My uncle sent a German soldiers K-98 Mauser home after WW2. I still have it, I shoot it as often as I possibly can. It’s accurate, smooth action and single set trigger are super.
Bolt-action rifles are so satisfying to see in action, and just as satisfying to shoot. That, and the sight and sound of a stripper clip sliding the rounds into place is just... there's nothing else like it.
Well, given that the Brownies during WWII produced ammunition for a war actually spanning 100 years (the remainders are still used at shooting ranges today), just imagine what the former attitude und understanding of quality and endurance must have been, when -Germany- _glorious _*_Prussia_* brought the Mauser -K98- _Gewehr 98_ into service at the end of the late 19th century in the year 1898.
Agree however German people themselves they still fail to win a war despite manufacturing quality weapons. This tells us that non German made weapons are also very good and more than capable
@@peterbest5938 my dude. the entire world had to converge on the germans in order to beat them in both world wars. let's give respect where respect is due.
Finding a Turkish mauser is pretty much the same. Just with the non rollercoaster sights and the turk/argintine bayonet lug. I have a 1940 turk, and a 1908 or 09 long bayonet made by solinger(I believe that's the spelling) an old sword company. Fantastic rifle.. even if it's not an orginal gewher
@@tra-viskaiser8737 The Turkish Mausers are one of the rarest Turkish surplus rifles out there and no it is a original German mauser only difference is the symbols of the Ottomans instead of the imperial German symbols just like with the Portuguese k98k and the German k98k
Load that with the WW1 spec 8mm S type - with 150 grain heads and it will surprise you how accurate it is on paper. The PPU you are using is the Ss 196 grain WW2 loading.
Not even heavy ball loading (which is what was always the most common in German supplies because that's what the sights are set for) because its 500fps slower than any military heavy ball loading. They do it for lawyer reasons 🙃
I own a G98 Mauser from 1917. Got it last year in an auction by just $5 over the opposing bidder and immediately fell in love. It’s smooth, precise, powerful, and sexy. With the ware it has on it I think it’s safe to say that my rifle saw combat in the war and survived. I’m so glad to have my own piece of history from WWI. Maybe I should make a video on it sometime…
I have 2 Swedish mausers from my grandad 1 from 1904 all original and a 1914 one that has an aftermarket polymer stock shoots a 6.5x55 Swedish cartridge
@@khemib no they were Gpas guns a Korean War vet and he must have built the 1914 model just buying parts and that polymer stock for it . I do have a original stock for a lee enfield SMLE and the barrel and detachable mag for it but it’s missing trigger springs and other components that I can’t find anywhere and he had dementia so I couldn’t get good snswers from him where he got all these old parts
I highly recommend you guys watching videos from Misha's Gun, not Mishaco, if you guys like this kind of contents. This channel was inspired by his stuff. Both are good.
I get that you want to keep a rifle like that looking nice, but the reality is you could probably run it over with a truck and it would still shoot straight.
You'd be upset that I hunt with a pre 1914 berthier carbine that has every update but the 1927 clearing rod delete. She's been around the block a time or 2 and still works extremely well and does well enough with my reloads.
In the Great War, German soldiers were given a hunting rifle, American soldiers were given a target rifle, and British soldiers were given a battle rifle.
@@sukmablack not when you Handload or shoot cheap PPU .... in Germany 8x57is is not much more expensive then 308 how it looks like in other Countrys i dont know
in europe the g98 and the kar98k along with standard 8mm mauser ammo are classified as surplus and are made available for a lower price to hunters and sport shooters. small numbers of mauser rifles are still produced for the civilian market but most people prefer the original early to mid 20th century originals.
Absolute beauty! I have one of these hit my great grandfather who was a pilot in the first world War brought home with him the action is still smooth as butter even after more than 100 years
@@pumbich2878 на гаранде нет обоймы, там пачка вставляется. А на К98к обойма вываливается автоматически после снаряжения во время движения затвора вперёд. УПД: И, вероятно, я ошибся, потому что автоматический выброс обоймы, возможно, появился на более поздних винтовках.
@@Долой_Уныние то о чем Вы думаете, это карабин 35 года, а это оригинальная винтовка 98. Даже если не знать о длине ствола, знаковое отличие это затвор - у карабина он загнут вниз, а у винтовки прямой
I was in my early 20s, met up with one of my estranged uncles, who just happened to be a gun collector. We went out to shoot. Never had done so before. This is the rifle he had me take my first shot with lol Strong kick, but good
Maurer really lives using those bullet guides to line up the bullets. It seems like an unnecessary extra step to load the rifle when a box clip will do.
Now when the military started to move away from clip based magazines like in this video soldiers began referring to detachable magazines as clips because the nomenclature they were familiar with. So while a modern magazine is detachable and not a clip at all, you just sound like a jerk if you correct someone for saying clip instead of mag.
I’ve shot it. Had a bruised shoulder as a memory. This thing kicks like a mule! You would never guess it when you see video of all these 18 year-old soldiers in combat with this thing. Respect. 😮
The k98k was the first full power rifle to not bruise me up. The stock fits me well but I will say they don't have forgiveness if you hold them wrong 😂
@@terrybailey9621 wrong being how I held every other rifle thus far, firm against the shoulder, leaning to the front to catch the recoil. It’s just too powerful. You have to go with the recoil to the back. Painful lesson! 😀
