Bought 2 Mausers last week,Good deal?

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One of my Boss's old workers asked him to sell 2 old guns that my boss was keeping for him.
He wanted $150.00 for the pair.
I overheard this and asked my boss what they where as I had no deer rifle.
One was a 8mm turkish, the other was a 1909 Sweadish 96 in 6.5x55
The sweade had the barrel shortened around 4" with a nice target crown on
it, It also had a cheap Tasco scope mounted to it.
I bought them for the $150, later that night I sold the 8mm for $125 to a
guy I know who also needed a deer rifle.
I shot the 6.5 and it holds around a 1/2" at 50 yards.
It also looks great!
Is this a good deer rifle? or should I keep looking? :D
Ken
 
I think you did fine. Turk Mausers can be had from $50-100 sometimes. Local store has Swede exactly like you describe for $150 so it's kind of like you got one rifle for free. It's a shame they sporterized that Swede but what they did probably did not enhance or detract from accuracy really. Swede Mausers are among the most accurate non sniper issue bolt action military rifles that were ever made.

Swede 6.5x55 ammo is not as cheap as say 7.62x54r as far as milsurp rifles go but it is a great caliber and should make someone a good deer rifle if need be.
 
Great deal! The Mauser is OK and you got your money back and more for it. The swedes are considered by a lot of milsurp collectors to be the creme de la creme of the old rifle world. They have excellent workmanship and are very accurate. Originals in decent shape go for around $400 at the gunshows I've been to. Hang on to that rifle. :)
 
You did okay... the Turks are all over the place very cheap... I've seen them sell for $65 at gun shows....

As you only have $25 invested in the swede, you did fine... to bad it got butchered as it's now worth nothing to a collector, but should be a great deer getter.
 
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Swedish 6.5x55 is a great deer round. It is a fast round with quite a wallop. As was said earlier, the Swede M96 Mauser is a great collectible rifle with renowned accuracy and workmanship. Prices have really skyrocketed on these rifles lately. As far as ammo is concerned, I usually find Swedish ammo at gunshows for about 40 cents per round.
 
Thanks guys, I talked to my boss last night about it.
I have no problem with ammo as he reloads 6.5x55 for his Ruger 77.
He told me we could work up a load later this week for my new toy.
Gotta love a boss who passes on gun deals to ya! Then helps ya set up ammo for it! :D
Ken
 
You definitely did the right thing in which one you sold and which one you kept.

Swedes are famous for the low recoil, the wonderful ballistic potential of the chambering, and the overall workmanship (I own 3 currently). Short of grizzly, it's probably wholly adequate for taking any 'big game' in North America, save and except big North American moose, but the Swedes take their smaller native moose with it by the score annually. That long pointy bullet makes a very deep hole in critters!


Since it's been partially Bubba'ed, you might consider a synthetic stock and a trigger upgrade- Dayton Traister makes a conversion to an adjustable trigger which cocks on opening the bolt. I have one on my pseudo-scout Swede and it's wonderful. It is, however, something you should have your competent gunsmith do rather than attempting it yourself. Updating the optics to, say, a Leupold wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing, either.
If you want to go the Scout scope route, XS Sights makes a barrel band mount that is worth looking at, too.

Nonetheless, I've been known to hunt with my original condition 1899 vintage 96 long rifle. It's whatever you feel comfortable with. Me, I'd say most any Swede is definitely a keeper.

Buy a little Lee Loader and roll your own, too.

BA/UU/R&E

Regards,
Rabbit.
 
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