On this episode of the Second Hand Showcase, we are looking at something that will soon go as extinct as the Dinosaur: The WWII Mauser Action. After The Big One, the world was awash in war-time surplus. Doubly so with the loser’s equipment. Most today don’t recognize the effect this had on the firearms industry for multiple decades. When a …
SHS 16: Sporterized Mauser BYF(43)
On this episode of the Second Hand Showcase, we are looking at something that, while today is not popular, was very common from the 1940’s up until the late 1980’s: taking a very common military surplus rifle and using it as a donor rifle to sporterize. These days, “Sporterize” is a loaded term. So perhaps we should replace it with …
The Israeli K98k Mauser
Most everyone knows that the Israeli’s were given a hodgepodge of weaponry. They were flooded with thousands of left over K98 Mauser rifles after the war, and used them to great effect. In the 1950’s when they adapted the FN-FAL as their service rifle, they had the Mausers converted to 7.62x51mm. That made sense for several reasons. First, the 8mm …
Yugo Mauser Pics In The Snow
I have kind of been on Freeze about him taking more pictures of our projects and sharing them with readers. He’s always got some project, drill, or fiddle-factor thing going on. But he doesn’t generally take pictures. But…he still has the Yugo K98 checked out of the armory and, perish the thought, decided to take a few pictures! Marky www.john1911.com …
Update: Re-Blue of Parts on CZ Mauser
View PostYugo K98 Mauser ReHab
A while back we picked up a Yugoslavian K98 Mauser. It’s been collecting dust in the armory for awhile. Well since the weather is clearing up and shooting season is upon us, I thought I would drag it out and clean it up. In this article are pictures of the rifle as we received it as well as the initial …
Rifles Found in Belfast Orange Hall After 100 Years
The authorities in the UK have uncovered a cache of illegal German Mauser Steyr-Mannlicher rifles. It seems there was a huge cache of 25,000 rifles smuggled into Belfast in 1914 during something called the “Home-Rule Crisis”. I haven’t looked into what exactly what that is, but it doesn’t take a rocket-surgeon to figure out it was a break-away from the …
A CZ Produced k98 Mauser Rifle
So…I was perusing an estate auction when I saw this rifle. It is a Yugo copy of a 98k Mauser. I’ve been in the market for a shooter-grade k98 for a while and this fit the bill. Considering it came with a bayonet, the price was too good to pass up. Besides, everyone needs a Mauser rifle to shoot up …