The typical “sporterized” rifle has a hunting stock like the plastic one on mine, though the modern Redfield peep sight, as opposed to a scope, is unusual – and I like it a lot! I will not achieve the accuracy potential, but it’s lots of fun. 98 Mauser rifle in a plastic sporter stockĭifferent views of my new old 98 Mauser rifle.The bolt handle is not original, it was common to replace them with ones that would clear a scope The Redfield peep sight uses the original front bead.I knew right then that if I passed this up, I would be kicking myself for the rest of my life for two mistakes instead of one. I looked around to see if I was on Candid Camera, but no, it was real. Unlike mine, it was in a plastic hunting stock with peep sights instead of a scope, but it had that stepped barrel, date of manufacture stamped on the top of the receiver (1937 instead of 1941), and that wonderful, smooth action. I leaned over to look at the rifle, checked the tag to be sure, then stopped breathing when I picked up the 98 Mauser rifle. “.30” for the bullet diameter, “06” for 1906, the year it was standardized.Īnyway, I was recently at my favorite gun shop, Murphy’s Gunsmithing, poking around the used rifle rack, when something familiar caught my eye. Regarding historical significance, it was the 1898 Mauser that inspired the venerable 1903 Springfield rifle, and it was the change in the 98 Mauser loading in 1903 from a 200 grain round nose bullet to a 150 grain pointed (Spitzer) bullet giving the rifle a much greater effective range due to the increased bullet velocity, that sent we Americans to the drawing board to match the ballistics of the new German rifle load. I’ve been kicking myself now for decades. I ended up trading it away.Īs I matured as a rifleman, I realized that I had a wonderful rifle that was historically significant, and I let it go. While 8X57JS brass and bullets were available, the bullet selection was poor compared to any chambering using. It was exciting to load ammunition that worked so well in my rifle.Īlas, as time went on, I grew to dislike the chambering. I eventually worked up a load that shot 1-2 inch groups at 100 yards (from a bench). I was also learning to load my own ammunition, which gave me the ability to save money while tuning the ammunition to a specific firearm. It was built in Austria in 1941, in very good condition (except for the stock), and was chambered in the original 8X57JS Mauser (also known as the 7.92X57 Mauser). It was an old 98 Mauser in a broken wood hunting stock with a 4X scope. Many moons ago, when I first became interested in rifles and hunting, I purchased my first rifle from a friend of a friend.
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