Monday Morning Mausers
Return home to on Friday night, underneath the pile of bills that sadly normally greets the conquerors return, was a letter from our local police firearms admin department – yep, in just under three weeks, they had turned round the variation to my Firearms Certificate complete with empty slots for a .17HMR, a .303 & a slot for the Mauser. Yippeeeeeeee! Now regulars might think that Project Mauser is now drawing to a close – sadly not – in fact the problems are only just starting.
As I mentioned the other week, with its ‘issue’ post & V sights, I can all but guarantee that I will never hit a damn thing. Maybe it’s the DTs brought on by decades of binge drinking, or possibly my mid forties failing eye sight but these days, I need a scope. Now simply bolting on some modern optics would be a quick exercise however dear readers, that would be way too simple as I would really like to achieve something like this …
... or maybe this
(groaning) Nurse, my medication please
Comments
A steel tubed Pecar, Hensholdt or Schmidt from the 80's wouldn't look glaringly modern on the KAR and will work very nicely of course.
Unless you are set on recreating a Wehrmacht sniper replica I would steer clear of 'authentic' optics and mounts. The prices are inflated and technology has moved on a hell of a long way since then.
I reckon a phone call to Norman Clarke might be a good bet for your mount. Probably won't be particularly cheap, but their work is quality.
Posted by: HSLD | August 20, 2007 1:53 AM
HSLD speaketh the troof. If you want the replica part, however, I'll happily get one and ship it over.
As for the scope: if you can wait until November... [hint, hint]
Posted by: Kim du Toit | August 20, 2007 7:12 AM
"if you can wait until November... [hint, hint]"
Is this when the much rumoured "Glorious Day" is?
Posted by: nbc | August 20, 2007 10:31 AM
Norman is very good, a match rifle mate of mine swears by him and I offcourse cant drive by without calling in, it would be rude not to stock up on expanding bullets for my.303 when I'm nearby!
Posted by: Tim C | August 20, 2007 10:32 AM
Enough to give a hearty man a certain tingling feeling in the front of his pants - I like it.
Posted by: Oubaas | August 20, 2007 12:49 PM
Keep it original, that's my 2p's worth
Posted by: Ratty | August 20, 2007 6:13 PM
If the Fritz had combined their Mauser action with the sights from a Mosin Nagant, I'd stab myself in the neck to get my hands on one... As it is, I share your dislike of the silly V shape thing.
Posted by: Simon Clark | August 20, 2007 11:41 PM