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Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Soren, I hope you don't mind me jumping in here, but I just had to mention that the Mauser's iron sights are definately a shooter's friend.
I have a 1912 vintage Mauser that's been in the family for many years, it's caliber is 7x57 m/m. It's mechanical parts are spotless, and the action is stiff, as mention earlier in the thread, but it's deadly accurate at all ranges and is my hunting weapon of choice. I have always been able to draw a solid bead on my target, and get good clean hits every time.
I'll include a photo of it, and you can see that it bears the scars of being through two world wars, the foreward portion of the stock is darkened from being soaked in blood (by the bayonette lug). It also bears odd divots in the wood that was later explained to me as being from swinging it as a club, the divots being the inpressions left by the edges of helmets. There is also blood staining at the receiver and also on the other side of the stock, near the cheek-rest.
It may not be the 8 m/m caliber of the later K98 Mausers, but it's still a top performer!
I'll also toss in a photo of a recent aquisition, a straight-pull Steyer, all numbers matching (it looks as though it was never disassembled) and has the Imperial Austrian crest on it with no reference of Nazi ownership. I ran across some original ammunition for it, some pre-occupation Austrian cartridges bearing the Hapsburg crest and occupation cartridges bearing the Reichs Eagle. It too, is incredibly accurate at moderate distances but I haven't had the chance to try it at any long ranges yet.
I had to mention this as I have been following the conversation regarding the Mauser's iron sights and it's accuracy
I have a 1912 vintage Mauser that's been in the family for many years, it's caliber is 7x57 m/m. It's mechanical parts are spotless, and the action is stiff, as mention earlier in the thread, but it's deadly accurate at all ranges and is my hunting weapon of choice. I have always been able to draw a solid bead on my target, and get good clean hits every time.
I'll include a photo of it, and you can see that it bears the scars of being through two world wars, the foreward portion of the stock is darkened from being soaked in blood (by the bayonette lug). It also bears odd divots in the wood that was later explained to me as being from swinging it as a club, the divots being the inpressions left by the edges of helmets. There is also blood staining at the receiver and also on the other side of the stock, near the cheek-rest.
It may not be the 8 m/m caliber of the later K98 Mausers, but it's still a top performer!
I'll also toss in a photo of a recent aquisition, a straight-pull Steyer, all numbers matching (it looks as though it was never disassembled) and has the Imperial Austrian crest on it with no reference of Nazi ownership. I ran across some original ammunition for it, some pre-occupation Austrian cartridges bearing the Hapsburg crest and occupation cartridges bearing the Reichs Eagle. It too, is incredibly accurate at moderate distances but I haven't had the chance to try it at any long ranges yet.
I had to mention this as I have been following the conversation regarding the Mauser's iron sights and it's accuracy