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It was made in 1943. I want to thank everyone for their excellent replies. I think I'm gonna leave it the way it is for now; until I get a chance to shoot it at 200 or 300 yards and try commercial ammo.

It's Yugo 8mm ammo. I bought it (along with the Mauser itself) from Classic Arms.

I fired a bunch of corrosive ammo through my new/old Mauser K98 today and took it home and immediately cleaned it following a lot of the advice I previously received on this thread: http://thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=380385 I flushed the barrel with hot soapy water and some windex for...

Hi. I took my new/old Mauser out to the range for the first time today only to discover that it shot way way high. I pushed the rear sight back as far as it could go (this was a 100 yd range) and still had to aim way below the target to even get it on the paper. The range officer even helped me...

Would you recommend this even if you're aren't using corrosive ammo? Or is match ammo a whole other can of worms? Sorry if I seem ignorant, but I'm a newbie.

Do you completely disassemble the bolt or is it sufficient to soak it and wipe it dry?

I'm new to collecting and shooting military surplus rifles and corrosive ammo and was looking for advice on proper cleaning and ran into this advice over at Empire Arms website. Does this sound like good advice or good technique? Any criticisms? Thanks. ---START QUOTE--- This is how I do...

I know the m38 is shorter and is sighted for 100 yds, but other than that is there any reason to prefer one over the other? If I can only own one Swedish Mauser (a crazy idea I'll admit) will either one of these do?