This is an Israeli Mauser K98 - originally it was chambered with the 7.92mm German issued ammo, after WW2 a lot of K98's ended up in Israel and were converted in the 1950's to the standard NATO 7.62mm (engraved at the stock).
@@jakemusselman8172hey! 🤗 I have this too. After the war was the guns rechambered. My Kar98 is scoped, was build in Erfurt (in 1941), Sn 7403, and "Hær" stempled, what means the simple norwegian forces. Im very happy too for this gun! 😍
It never fails to amaze me that just about every rifle (other than a handful) during WW2 were all shooting some form of massive hunting round. I mean… imagine this round coming out at 1200rpm, from three different machine guns.
@@TheAsheybabe89 yes sir, you are right. I knew this. In fact if you read my comment carefully, you see that I said “but chambered in….” Suggesting that I’ve seen that 7.62 stamp on the stock
@@EasyPeasyLemonSqueezyXD A lot of 98 Mauser rifles were bought by the Israelis after WW2 and were converted to 7.62 NATO because that was the adopted rifle caliber used by all NATO allied countries
@@jamesprice2163 of course! You can put the bullets one by one. however, the clips make it easier to load and transport shells. On the battlefield, rapid reloading of the rifle provides a great advantage...
I feel like one of the most practical overall guns in WW2 was the M1 Garand and the MP40, MP40’s fire rate was slow enough to where all your ammo wasn’t gone in a instant, like the Thompson and the PPSH, and it was rugged and quite reliable. The Garand’s fire rate, range, and recoil was quite good, but it’s reload mechanism is quite clunky but it does work fast
@@Tanktato661944 Apologies, misstated what I meant to say. Israel adopted the fn fal as the country began aligning itself with nato, and western influence more broadly.
One of the first rifles I’ve fired when I was a teenager, pretty smooth bolt and very solid accuracy. Was kinda shocked to find it was lighter than I was expecting (idk why but I was expecting something heavy when I use to think of older weapons lol)
Give me an example of full metal weapons because correct me if I’m wrong but all the armaments i know of are made mostly of polymer which is lighter than wood. I don’t claim to know much about guns but come on bro.
Insert every patriotic german soldier with a hearthfull pride saying: ,,German engineering is the best thing in the world!" And the Mauser Kar98k is indeed, a perfection
My grandpa was barely 15 when the war ended. He never had to go into direct combat but he had to dug trenches when the war reached our town. At that time, many German soldiers deserted and threw away their equipment so they would not be recognised by the British. In the last weeks of the war, my grandfather found a K98k and a Walther PP on the side of the road that a soldier must have thrown away. He took them home and hid them in the attic. He didn't tell anyone about it until my mother married my father, who is a passionate hunter and then got the guns from grandpa. He registered them at that time and then we were allowed to use them legally for hunting. I have already shot many wild boars with grandpa's K98. I will always be grateful to him for this gift. It's just a beautiful piece of engineering. According to the serial number, the rifle is now 90 years old and functions as on the first day.
When it was designed it wasn't designed to be a sniper rifle or Marksman rifle it was designed to be the standard rifle for everyone in the German military
Love that you can see the distortion in the air as the bullet travels to the target. Beautiful. Same goes for the rifle. Wouldn't mind having one myself. Same with a M1A.
Fun fact the Fallschirmjägergewehr 42, or the FG-42 fires the same ammo as the Kar98k, which was also equipped with a scope for choice, which means you basically had a light machine gun, and a sniper all in the smaller form of an assault rifle type variant
Yea, I saw that 7.62 conversion mark too and then the rounds did not look like 8mm either. Thought I was just getting old and seeing things- well I am but I have a Turk, a M98 w/nazi markings and a 41 AX K98k and love them all!. Im sure it is great shooting in 7.62 also. Maybe Israeli refurb??
You’re the man!!!! Love the footage of the deer. Basically saying: “I absolutely could but I have nothing to prove to anyone.” That’s real honor right there.
@N yeah, I hate people who hunt game just to leave it dead. Its a dumb barbaric practice, if you’re gonna kill it you have to eat it/ at least sell it to someone
I once had the chance to shoot a few guns from WWII, some of which where the Kar98k and the Mosin Nagant. The Kar felt amazing, the bolt action was smooth and easy to handle, recoil was managable. It was very enjoyable
@@cyrusbjerke8693 No, its more interesting than that, it was converted by Israel. In what can only be considered one of the great ironies with regards to firearms history the first standard issue rifle of the Israel Defense Forces was the same one used by the regime trying to exterminate their people just 3 years before. Later, as they were switching to the FAL they converted their K98s to 7.62 to simplify logistics since many reserve and rear echelon units had to keep using the Mausers until enough FALs became available.
