A rather rare Mauser

Cool rifle, Looks like and M94 Swede.

lionking

Fine looking rifle and in such pristine condition! So how did it do at the range?

Nice looking gun and a longgggg stock. How does it shoot at the longer ranges ?

A fantastic looking Mauser. Very, very nice, lionking.

Nice rifle. I like the sights.

nice what was the group size.

i had one that I bought at springfield sporters from bill Rodgers(owner) and it did not shoot very good with standard 7x57 ammo, I read some where that the bullets were larger than .284. it also was in ex condition with a prefect bore. I wish I had kept it as its a rare rifle and hard to find now.

That's quite the collectors item. 7x57 is my favorite cartridge. I have to say that is probably the nicest 7x57 military Mauser I've ever seen.

lionking said:

So what I basically have is a very nice collectible contract Mauser that if I want to shoot and get consistent accuracy is to use specialized loads which you guys get to grill me again on the fact that I don't reload thus cannot conjure up a load that will shoot good consistently in it. Other than that if I want good shooting using factory ammo with my 7x57 contract mausers I have to turn to one of my other ones.

This is sort of the same situation it seems with the Carcano where PP ammo diameter bullets are not correct but at least Hornady though expensive makes the correct diamter ammo for the Carcano. In this Mauser , S&B is a crap shoot and Prvi is worse.

What eastbank said about the diameter just makes sense now, it wasn't just the wind or a bad day shooting Sunday why I had disappointing groups.

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A few minor observations below,

One thing that might help if you try to match other commercial ammo like Federal or Remington to what the Venezuelans used such as weight, approximate velocity, and bullet profile. On larger diameter barrels than the spec, sometimes flat based bullets shoot a bit better than boattails.

If you really want to know barrel diameter, machinists have plug gages (someone on the THR posted where you could buy individual pin gages rather than a complete set) that can determine that or you can slug the barrel. A second, is to make sure that your Mauser's fitting to the stock is correct with the right torque on action screws, barrel bands, etc. Accurizing also generally requires field stripping the action. Look for anything in the barrel channel or receiver fit that can be throwing something off . Some tips that apply to Mausers on accurizing are here https://forums.gunboards.com/showth...-restore-accuracy-to-your-Russian-capture-98k It is about the German k98 but m98's are rather similar in what affects their accuracy. There are a lot of cheap fixes that can tighten up groups without negatively affecting the value of your beautiful collector's grade rifle. Shims, replacing stock receiver pillars, removing a small bit of wood that impinges on the barrel through stock warping, etc. Third, have someone else, who is an experienced rifleman shoot it to see if similar results happen. Mausers can vary pretty widely on triggers and the ease of operating the bolt so that could also be affecting your group if the trigger is a bit different in feel from the other Mauser that you shoot well.

Beautiful rifle,absolutely awesome!