Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Mausers and Military Rifles "Take a Mauser hunting" an important message from the Mauser Rescue Society

It's that time of year again, the game is afield and the hunters soon will be. As excited as we all are about the upcoming fall hunts, it's this time of year that many finely crafted Mauser rifles are neglected in favor of "modern" rifles, rifles with no soul, a mere shadow of their historic fore bearers(a poor one at that). Don't let this happen on your watch. Carry a piece of history with you this fall, you will be glad you did. In closing, we ask you to post a picture of a Mauser YOU will take hunting this fall, thank you again for your support and, as always, adopt a rescue Mauser today.


Last years buck, hoping for a repeat this year with the old 8x57.

Nice buck, nice Mauser.

More into on the stock and action.

DF

Don't know if we got any pictures of it on the hunt, but cheesy use his JC Higgins M50/51 30-06 on his doe antelope hunt this fall. FN action sold by sears in the 50's. It was in a cheap tupperware stock when he got it,with a Timney trigger, bought a nice M51 stock here on the classifieds and it all went together real well. The doe didn't appreciate the classic he used.

My JC Higgins M51-L 308 from a few years ago. Husky HVA action which is an updated version of the M96 Mauser crossed with the M98. Has the third lug, full M98 length, but retains the small ring diameter.

I just returned from Kentucky, where I shot my first whitetail. I got it with my American Mauser, the 1903 Springfield...Best tasting deer I have ever eaten...

1909 Argentine , Douglas bbl 240 Wby......

I used my full stocked 8X57 to kill a mule deer buck again this year. Bang Flop........get out the knife.

I have no pics to share, but the old Mauser is still doing it's job with excellence.

I'm going to dig my 71/84 Mauser chambered in .43 Spanish out of storage and try for a deer with it this season.
Jerry

Higgins 50/51 .30-06 dad referenced above on my doe a few weeks ago.

Love this thread and these old guns.

I gave my good bud this old '42 Springfield that I had in my safe for years. It had the Fajen stock and Timney trigger when I bought it. I got David Christman to alter the bolt, drill and tap for scope. I found a Buehler type safety on Ebay for $12, got David to fit it.

Bud's made a bunch of one shot kills, is fond of the gun. He named it Dusty Springfield. I had some 130 gr. Hornady loads for my HVA '06 project, loaded some for him. The 130 gr. shoots at around 3,100 fps, will blow thru a WT, does the trick on hogs and 'yotes.

I put his Leupold scope on it. I had this Bushnell 4200 3-9x40 on my Marlin Cowboy 45-70. Was shooting it this PM and the erector system won't adjust. Will put note on Optics Forum for advice on Bushnell warranty. In a situation like this, I wish it was a Leupold....

DF

VZ-24 in a McSwirly, NOS Yugo 48 barrel, DT trigger, wisner safety. It has a Meopta Artemis 4x32 with Butler Creek caps now.

i have an Iver Henriksen rifle built on a Husky 1640. I’m taking it this weekend.

Last year.

This is my rifle for this year! VZ-24 action, .35 Whelen barrel from Pac-Nor, Stainless 1-12" twist, Boyd's JRS stock reshaped by our own Karnis, now wearing at Vari-X III 2.5-8 scope, shooting 250 gr Hornady's. Had it a long time never killed anything with it so going to tote it until it gets bloodied.









Mike

Understated elegance, if you don't like that you have no soul.

The Mauser from Hell did a very nice job on this buck



It's a sporterized K98

I've got 20-something Mausers to choose from- - - - -some in original milsurp condition, others sporterized. The older sporter made from an 1891 Argentine engineers' carbine is one of the more interesting ones. Back when Turk Mausers were selling for $29.95 for complete rifles in shooting condition I bought 30 of them to sporterize. I've got 10 or 12 of those left.
Jerry

I have a soorterized 91 Argentine mauser with butterknife bolt handle. It looks cool but bolt handle not comfortable. What to do?

The 91 is a "cock on closing" action. Try trimming one coil off the firing pin spring to reduce the closing effort a little. If that doesn't work have somebody weld on a conventional round knob handle.
Jerry

Don’t know when it was made, but it’s marked 25 Niedner. I get 3/4 groups with the only load I’ve tried.