The impractical Langevisier or 'rollercoaster' rear sight of the Mauser Gewehr 1898 was replaced with a conventional tangent leaf sight. The Karabiner 98k rear tangent sight was flatter compared to and does not obstruct the view to the sides during aiming as the Langevisier. Originally, the Karabiner 98k iron sight line had an open-pointed-post-type (barlycorn) front sight, and a tangent-type rear sight with a V-shaped rear notch. From 1939 onwards the post front sight was hooded to reduce glare under unfavourable light conditions and add protection for the post. These standard sight lines consisted of somewhat coarse aiming elements, making it suitable for rough field handling, aiming at distant area fire targets and low-light usage, but less suitable for precise aiming at distant or small point targets. It is graduated for 7.92×57mm Mauser s.S. Patrone cartridges loaded with 12.8 g (197 gr) s.S. We don’t have many of these babies and when they are gone, they are gone.( schweres Spitzgeschoß – 'heavy pointed bullet') ball bullets from 100 to 2,000 m (109 to 2,187 yd) in 100 m (109 yd) increments. None have wood that does not need repair, so please take note of that! All we have left have cracks or breaks at the tang that will need repair to shoot reliably. It ain’t pretty, but it doesn’t cost much, is repairable and shoots straight and true! Use it as-is or use it as a base to build yourself a nice sporter. We put the broken stock Mausers in the small ring sporter stocks, as-is, and the result is our “West Virginia Special”. We also had a small quantity of small ring Mauser sporting stocks, used, some scratches, dings, etc., and cracked at the tang or heel. So, we have a number of 1916 Mauser rifles, perfect working condition, in 7×57 Mauser (7mm Mauser), that had dirt and rust, some pitting but otherwise work well and had stocks that were hopelessly broken. But hey, at $99, even a rifled action that isn’t rusted through is a good buy these days.

Of course, they are in scratch and dent sporter stocks too, so there’s that.

Well, all that is history by and large these days.īut, I did see this “deal” over at Old West Scrounger who has some scratch and dent M1916 Spanish Mausers they contend are shootable. Heck, I bought my first CMP M1903 Springfield for $350. 303s for $99, and a good selection of Mausers and Arisakas for $150. When I was first collecting in the early 1990s, you could pick up a Mosin-Nagant for $49, any number of Enfield. In the milsurp C&R game, bolt-action military rifles have been getting more scarce over the years.

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