A passion of M98's

[CJW]

I recently had an old BSA sporter with worn checkering recut by this place in MN and I was well pleased with their work.

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ahlmans.com

Thanks. I'll look into it.

 

[marksman]

Beautif

Beautiful rifle , . 650 yard ! That is amazing man.,

that rifle is one of the most precise rifle's l have ever owned
here is a target on how she shoots if l do my part @ 100m
l stopped shooting deer at that distance because of meat waste

 

[marksman]

Agree. Beautiful rifles dont look complete without checkering. To do all of the nice work then stop there, I dont get it.
If the maker doesnt want to risk buggering up their nice work, there are lots of places who will happily do the checkering. Its a small investment which ups the value of the rifle.
Years ago I made up a really nice Mauser sporter in 7x57 on a Brazilian action, Shilen barrel, express sights. It was really nice. I did all the stock work from a semi finished piece of nice walnut, inletting, forend tip, bedding, finishing, did it all.
When it came to checkering I shipped it to Fajen and they did a nice job for not much money. Made all the difference in making the rifle look complete.

agree as well and if l made what l call a tarzan rifle it would definitely be checkered
my idea of a tarzan rifle is what l used to see in the old black and white tarzan movies
a mauser 98 sporter in a medium to heavy bore in a walk around sporter for knocking big animals down on the spot

 

[leslie hetrick]

varget, 59 grs.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

varget, 59 grs.

@leslie hetrick
What bullet and any idea of the velocities mate.
Bob

 

[TroyF]

van patton 35 whelen on a 1912 mauser action. two hundred yard group, it was with a very heavy load and admite i pulled the fourth shot to the right.

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Do you happen to have anymore van Patton rifles.

 

[John Telford]

Am I mistaken or are most of these K98’s

Was M98 not only for the single and double square bridge Magnum calibers?

Set me right.

Cheers
Roan

K98 refers to Karbine98 which are all military type rifles. Mauser model M98 actions for hunting can be had on custom rifles using the M98 action as well as the True Original Orbendorf Mauser of which only 127000 were ever made.Most of these on the post are the former . I have noticed that Other than Jon Speed and Lester Womack many Americans don’t understand this difference! The only true hunting Rifle is the pre WW2 Orbendorf Mauser. Rigby have recently copied this in their highland stalker range.

 

[425SCHADE]

Had checkered and uncheckered rifles and never found any difference in the grip as I dont suffer from sweaty hands even in the hottest climates so that was/is reaon one. reason two is that I had a try at checkering and found it was one of those things that I had trouble getting done accurately and there is nothing worse than bad checkering to make a rifle look shabby and reason three is that of time/cost as thetime/cost I was quoted to get checkering done was high enough to cause me to decide that it offered nothing to the rifle except for the visual so I was content to forgoe the need for it and reason four was the few rifles I had seen with damage to the checkering that detracted from the desire to get it done. The greatly reduced hardiness of the checkered wood takes damage that is hardly noticable on the uncheckered wood, with the uncheckered wood being a great deal easier to "fix" than the checkered variety.
A good example of that was the skeletonised butt plate I did for my 7x57. I lent the rifle to a friend for a hunt and he muct have used it as a walking stick as there were gouges in the wood inside the butt plate so I had to set the butt plate a fraction deeper to refinish the wood sufficient to remove the gouges. Imagne if it was checkered, and that had to be redone as well.
I made a swuede leather cover for it and that relieved my concern for it in the hunting situation and gave more grip on the shoulder than any checkering may have done.
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Is this person still a friend ??

 

[nztimb]

Is this person still a friend ??

Havent heard from him for some time. he went to australia to work but while it was a bit of a nuicence refitting the place it wasn't a friendship ending incindent. I never mentioned it to him and I know it wasnt deliberate but more of what he would do with his own rifles which all have cheaper factory rubber butt plates and were all in australia so when he came back to visit it was easier to use one of mine rather than the hassel of importand export of hs own. I would mention not to use it like that if it was to happen again.

 

[425SCHADE]

Havent heard from him for some time. he went to australia to work but while it was a bit of a nuicence refitting the place it wasn't a friendship ending incindent. I never mentioned it to him and I know it wasnt deliberate but more of what he would do with his own rifles which all have cheaper factory rubber butt plates and were all in australia so when he came back to visit it was easier to use one of mine rather than the hassel of importand export of hs own. I would mention not to use it like that if it was to happen again.

Glad you could repair it without too much fuss.

 

[marksman]

your a really good bloke to lend a fine rifle like that to anyone Von Gruff
would you do it again?

while l'm at it here is a photo of my most recent build

its another 6mm dasher because l believe if one is good two is better
this one by the looks when l received it was a 308 club gun that had no love at all
it is a single shot in 308 with a black mountain barrel, at $130 l thought it would be ok
l spent a week reshaping the clubby stock, bedding and applying a tru oil finish
it shot ok after having an IBI 1 in 8" rem varmint barrel fitted using my own reamer at around an inch
most would probably have been happy but l wanted better so l lightly lapped the lugs and adjusted the trigger changing my load to a different powder and projectile being the hornady 100gr sp
the groups shrunk from an inch down to a good ragged hole at 120y
l have taken it out a few weeks ago when were allowed and dropped a couple of young fallow at just over 200y but when we are let out again l will take it out for practice on the bunnies and stretch her out, lets say l'm happy with this old m98

 

[nztimb]

your a really good bloke to lend a fine rifle like that to anyone Von Gruff
would you do it again?

Thank you and not without an instruction or two first

Who says M98's are not accurate? Most are hunting good but a few carefull tweaks and they can be up there with any of the factory actions, just needs carefull build to get the best from them.

 

[Scrumbag]

1908 DWM Brazilian 7x57
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Love that cocking piece sight

 

[MS 9x56]

1908 DWM Brazilian 7x57
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I love the peep sight and end caps.

 

[MS 9x56]

Here are a couple I have built Mark
1916 Erfurt SR 6.5x57 with blind mag for light hill rifle.
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The wood on this is beautiful.

 

[MS 9x56]

@gizmo I can help you with the needing another mauser

Parker hale custom in 9.3x62 for my mountain reedbuck.

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Nice timber on one of my favorite calibers. Nice mountain reedbuck too.

 

[MS 9x56]

Marksman, have you read any of Nathan Foster's works? He is a KIWI and a long distance hunter as well. Just in case you are unfamiliar with him and or his writings here is a link to his website.
https://www.ballisticstudies.com/ His "Practical Guide" series of books is a virtual plethora of information on guns, calibers, shooting techniques etc.

I love his articles on bullet tests.

 

[MS 9x56]

Rigby Highland Stalker in 9.3x62.
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Now that is a rifle above my means but one that will haunt my dreams.

 

[MS 9x56]

There is no bolt action that I would prefer over a 98 Mauser

There is only one for me and that is the Mannlicher Schoenauer Stutzen style. It is bar none the smoothest bolt action on the planet.

 

[Brian Rothhammer]

There is only one for me and that is the Mannlicher Schoenauer Stutzen style. It is bar none the smoothest bolt action on the planet.

As are the Mannlicher Schoenauer half stock rifle and Take Down Model as, of course, they share the same 'action'.

The 'Greek' military MS are also of the same action and are as smooth if well preserved or properly reconditioned.