What really caught my attention as to the quality of the rifle was the fact that all of the plug screws in the drilled and tapped receiver sight and scope mount holes were clocked in parallel alignment with the bore. Drilled and tapped for a scope and for receiver sights, it came with a folding leaf sight on the barrel and a front sight with a gold bead. 30-06 barrel, a really well-made walnut stock with sharp checkering and straight grain. In the shop, I could tell it was a Mauser commercial action with a Wilson. It had freckles of rust on it, and a water stain on the stock, but a close look showed that it was gunsmith built by someone who knew what he was doing, but who unfortunately did not sign his work. One of my regular shops ended up bringing out some of what they think of as their less desirable guns to fill out the display. So far, no increase in people pawning items, but a big increase in people buying guns. Also, I was curious to find out if they were seeing a surge in business yet. Moving to more recent history, last weekend, I was out (while social distancing) checking pawn shops for bargains. It reportedly served up until 1986 with the Belgian army reserve forces, and can probably be found still serving somewhere in far flung corners of the world. The military version of the 98 Mauser was produced up until 1964 by FN in Belgium for various countries in a number of calibers and minor variations. When we messed up, the Tac officers were fond of bringing out that very large, very heavy rifle for the offending party to march with. As an aside, when I went through Army OCS in 1979, the headquarters building had an enormous 1918 Mauser on display. Over the years, there were many variations and many manufacturers including a scaled-up anti-tank version, the Model 1918 T-Gewehr, which was chambered for the 13.2mm TuF–a roughly. Between 18 there were a number of significant improvements including the 1893 Spanish Mauser, the 1895 Chilean Mauser, and the 1896 Swedish Mauser. The Gew 71 was a single shot firing an 11mm Black Powder round.
The 98 Mauser was the culmination of the design originally created by Paul Mauser and adopted by the German Empire in 1871. The bolt has two front locking lugs as well as a rear safety lug in case of over pressure. Controlled round feed is claimed by many to be the only action that should be used for dangerous game.
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It has what is called controlled round feed, meaning that as a round is fed from the magazine, it is captured by the extractor, so that in theory the round is never free to fall out of the gun.Ĭontrolled round feed versus push feed is another one of the endless gun debates that can be found in gun shops and on-line. The Model 98 is a cock on opening design, with a three-position safety, fire, safe – bolt can cycle, safe- bolt locked closed. I suppose you could drop the hinged floorplate and top off the magazine, but that is a bit of a hassle. The internal box magazine holds 5 rounds, although the top round is stripped from the magazine when the bolt was cycled after loading the rifle, leaving only four rounds in the magazine. 30-06 class cartridge–actually slightly more powerful.
Both the Model 98 and the 98k are are chambered is a 7.92mmx57 rimless round, commonly called the 8mm Mauser. Germany adopted it in 1898, hence the name, and used it until 1935 when it was replaced by a newer version, the Karabiner 98k (pictured), with the “k” standing for kurz or short). The Gewehr 98, more commonly called the Model 1898 or simply “98 Mauser” in English anyway, was the standard infantry rifle used by Germany and many other countries.
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While I am not going to get rid of all my modern rifles and “cool gear”, I thought I would take a look at the century plus old design of the 98 Mauser and considers its usefulness in a prepper’s arsenal.
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I take the quote to mean that the person who knows and uses their rifles and equipment, including living their preps, is going to come out ahead against the armchair warriors you find on Facebook, displaying their bugout and INCH bags full of gadgets that have never been used and in many cases still have the price tag on them. “When it all comes down, the last man standing is going to be standing there in shorts and sneakers with a ’98 Mauser, and all the ninja-looking guys belly up at his feet – with all their cool gear.” I recommend his book Defensive Shotgun Techniques. Awerbuck wrote several books and produced videos on various techniques. A native of South Africa, he was the first Rangemaster of what became Col Jeff Cooper’s Gunsite Academy. Louis Awerbuck was a firearms author and instructor.
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