiling her for weeks and she's starting to look real good( as good as a been there done that gun can) .

Today I'm home alone and super bored, not to mention the Mauser has been bothering me for weeks. So I tore her down again and gave the barrel it's 100th good scrubbing, the patches are finally starting to come out cleanish. I moved the front sight over to the left as far as it will go, it was shooting WAY left when I got it. Infact it took me 10 shots to even get a round on the paper lol! I figured out earlier this week that the barrel is ever so slightly unscrewed so the rear and front sights are in line with each other but are canted to the right.

I love this gun, and it's teaching me a lot about working up loads and improving accuracy. I've been lucky so far, other then my SKS every other milsurp I've bought has been stellar in the accuracy department and I've really had to do nothing to them. This Mauser on the other hand I've had to work at it to get her to cooperate.

Finally it's starting to shoot the way I knew it could.

Group 1 on the right had a 1 grain lower charge then the other 3 groups, think I'll have to try some more like that. These were shot from a rest @ 40 yards, just to see what's what. Finally got her shooting center, she shoots high but its a Mauser so I expected that.

 

[collector67]

Nice job! These rifles can really walk and talk with the right care and attention. My 1893.03.38 is in awesome condtion and shoots as good as she looks! (100 meters unsupported).

 

[Tinman204]

Hope I can get mine to shoot like that one day. Still playing with the wood, I'm looking for proper info on proper fittment of the wood, its touching the barrel after the barrel band. This is my first mauser and I must say, I understand why so many guys collect and shoot these they're a lot of fun!

 

[collector67]

A lot of people discredit the Turk Mauser, I think they don't know what they are missing! (That's OK with me, keeps the prices down on them!)

 

[Tinman204]

Yeah I love the fact that I go googoo for guns that people love to hate. Case in point, my Ross.

 

[harryhand]

I love my Turk too!very accurate rifle,nice smooth action and a nice piece of history.

 

[Tinman204]

I may have to buy a few more if they cross my path! Not too sure why people don't like em, they're a real piece of history and seem to be good shooters to.

 

[shredder0]

I have a K Kale Turk as well and my barrel was a sewer pire when I got it. Dark, with no visible rifling in the barrel and the targets proved nothing good would come out of that, so I had a local smith make me a barrel from an old take off swedish mauser barrel. The turk has the small ring barrel tenon even though it is a large ring reciever, so the Swedish barrel is tailor made. After re boring to .30 cal and rifling the swede barrel it made up into a very very nice 30/06 rifle and I treasure it. Not as a peice of military history but as the finest shooter I own and a very smooth and reliable action.
The turk actions are very under rated it seems. Most have a LOT of corrosion in the bore so that may explain why most folks sneer at them. For me, they represent an excellent value on the surplus Mauser market.