Mauser Sight In Question

[Wopasaurus]

What's the best distance to sight in a k98 mauser?

Will 25 or a 50 yard sight in cover the spectrum of practical shooting like it will with an AR? Or should I put it at 200 yards and just compensate from there?

Sorry I suck, haha.

 

[BsChoy]

The mauser uses a much larger bullet than the ar and since it is a rifle and can reach farther with more effect a 100 yrd sight in is perfectly reasonable

 

[rcmodel]

You can't tell a darned thing at 25 or very much at 50 yards.

IMO: The militarys insistence on a 25 yard zero & no rifle practice is a disservice to our troops. But it does allow them to hit the battlefield, if it is front of them I guess.

Most military Mauser's have a very low front sight, in keeping with a very long range battle-sight zero.
(Hold on the belt buckle - hit somewhere on the body)

Most will shoot way high at anything less then several hundred yards unless you put a taller front sight on them.

But regardless of that, if you can get it shooting dead center and 1 1/2" - 2" high at 100 yards, you will be good for all practical ranges you are likely to shoot it.

rc

 

[Wopasaurus]

I have a scope on it, so hopefully I'll get a chance to shoot it at a decent distance.

Thanks for all your help though guys.

 

[dagger dog]

Wopa,

That is, if you can shoot it long enought to see where it zeros.

The first one I owned would stomp the living snot out of you, especially shooting it from a bench off a rest and pulling through the long military style trigger pull, and having it buck like a bronc, lift off the front rest,the thumb knuckle of the hand on the stock bounces off your nose or cheekbone, and the steel butt slamming into your shoulder.

Don't know about you but after about 3 of those stiff kicks you kinda get that tic, like a punch drunk fighter, and things go a little fuzzy, hard to focus in on that little notch and tiny blade.

Good practise with out ammo is ,grab one of those old cheap scopes you took of a trade and keep the cross hairs on a distant target , then let your buddy smack you in the back of the head with an entrenchment shovel. Once you get where you can kepp the cross hairs on target then you're ready to tackle that K98.

Just funnin'

 

[Wopasaurus]

DaggerDog,

Luckily I'm not a huge fan of bench rests, so I don't have too much to worry about. Haha.

Wish me luck!

 

[rcmodel]

I wish you luck then!

Trying to zero a scope while standing on your hind legs is going to be an exercise in frustration!

rc

 

[Wopasaurus]

Well.. I mean obviously I'm going to have to rest it to zero it in, but after that... it won't see the bench again until it's time to rezero... I'm not gonna keep it there.

Hopefully I won't have to run through more than a couple clips through it.