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Zerosven
10-20-10, 10:40 PM
Picked this rifle up two or three years ago for hunting Buck havent used it yet up till now ive been using a 7MM Remington magnum but this K98 is quite the rifle i can hit a quarter at about 100yrds with the iron sights (no Scope mounts) And for you Pic Mongers ill atach two thumbs

Added sorry there a little blurry i used a webcam to take them a year ago
csl2006
10-21-10, 07:35 PM
Good gun. What caliber is it?
King_Ice_flash
10-22-10, 03:49 AM
Unless it is Swedish 8X57.
csl2006
10-22-10, 03:54 AM
Unless it is Swedish 8X57.

indeed, I thought there was at least 3 different calibers for that gun but im not real sure on foregin weapons
Zerosven
10-22-10, 06:09 AM
its an 8MM Mauser, the 8X57 was discontinued after the war as part of the surender weird. The Mauser is microscopic tad larger still its a nice gun at least i like it.

Sigh... ill post better pics wen i can my sister has the digital camera and i have no idea where she is right now
oddball
10-22-10, 07:54 AM
indeed, I thought there was at least 3 different calibers for that gun but im not real sure on foregin weapons
7mm,8mm,and I believe 9mm.The best thing about those is that there is really no collectors value on them,but,the 98 Mauser is a great platform to build many of the 30.06 based wildcat rifles on,such as the 25.06 and many more I can't remember.
Zerosven
10-22-10, 08:04 AM
hes not kidding the rifle was only $270 theres a stigma on Nazi Rifles and other such Nazi things i dont understand why myself its a tool nothing more nothing less
csl2006
10-22-10, 08:31 PM
my dad had the chance to buy one in his words "mint condition" at a garage sale. He didn't look what caliber but he said he new it was german issue wwII. 100$ would of took it. Lol after i told him what steal that would of been he called the guy and it was gone.
csl2006
10-22-10, 08:31 PM
wasn't there a 6mm mauser?
King_Ice_flash
10-23-10, 03:31 AM
They even made a .22LR mauser, but we're talking about the K98
csl2006
10-23-10, 03:50 AM
pfft
oddball
10-24-10, 08:28 AM
The 98 Mauser is probably one of the strongest actions ever made,kind of a toss up between it and the '03 a3 .
csl2006
10-24-10, 03:51 PM
strongest or smoothest? i heard the 03 a3 has a stiff action
oddball
10-24-10, 06:15 PM
strongest or smoothest? i heard the 03 a3 has a stiff actionStrongest.my experience with the Mauser was really good,very smooth,the 03a3,as you said was pretty stiff because of a really stiff firing pin spring i think.Since they cock on closing the firing pin spring has a lot to do with it.
csl2006
10-28-10, 03:49 PM
eh thats when the arms race was getting into production with the "repeating" type rifles. understandable why they never really probably cared. The enfield I heard was a nice rifle. And held twice the ammo capacity
Zerosven
04-01-11, 09:09 AM
Old i know but i promised better pictures so here they are K98k is cock on open the action is kinda stiff but fairly smooth i really like it.

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc194/Volken45/Rifle1.jpg
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc194/Volken45/Rifle5.jpg
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc194/Volken45/Rifle2.jpg
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc194/Volken45/Rifle3.jpg
boy these things get very dusty when you dont take them out everyday LOL
csl2006
04-05-11, 06:45 AM
The metal is in good shape for as old as it is. Do you shoot it often? What are your plans for it? I would re stain the stock. As old as the gun is, its not going to hurt the value because these guns are not that rare to find. Nice gun though.
Zerosven
04-05-11, 07:55 AM
Actually it looks a little better in person i restored the stock already with Boiled Lin Seed oil (I Dont take it out in the rain) Sadly I cant shoot it very often with the cost of bullets. I only have 23 rounds and its like $40 for a box of 20 heh. Gotta clean and oil it when I took the pictures I noticed the action was stiffer then normal. I do all my plinking with a .22lr. Lol