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That is a beautiful stock to me. What is it? It looks like hand rubbed oil in the photo. My be my nostalgia meter pegged, but I like it

Mongrel

We are leaving now for an elk hunt, with my Mauser in 300H&H and my wife's Mauser in 30-06.

Hold hard and shoot straight! Stay safe!

Mongrel,
That is a stock I made myself from Oregon black walnut, the finish is thinned epoxy applied to a heated stock blank... helps the epoxy soak in. Then it is wet sanded and a few coats of oil applied on top.
Makes for a traditional yet weatherproof finish. The metal on that rifle is graphite black Ceracote...

Did you have the action reheat treated or hardened on 1909 or ran it as is? Nice rifle by the way.

1911A1,
No I didn't have it heat treated, the 1909 are known for being soft, yet thousands are out there and still working fine. I have another 1909 in 338 mag and have had no setback in either.
Many trusted experts claim no need to re-heat treat, others claim it as cheap insurance, so far so good for me.

Thanks for the info. I'm pretty sure mine has not been re heat treated.

Mine wasn't re heat treated either but i shoot it at what mule deer calls "burrito fart" pressures so i should be fine unless a little guacamole gets in the mix lol

I started reading this post and it started me thinking what game I have shot that wasn't done with a Mauser! Other than a Win Mod 94 30-30 for my first deer in 1957 and a couple deer and one antelope with my dad's 03-A3 Springfield 30-06 I have used nothing but Mausers. Most were sporterized military Mausers and the rest were Commercial FN Sears, Montgomery Ward and others in 30-06. In my later years, I still shoot all Mausers, but in a lot of different calibers. The last Elk I shot last year, was shot with a 30-06 on an Argentine action!
I have almost quit hunting, but when I do go out for Antelope or deer, I use a Mauser (Sears FN) chambered in 257 Ack. Improved.
My two boys also use Mausers and one Ruger 77.
I guess there is no reason to change now!
A good friend jokingly named me Kennymauser!

Judging from the four-digit serial number in connection with the letter in addition to the serial number the gun isn't one of the models manufactured later during WWII. The four-digit serial number in connection with a letter was used to confuse the allies about the total number of K98k made under the Versaille treaty. A 100,000 man army doesn't need hundreds of thousands of rifles and so the Nazis avoided unpleasent questions by the inspectors about a number of guns not needed for a small army.

Need more pics of your Mausers!

Following this thread I've been smithing Mausers for some time now.

SS marked 98 custom in .35 Whelen. Beautiful gun, crap weather, heck of a good time.

My friends bought me a new Mauser M18 and it is a fine rifle, 243 that I am still working. Need to buy new brass soon, they gave me used stuff of all brands.

Does a Husky count? Here’s a 1640 chrome plated and worked over by Satterlee. If those pigs I hear in the distance squealing come out it will get at least it’s second kill.

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1903 Turk Mauser 260 Bartlein barrel, 1/2" (3) shot group at 100 yards, to sight in.


shot a deer Monday, 8 days ago.

Taking this 06 out this weekend G33/40 action

I like that. You should post more pictures of that. And trade it to me lol. I’m sure I have something you would like.

This year so far, one of my Mausers was used to kill 2 Antelope. It's my featherweight 25-06. Other game this year has been shot with a Savage 99 in 300. I still have tags to fill, and if I take a Mauser for them I'll use either my M46 Swede in 9.3X57 or my full-stock 8X57. But there is a good possibility I will choose a 35 Remington M141 or maybe a Remington M81 in 300 Savage. Or my Mannlicher 6.5X54.....or maybe my Lee Speed(ish) sporter in 303.

Decisions decisions....................








I like having this problem.

I used my Husky to kill about a 200# bar hog this morning. Stepped out of the deer stand to stalk up on a group across the field. Got within about 35 yards or so when a satellite pig I didn’t see spotted me and spooked the sounder.

I busted the bar (I thought it was a big sow) running dead away with the 208 gr ELD-M out of the 30-06. Crippled his back legs with a wound you couldn’t have stuff a soft ball in, then finished him off with my 475 Linebaugh as he was crawling around on his front legs.

He was about to die from blood loss anyways and was bleeding frothily from the mouth already, telling me the bullet had reached the lungs, but I wanted to see what the Linebaugh would do on that size pig broadside shot.