Unique Classic Rifles: Mauser and Savage 

this gentleman has excellent taste in guns !

The first Mauser, like you stated, seemed so purpose built. It looks so light and handy, sleek and slim. Not likely to weight you down in the woods and quick to bring up to the cheek. Looks like a very good purpose built hunting rifle.

Love these old rifles. The 25-20 was one of the transitional calibers from black powder to smokeless powder being a 25 caliber bullet with a 20 grain charge of black powder or equivalent charge of smokeless powder. When I was a kid back in the mid 50s my dad did some repair and refurbish work on a Winchester model 92 chambered in 25 20. I got to shoot it a few times before it went back to the owner. Dad tried to buy it from him but he would not sell it after it was working and looking good.

Love the new format with some outdoors footage 👍🏻

Hunting rifles are a realm in which a bit of artestry can exist. I am also drawn to rifles that are in some way unique and exhibit what I call "perfection of design". This is when the design of the gun perfectly fits and fulfills its purpose. There is nothing flashy about the Mauser you showcased, but it somehow is beautiful. For me, the reason is that it solves the problem it was designed to and with an efficiency of design and quality of craftsmanship that demonstrates the perfection of design that many of us appreciate. Thank you for sharing!

That first rifle is a 88 COMMISSION Action with Haenel Patent bottom. Not a Mauser. I just bought a C.G. Haenel in 10.75x68. Great rifles.

I've been wanting a .25-20 and .32-20 for a long time. I always thought about lever action rifles for those and never thought much about a bolt action but that Savage is just awesome.

What an absolutely beautiful Mauser. This is a classic and would be a joy to own and fire. Thanks.

I have a 1953 Stevens Savage side by side 12. Love it. I also have a 1970 Savage model 170 Pump 30-30. Not many have seen one. My dad bought it when I was 3 in 1970. Good gun.

I have a savage spotter in 25-20 and one in 32-20. Also have a super sportier in 30-06. Great rifles

Slender stock with cheek piece...elegant..

Greetings from the great white north of Leduc, Alberta. I do think that design is a sporter based on the Gew88 “Commission Rifle”. Not a Mauser design. Probably a Haenel Modell 1909 made off a DWM Gew88 receiver? Anyway, beautiful rifle. Always enjoy your videos. - Darryl

Nice. Old guns have great history. Thank for sharing.🙏

The video quality is getting better! I cant say the same thing about the content since it has been amazing from day 1 :D I've been following you since you had 1000 subscribers and this is definitely one of the greatest gun channels on youtube - greetings from Macedonia.

This appears to be a Haenel 1909 or 88-15 action, custom build by a German gunsmith. A mannlicher style split bridge, notice the round shield at the back of the bolt, prevents blow back if primer failed etc. I have a similar but with flat bolt folding rear and a bolt peep sight caliber 9x57 Mauser.

Interesting video, as always. Question about your neat Mauser: which 8mm x 57mm Mauser is it? .318" or the later .323" JS? If the former, please take care about using the far more common/available .323" in it. It supposedly dramatically increases pressures (especially with some hotter European loadings. Again, great video.

Nice video, I love learning about new “old” guns, and this channel has definitely become one of my new favorites.

Great sexy rifles. My uncle Jesse Hairr was an aerial combat photographer in WWII. He took the after photos of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He left two guns, an 8mm 98 he somehow brought back and his 1100 Rem. bird gun he acquired later.. The mauser came to me. I remember wishing I got the 1100 my cuz got at the time. Now... no way.it will be left to my son , with the story. Thank you for another awesome video.

The action of the Mauser floor plate reminds me of the Krag system, the way it extends the cartridge pusher as it closes.

Very nice and interesting video as all of yours are. Not a Mauser but, a rival of it. That is a C.G. Haenel system 1909 which was an updated version of the system 1900. These were in competition of the M.98 Mauser and were sold to less rich nations. The magazine was designed with the scissor spring so as not to infringe on Mauser's patented W spring. I think it is a very cool design although more costly to manufacture. Back in the 1920s the moniker "Mannlicher-Haenel was applied to them although it was not a Mannlicher either but, a bit closer in design than to a Mauser. They were chambered in 6.5, 7, 8, and 9.3 mm. Fine old rifles that aren't easily found in nice condition. I almost forgot but, the serial number is on the butt plate.

Another great video, thanks. Just finished up some reduced recoil fun fodder for my 1910 Carl Gustavs 6.5x55. The rifle I shot all my deer with when I was young. I haven't hunted in years but I sure love to get the old girl out and ringing steel. Keep up the great work Sir.

Thanks again for the video sir. I believe that the previous folks who've suggested the first rifle is a Haenel are correct. They're fairly rare, but a now gone shooting buddy had one and going off of foggy memory for sure the magazine spring system was that way. Author Terry Weiland covers them in his excellent "Great Hunting Rifles - Victorian to the Present". Thanks again, all the best.

Both had one thing in common other than being beautiful pieces. They were sized to fit a normal human frame. No matter who looks at them they look elegant for just that reason. So many firearms are now specialized in size as well as many other things and although they pretty much do as advertised and do it very well they just don't have the elegance of standard sizeing.

I have a Savage Sporter in .25-20. Nifty little gun. The interesting thing about these guns is that there is no "barreled action". The gun is all one tube with a bolt and a stock. BTW, may I ask what USOG stands for? I really enjoy the content you put out. Please continue.

Husqvarna Fågelstudsare singelshot bolt were in .25-20 and up to .45-70 as largest and a couple of others in between.

Ah, you have one of those Schlegelmilch action rifles.

I had a 32 20 as my first center fire around 1965. My Uncle gave it to me along with an A5 copy (put to good use hunting pheasants in the mid 60s). My brother (always the craftier one) chose the Ithaca 37 in 20 Ga. Well to say the 32 20 performance was disappointing is to put it mildly. It should have stayed a mild pistol cartridge. Certainly not worth the Weaver scope and mount I had added by a gunsmith in Illion. Iron sights and a maximum 50 to 75 range would have been Acceptable for chucks. That definitely would have taught me better stalking skills just to get a shot. I guess any gun memory is better than no gun memories, but the Savage 32 20 is right on the cusp for me. Any longer shots at chucks, only succeeded in puzzling the poor creatures as to what is that popping I hear? Thank You for all the great and unique videos you produce. Can't wait for more.

I don't think that is a Mauser but a Haenel Model 1909.

I love this guy's energy, thank you for making these videos.

The .32-20 was indeed also a pistol cartridge, Colt made their 1873 in that, also their Police Positive. Recently Uberti made a few 1873s chambered in it, I have one, and a Police Positive in .32-20. I bought my .32-20 PP the same day as my Winchester 1892 in .32-20. The old bluesman Robert Johnson wrote a song titled The .32-20 Blues about a woman who shoots her two timing man with her .32-20. .32-20 used to be sold with two loadings, one for rifles, the other for revolvers, now only the revolver ammo is sold, liability issues I assume. The Savage Sporters are nice rifles, elegant. I have the .22 LR and .32-20 versions, no .25-20 as yet. The Schnabel fore-ends harken to the Savage 1899/99 rifles. Stith made a drill-less scope mount for the Savage 1899, I think it would fit the Sporters too, but good luck finding one. The rear sight dovetail is used as the forward scope mount base.

Two nice rifles for sure!! When savage was making nice looking guns!

I have several vintage Savage Sporters. They seem very well made and have found them to be very accurate considering they are around 100 years old. The Mauser is a beauty!

best gun reviewer on youtube by far, been watching for a long time

It’s a Gewehr 88, quite nice rifle

8x57mm is a full power rifle cartridge. Suitable for any game in the contiguous forty-eight states. I do have to ask, are there any model numbers or identification on the rifle? The flag safety does remind me of the black powder Mauser style. I cannot (briefly) find any information on that rifle. The split receiver seems to have disappeared prior to the 1891 model. Not so? A 1923 Savage Sportster! I have one in .32 WCF aka.32-20. No scope mounted and it's a dear old friend. Both the .32 and .25 WCF rounds were made as rifle rounds. But developed in the days of black powder, so pressures were limited. They were used in the Winchester 94, the shorter action rifle for what passes for handgun rounds (.44-40, and the two '-20s'). Shortly thereafter they were introduced in the Colt Model P (the single action revolver known in caliber .45 Colt as the Peacemaker). But it was initially a rifle round. Has some marks? It was - still is - a real rifle. Used by real people. Who probably didn't have a car early on and didn't have indoor plumbing and electricity either.

1909 System Haenel rifle that first one. It's listed in the 1911 ALFA catalog, of which you must have a copy.

What model was the mauser ? please and thank you for the awesome videos!

Really like that first rifle, action unique and that Schnabels Fore end. Neat looking. Same style stock as on My Husqvarna 30:06. With a mauser action. Thanks for the reviews.

Can't put my thumb on that first rifle. It appears to be the spawn of the 88 Commission rifle but I would bet the action is purpose built and not a worked over military arm. Beautiful it is. I have one of those 30-30 Savages, a Stevens 325c to be exact, ugly yes but such a nice shooting machine!

I have one of those Mausers in 9x57. Although different in origin, its built on a 98 action, a repurposed military one, with original stampings erased, it´s amazing how the whole gestalt of this type of rifle was very very refined. you could easily confuse yours for mine, except may be a little bit less checkering on mine and a double trigger. As you said, you start shooting with these and after a while you see no need for "more" in a gun, it's an amazingly round product, even after a century. Great video. PD: for reloading these calibers I recently found Hybrid 100v is a powder that can fill at near 100% while keeping the pressures to the original (quite low) standards. That´s useful when you don´t want to drill the rifle, because the open sights often need to reproduce an original load performance.

I like the old guns ... my only old sporting rifle is a BSA 1913 Enfield No1 Mk 3 which I wish was not sporterized ... oh well ... it was a free gun ...

I know you said the first of the two rifles is a Mauser of some sort, but are you sure about that? I'm no expert but that action looks a lot like a Mannlicher. Now, it doesn't have the rotary mag as you correctly note, so I agree it isn't a Mannlicher-Schonauer, but that aside, it does look like an early Mannlicher derivative to me, rather than a Mauser.

The sound of a Mauser bolt is so satisfying.

That looks like a non rotating bolt head on the Savage. Almost identical to a Savage .410 shotgun I had.

Nice rifles! I grew up on a ranch in Runnels Co., TX. We had a few rifles which were left in our trucks for coyotes and such. One was a Savage Model 340 in .22 Hornet. Similar to the Super Sporter but I think it is a smaller action. One day, while filling cattle feeders, a 6 point buck came out of the brush and was walking from my left to right, abut 40 yards away, paying no attention to me. Deer season was open and I had tags on my license. A head shot dropped him clean. (any centerfire rifle or handgun was, and is, legal for taking deer in Texas). Between myself, my father and brothers, that rifle killed a lot of coyotes and jackrabbits. I don't recommend the .22 Hornet as a deer cartridge, but at close range with a clean shot, it works. One of my brothers inherited that rifle when my father passed away. It always struck me as a simple, reliable and sturdy rifle. No nonsense. FYI, it is recommended to occasionally take the action out of the stock and thoroughly clean the trigger and safety area. I never experienced it, but have been told that dirt and/or grease buildup in that area can cause the rifle to fire when the safety is moved to the "off" position without pulling the trigger.

I ha e one of those savage rifles. It has target sights one it. I believe it’s a 32-30. I have never shot it.

From afar your first presentation looks very similar to my comercial 1941 Husqvarna in 9x57.

I have been around a few rifles and in all those years (61), I had never heard or in any way known about the 25-20, thus that's why I'm here.

New camera? Looking sharp my friend, awesome video!

I have a Winchester 32/20 that was my grandpa’s

The 25-20 and .32-20 kinda look like a M1 30 carbine bullet

The 25/20 looks like you could shoot it all day long! You do like "the finer things in life", it seems, regardless of age or popularity ;-)

I have the 32-20 in same configuration. Really nice rifle

You have some very classy rifles the kind i like myself.

I have a savage sporter in 32-20 and it is anemic a bit but still fun to shoot.

Older rifles are like a mature woman whit a nice body she knows how to cook and she's makes good coffee and at night keeps you warm .

That Mauser was splendid and the Savage just a pleasure, I've got one in 30-30. In some ways this kinda reminds me of my Marlin Levermatic that you've done a video on in the past. Just mild and fun firearms and not firebreathers. I'll commend you on the outside video production. The colors are really nice as is the sound and camera definition, good work. It doesn't have to be an outside shootfest but showcasing those old classic rifles in an outdoor setting compliments them and puts them in proper environs.

had one of those .25-20s. The receiver looked like swiss cheese from previous owners drilling and tapping it for every variety of scope mount and peep sight.

Finally a channel with decent guns and not plastic tactical crap from the nearest ninja seal team store

Glad to see you're ok. Was worried about you with all that flooding over in your area. I remember the world record elk was taken by a meat hunter with a small cartridge like a 25-20. Something like that. I recall thinking that it's no big game cartridge. Looks like a fun gun to shoot. Thanks for another interesting video.

That old Savage 25-20 is great! I would love to find one. A note On the 25-20 cartridge, Besides hunting and fishing I love to metal detect old homestead sites and the most common old rifle shells I dig are the 25-20 most every homesteader must have had a rifle chambered in that little cartridge. Thanks for the channel.

Two very interesting rifles I really love the older guns especially before World War II they have such quality and they are so interesting to me thanks for showing him I’d really like to get one of those little savage rifles in .25-20 win.

The Jordan buck was shot with a 25-20.

Its not a Mauser. Its a Haendle.

Has cutouts for stripper clips.

Not reaching as far back as the Mauser, I became aware of the Remington 700 Seven at the November 2021 Wanamaker gun show . They’ve been discontinued, but still very appealing to the eye. Yes I did acquire it through a trade. Looking forward to see what this .223 will do.

So much work went into such a rifle its a language like a novel and therfore tells a story. Its makers are my people and we speak the same language.

Hello sir your should look into the 4.6x30. I’ve heard you mention the 5.7x28. 4.6x30 is now cheaper and is unique with a 18 cal bullet.

Mike, that's a great looking old Mauser. I've never had the luck to run across one that neat; the ones I seem to find have been "Bubba-rized!" There's always tomorrow though, LOL! Ditto on the Savage, beautiful piece of work! Have a great weekend, take care and be well!

Savage in .25-20 sounds expensive for me. Have a stock and barrel - kit ( rifle - conversion ) for my Walther GSP - pistol in .32 S&W l ... There is a new nicely made CZ - bolt action in 7,62 x 39 , that sounds interesting. There is no ban on this AK 47 - ammo here in Germany, dead cheap also. That would be interesting. They also make it in .223 Rem.

I think thats an 88 commission rifle action with the adition of a gas sheild not a mauser. Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken had custome gun makers who would build any rifle a Customer wanted. DWM was founded in 1896. Ludwig Loewe DWM's predecessor/parent company did manufactor G88 commistion rifles for the german army befor the adoption of the G98 which they also built. I belive the name after DWM on your rifle (George K) is the name of the DWM employed custom gun smith. Wouldent be suprised if a gentleman posibly a former soldier who did his service in the army in the 1890s with the G88 whent to DWM said this is what I want. I want an 88 but I want a double stack magazine, I want a gas sheild, this barel length , these syle of hunting sight, this style stock etc.....

As the old saying goes " if i have to explain the looks you would not understand."

I believe those chambered in the 8x57 were ,contracted guns that went to Argentina or ,some other south American country. A lot of different chambere's went out to different parts of the world. Many that went to Asia were one caliber then a lot went to the middle east and the near eastern block countries like Turkey and Slavic countries, along with south American. Each area of the country i jut mentioned ,had contracts with both the Czech and German built Mausers. I have a CZ24 that my Grandfather took off a German solder during WWII. It was in a sporter stock and built in 1926. You could tell it was a Military gun that was later cut down and butchered ,to turn it into a deer or hunting rifle. It still has a faint Czech eagle or what ever bird it is on it. So what i did was go on a quest for a New/old stock built in the same year that was "neve" used! Boy did i hit the jackput! I literally have a stock that is just 2 digits away from the rifles nubers ,which are all matching. Of course it was left to me ,but the Nazi full crest and markings German built Mauser he captured went to his son, my uncle.....so his son now has it. My only issue with my rifle is that it was captured either in North Africa or Italy. So it may not be an 8mm Mauser and i have no way to measure the chambered to find out? :>/ so since i have had the gun clean and re-stocked and the gun looks great. And that its a VZ24, and even though it has a cool history its just not worth as much so its more of a shooter! Yet even though i have had it for just about two years i have never had a chance to shoot it!!! :>( Im just not talented enough t o pour losten metal into my chamber so i can figure out its caliber?!!! :>( What worse not one gunsmith i have contacted here in my state can measuer it for me either!?! :>/ Another informative and interesting video !thanks :>)

2:45 you mean Georg Knaak? that guy is actually a known anomaly, what little is known is that his company (which lasted from 1890-1925) mainly focused on high quality hunting rifles/military surplus, though it is most known for their combination guns like the one in this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-B2WCpXgGM50.html

Thank you for sharing some more of your fine rifles. I like the old classics. I have a similar Savage model 23A in 22lr. It is almost identical to your rifle... steel buttplate, schnabel fore end, the safety operates the same way, etc. Interestingly, the receiver and barrel are a one piece forging/machining and there is no practical way of rebarreling them. It appears that your rifle is manufactured the same way.

I need help putting a scope on my Peruvian Modelo 1935 FN Mauser, without any drilling and tapping, or any permanent modifications.

Love that Schnabel forend on the Mauser.

Love the tasteful thumbnails.

You seem like a pretty nice rich guy. I wouldnt mind working for you. You seem to be fair. With your employees

That rifle is lovely but the main action is clearly based on Mannlicher not Mauser. The rest of the rifle is a melange of features from everywhere, but that split rear action ring is pure Mannlicher. The Mannlicher bolt system was paired with many magazine styles but the rotary magazine of the Mannlicher Schoenauer was probably the least common. I love how so many different influences are combined so elegantly in one rifle.

Good as always. Please, your thoughts on . 22-250 rifles especially vintage ones . Are there people who collect rifles in lesser known Wildcat calibers ? Do you own any ? Have there ever been Wildcats that became main-stream ?

The mauser looks like a Gewehr 88 with a model 98 (ish) magazine. Very interesting.

Nice rifles. What does USOG stand for ?

ide way rather have something like this than a new rem 700 or really anything new. cool old savage as well!

I have an old English rook rifle that I'd like to have re-barreled. Your rifle there in 25-20 centerfire seems to be the ideal cartridge size for this old rifle of mine.. I wonder how close in dimension is the 25-20 to the older 25-27 caliber "rook rifle" I am trying to have restored? This is perhaps a 'loaded question' as I have no 25-27 ammunition with which to compare against the 25-20 rounds. Mike, do you happen to know if there are any rifles available today in Canada and in the 25-20 caliber?

The Mauser looks like it has excellent balance.

Oh by the way a , The Golden West Model 710 series K ,in 30/06 rifle built in Conn. years back, i have is a Mauser style rifle! It has a Mauser style fixed Magazine ,top loader. Its Tan colored and came with a Leapold or was it a Burris scope? Its never been fired other then the factories test/accuracy shots. Its brand new and so old it dosnt have a serial number....? I have even contacted Savage my self and they had no records of this rifle? It looks like a rifle that would have been sold as a package like Savage dose today ,with their Axis/AxisII and other entry level rifles so i just wish i could find out more about this gun?

Both of those rifles were very elegant a nice pair someone put some time into them

Another query about old service rifles. Would like to know your thoughts on the Remington 1917. Saw a beautiful example of a custom one at a recent gun show. Fit and finish were superb and the fine-tuned action was glass bedded into a hand-made Monte Carlo Walnut stock. Someone told me this model was often referred to as the American Mauser. Thank you !

Great video! Which model of Mauser is it pls?

Just found a firearms international musketeer 300wm. Has the small FN stamp made in Belgium. Having trouble finding info as to the year. I understand it has to be at least a 63 or newer. Serial is only 4 numbers starting with k. Kinda looks like a browning safari

Have you looked at the Husqvarna 9.3x57 that you can find quite inexpensive under 400$

From the looks of you loading it looks to be a 98 action

P.S. I would love to know the model of this Mauser? It would tell me what country it was built for ? I find that very interesting as well? Thanks again

Excellent rifle. Wow! Old world craftsmanship, especially German, is off the chart. Just picked a professionally sporterized rifle from 1946 using an antique Mauser 93 action with a .300 Savage barrel. The scope is a vintage 2.5x like the Leopold Alaskan.

Could you make a video on Bruno rifles. Do you own one?

There is no better than these Mauser rifle. I was never let down by these rifles hunting in Africa. I My Favorit is a 8 x 60 S.

Saw this video a long time ago. I got my hands on a rifle today that is very similar to the Mauser in the video, they have the exact same stock, barrel and sights, but my bolt is a standard Gewehr 98 style. Its stock has a hair-sized crack behind the tang, and its metal butt plate is missing and replaced with a rubber one. I guess they were all produced by Mauser at the same time. But I paid 1/5 of the price of a Gewehr 98 in the same condition. Thank you for sharing!

I always thought that series of Savage rifles were pretty cool. The way the receiver and barrel are one integral part, not two separate components is pretty unique to Savage. Remarkable how much pressure that system can tolerate, too! Will pretty much handle the pressure from .22 lr up through any cartridge that will fit that magazine length. I'd imagine when that .25 barrel gor worn out it was re-rifled to .30 or .32 in that same case family, or bored and sleeved with a .25 liner. Thanks again for another wonder video!

The first rifle looks very much like a 1903 Manlicher ( possibly Greek origionally ) with a different magazine . Very nice and interesting . Is it a 8x57 j or js ( .318 or .323 bore)