8mm efert german mauser rifle
Furniture has several drilled holes as well as the typical nicks, dings, and.
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The metal shows scattered pitting, and rust spots. While there are many that reflect master craftsmanship with regard to caliber conversions, trigger work and handmade stocks the majority were put into the cheapest stocks that could be found or had the original military stocks cut and altered. 8mm Mauser 90 blue, very good bore, good stock, 29.1'' barrel, This is a non-matching rifle. The older sporterized rifles were often converted and housed in stocks of questionable origin. These rifles were popular and chief alternatives to newly manufactured domestic made hunting rifles. Ball, Robert,W. Mauser Bolt Rifles 3rd edition, 1988 Walter, John, The German Rifle, Arms and Armour Press (London: 1979). Its in great shape and the smith I use signed off on shooting it, the bore and rifling is excellent. The guy did a really nice job on it though, its numbers matching (8612) on all the parts including the cut stock. Typically, the barrel was replaced and the stock either modified or changed out to what is known as a sporter stock. With the adoption of the new 8mm S cartridge in 1903 all of these Carbines were modified for. I inherited a 8mm 1918 Erfurt that has been Sporterized - not by me, so dont shoot. The action made for an economical sporting rifle build when compared to sporting rifles built by Remington, Winchester, and Savage. Military acceptance marks on the side of the receiver. Marked Erfurt 1918 with a crown on the chamber. The blue finish has turned mostly patina from age. 24' barrel has a fair bore with darkness, fixed front and adjustable rear sights. While many were preserved in their original military configuration, a great number were sporterized for hunting and target shooting. This WW1 German military KAR98 bolt action rifle in 8mm Mauser is in good condition. Founded in Oberndorf, Germany, in 1874 as Königliche Waffen Schmieden, the company was an effort started by the Mauser brothers, Peter and Wilhelm, several years earlier when they designed and produced rifles for the Prussian military.įrom the end of World War II through the late 1990s, many thousands of Mauser rifles hit American shores via the surplus market. The name Mauser is one of the oldest names in firearms.