Friday Mauser porn
Apologies for the lamentable lack of firearms posting but being stuck in Hong Kong for the last few months, I have managed very little shooting etc etc. That sorry state of affairs will soon be rectified. Shall we just say that now I have my appetite back, I thought that we would round of the week with this…
a Mauser K98k in 8x57 caliber, manufactured by Feinmechanische Werke GmbH Erfurt (ERMA) & sporting a rather swanky Zeiss Zelvier telescope sight on high turret mounts.
For those of you that have five grand burning a hole & an empty slot on your FAC, its available for a mere £4,250 from R J Holloway. As an alternative, if you are down to your last fifteen hundred quid, you might want to consider this
A K98k fitted with the ZF41 sharpshooters scope which Fulton’s currently have in the rack. Of course Fultons being Fultons, they only have a picture of half the rifle. Somethings never change & that is certainly true of those guys!
Comments
Sorry, but that's just too much for a 98K, in any currency.
Especially when you can get a superior Swedish Mauser (Model 96, but re-named the Mod 41B for the "sniper" version) for just over $1,000 (about £600).
Posted by: Kim du Toit | October 3, 2008 2:53 AM
Just managed to get an M41B imported from the US to the UK. The cost was about £1100. It is a superb shooter and worth every penny. I also have a K98 sniper and it is not nearly as good. Get the swede - you wont regret it
Posted by: guy | October 3, 2008 9:06 AM
I am with Kim & Guy on this one,on R J Hollaways sight there is a Swedish Mauser Sniper for £2635 and i know which one i would rather have and if i had the money would get it to go with my scoped Swedish M38.
Posted by: ajdshootist | October 3, 2008 12:21 PM
Government regulation ...
It makes a $200 rifle cost 3 or 4k in Britain ... and a $200 SMG cost 5 or 6k in the US.
Posted by: Kristopher | October 3, 2008 6:37 PM
The higher value is not the quality of the Mauser.
The higher value is the HISTORY of the Mauser.
The M98K was a player in the greatest war, whereas
the M41B was simply on the sidelines. You are
buying a piece of history here.
Both are beautiful weapons, but IMOHO, I can do without the optics. Mausers are the quintessential
battle rifle, not sniper rifle. But to each his
own...
Posted by: BushRat | October 4, 2008 8:34 AM
Five years ago, I bought a very used Chilean Army Mouser, made by Styer in Austria. Straight bolt handle, iron sights, resized to chamber 7.62x51 NATO. Longest barrel I've ever seen on a rifle! With the bayonet mounted, I could poke my eye out just by sneezing, it is so long. Not pretty, a little rough in the action, a little surface pitting on the external action. But it is the most accurate rifle I've ever fired. Paid US$ 75.00 five years ago, with the absolute minimum of paperwork as it was considered an antique under the law. Not even a waiting period, as it was both an antique and a long gun. I don't think I will ever scope it, but I have considered adding a modern peep rear and hooded front blade sights. The historical value has already been degraded by the chamber resizing, so I feel free to modify it any way I wish within the law. The original sights are adequate for the time it was built, but leave much to be desired.
Posted by: Bob in San Diego | October 5, 2008 1:20 PM
Excuse the spelling. Mauser, not Mouser! It is not a house cat, after all!
Posted by: Bob in San Diego | October 5, 2008 1:22 PM
Beautiful rifles! Was looking at the latest Krause Mausers of the World book the other day. You have some * nicer * photos here than in the book!
Posted by: Ernest | October 17, 2008 4:15 PM
Need info on an 1894 mouser made by styer, 8mm,M18-88 rifeling. [Has engraving in the barrel]- GEW[or] M.88.I think it's German made.
Posted by: Rex Thompson | December 30, 2008 1:52 AM