Thread: My Mauser
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Old October 28, 2013, 06:10 PM   #6
johnnydollar
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Another view of the rifle:

I'm not really sure the front sight has been replaced, but the barrel is 22 inches long and I thought the '98K's were cut to 24 inches (maybe?). The ramp on the front sight appears to be finely checkered (to prevent glare, I suppose) and there is a dab of gold material on the rear upper edge of the sight blade. This gold material is not just paint; whatever it is, it slightly overhangs the sight blade on both sides and needs to be filed smooth. The trigger is the standard military two stage affair, but it is quite smooth and manageable. One other interesting touch: where the brass disc would normally be set into the stock, there is, instead, a pair of cut-off cartridge case heads set into the stock (one per side) that read "8mm Mauser Super Speed". I thought this was a novel way of identifying the caliber of the rifle. And thanks to all for the kind words.
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