Tuna911

Anyone have a 8mm Mauser?

My dad had got one from a german friedn of his that faught in the war ... wondering how rare they are??

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ziadel

a picture of the markings would aid greatly in determing the rifles obscurity...

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Tuna911

I will have to take some.. might not be until next week though..

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Bigbird

I don't know how rare they are but my friend has one and it shoots great.
Used it one year for deer hunting and i loved it.
would like to find one for myself.

Suave

I don't think they're all that rare considering how many were made, and the price for which they can be bought.

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Lebell

It's been awhile since I've seen a Shotgun News, but I don't remember them being that rare.

I could be wrong, tho.

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whocarz

Mausers were the most common rifle in the world until the AK-47 showed up. You can get a German WW2 Mauser in good condition for about 200 bucks. Turkish and Czech Mausers are a lot more common though, and go for about 100-120 bucks. It's a pretty fun gun to shoot, but it definately has a mean kick. My friend once said he always wondered why German soldiers always looked so grim in old photos, then he shot a Mauser and found out why.

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kinsaj

I'll agree with whocarz.. extremely common... and I personally own a few... and I love them for their history and they are jsut fun to shoot, though you do need a good butt-pad.

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daswig

8mm Mauser is a cartridge. There are a whole buttload of guns that use the 8mm mauser (correct nomenclature: 7.92 mm). These vary from the very common (bolt-action: turkish mausers, K98, G98, yugoslavian mausers, et cetera) to the rarer (Maxim 08, 08/15, MG-15, MG-34, MG-42, FG-42, Vickers, et cetera). I've got 15 to 20 guns chambered in this caliber, and prices vary from $60 to $30,000+. BTW, there are at LEAST a few hundred variants of the bolt-action mauser alone. The persian contract ones are beautiful.

If you can post a pic of the gun overall and one of the top of the receiver, I can tell you what you've got.

Suave

Well considering the context, he probably means a firearm made by Mauser, chambered in 8mm Mauser. That should narrow it down quite a bit more. (most likely a K98)

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Tuna911

kewl I will try take a pic in the next day or so .. thnx for everyone's help!!

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soundmotor

Always the odd exception, pre-WWI K98 w/ Black Forest walnut stock, personally autographed by the Kaiser & smuggled in Marlene Dietrich suitcase when she fled Germany in the 1930's.......



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Suave

I have three of those!

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soundmotor

Damn, the guy at the gun show told me the one I'd just bought from him was the only one.

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Cimarron29414

My father has a rifle from WWII that chambers 8mm Mauser. As a kid, I fired it once.....once. Something about a mule, and kicking, and something else. Funny that this thread even showed up since my dad and I were talking about that rifle just an hour ago at his house!

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beejay

I've got a K98 and they're a dime a dozen... I think they go for $200 or so a piece. I enheritied it and have never fired it. I'm more of a pistol guy...

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ziadel

I'll tell you this...


rifles made before 38 are what the collectors are really after...


or so says my nazi welding instructor *sigh*

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bigwolf

Own one.. They are not that rare. They are a very common WWII arm out on the market currently along with Mosin Nagnet M44's. That being said if you are looking at a good rifle for shooting and collecting and like the gun Get it they should be fairly inexpensive.

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