Rubber_Duck
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Hey everybody!
I've always wanted a Mauser, a real German one, and I found one at my favorite gun store sitting in the mil-surp rack. Guess where it's sitting now
The bore is very clean, smooth, and bright, with sharp rifling, and the crown is in good shape. The metal looks great, my only other mil-surp gun is a Mosin-Nagant, so by comparison the Mauser is obviously in a different league of quality and craftsmanship.
The serial numbers all match on all parts that are numbered. This is a plus for me (I don't know why, but who wouldn't want matching serials, right?). The swastikas and Nazi eagles are still intact and not peened out like on many captured rifles. If I had a good camera I would post close up pics, but unfortunately my cell-phone camera won't focus on the stamps/rollmarks.
The stock looks very nice. Another customer at the counter commented that it may be refinished, and it was missing some type of metal button (I'm not sure what it's called) near the butt end of the stock where the void was filled with some kind of wood putty or similar substance (the darker-colored circle in the stock can be seen in the pic). I was told these round metal "buttons" contained information about barrel grade and such, which I found interesting, and it's too bad they're missing on this rifle.
The serial number is four digits, with a lower-case letter "g" underneath. Any idea what this "g" means?
I'm also curious about other marks on it, I'm hoping someone can tell me about them. The receiver has "dou" stamped on it, with the number 44 underneath it. I'm assuming this is the arsenal/factory code and the year, correct?
I shot this rifle the same day I got it, just to get a feel for it. No range report yet as my only targets were water jugs. In my opinion, this one is a soft-shooter. I kicks much less than my M91/59 Mosin-Nagant. It cycles smoothly and has a very nice, crisp two-stage trigger. I'm very happy with this rifle.
The ammo I used was some Yugoslavian surplus that I bought with the rifle. I like how this ammo shoots, but what do you guys think about this particular ammo? What other 8mm surplus is recommended? I've heard to stay away from Turkish 8mm surplus but not much else.
This rifle set me back $180. Did I do good?
This is a new gun and caliber for me so I have a lot to learn, this was an impulse buy afterall and I didn't do research. I know more than I need to know about Mosin-Nagants, AR-15s, and AKs, but I'm clueless when it come to the Mauser, so any advice/tips would be appreciated.
Here she is (I forgot to put the sling and cleaning rod back on for the picture):
I've always wanted a Mauser, a real German one, and I found one at my favorite gun store sitting in the mil-surp rack. Guess where it's sitting now
The bore is very clean, smooth, and bright, with sharp rifling, and the crown is in good shape. The metal looks great, my only other mil-surp gun is a Mosin-Nagant, so by comparison the Mauser is obviously in a different league of quality and craftsmanship.
The serial numbers all match on all parts that are numbered. This is a plus for me (I don't know why, but who wouldn't want matching serials, right?). The swastikas and Nazi eagles are still intact and not peened out like on many captured rifles. If I had a good camera I would post close up pics, but unfortunately my cell-phone camera won't focus on the stamps/rollmarks.
The stock looks very nice. Another customer at the counter commented that it may be refinished, and it was missing some type of metal button (I'm not sure what it's called) near the butt end of the stock where the void was filled with some kind of wood putty or similar substance (the darker-colored circle in the stock can be seen in the pic). I was told these round metal "buttons" contained information about barrel grade and such, which I found interesting, and it's too bad they're missing on this rifle.
The serial number is four digits, with a lower-case letter "g" underneath. Any idea what this "g" means?
I'm also curious about other marks on it, I'm hoping someone can tell me about them. The receiver has "dou" stamped on it, with the number 44 underneath it. I'm assuming this is the arsenal/factory code and the year, correct?
I shot this rifle the same day I got it, just to get a feel for it. No range report yet as my only targets were water jugs. In my opinion, this one is a soft-shooter. I kicks much less than my M91/59 Mosin-Nagant. It cycles smoothly and has a very nice, crisp two-stage trigger. I'm very happy with this rifle.
The ammo I used was some Yugoslavian surplus that I bought with the rifle. I like how this ammo shoots, but what do you guys think about this particular ammo? What other 8mm surplus is recommended? I've heard to stay away from Turkish 8mm surplus but not much else.
This rifle set me back $180. Did I do good?
This is a new gun and caliber for me so I have a lot to learn, this was an impulse buy afterall and I didn't do research. I know more than I need to know about Mosin-Nagants, AR-15s, and AKs, but I'm clueless when it come to the Mauser, so any advice/tips would be appreciated.
Here she is (I forgot to put the sling and cleaning rod back on for the picture):
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