New Mauser Picatinny Rail! Pixs!

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christcl

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Just got this rail in the mail today and installed it promptly. Now I just need to do my research on rifle scopes and finding one that will fit my rifle and look good!

Mauser and CZ
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Mauser Upper Receiver
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Rail view Lateral
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Rail view Superior
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Any suggestions so far for a good scope? I actually want the scope to be mounted as proximally as possible, probably to where it just clears allowing me to still use stripper clips to load.
 
Christcl?

go to the Guns and Game website...go to the military arms forum...and either search or ask. Very well-informed milsurp collectors and owners, with a strong streak of common sense, as well as senses of humor.

Looks great. Steel mount or aluminum?

Be interested in how well it holds zero during shooting. I had to resort to blue loctite for my Mosin 44 scout mount.
 
Pretty M48; glad you didn't drill it.

The S&K scout scope I used has a SK ring setup that's sleek but they offer picatinny rail also.

Don't cheap out on the scope. I did; it's good but not great. You want to shoot great.


Mike :thumbup:
 
Its a Yugoslavian M48 Mauser, the rail is blackened aluminum. I've not yet shot it before, so I'm eager to test out how it shoots and how the scope will hold up. I might just get an economical scope for now and depending on how well the rifle shoots, I might go for the higher grade scope like Zeiss. Wow, the scopes cost as much as the rifle itself!
 
Very nice!:thumbup:
I've got a 1903 Turkish Mauser, arsenal rebuilt in 1935, and I just love looking at it and listening to the history it silently relates. When I first bought it I fired about 100 rounds through it and went home with a bruise on my shoulder which hurt for several days. With factory iron sights that go to 2000m I can only imagine what an awesome rifle these would be with a scope, please keep us informed.

PS I think I'm gonna take mine out and caress the 70+ year old stocks a little bit now and see what stories it has for me today...Thanks again
 
Hows the action on the Turk? I've read the Turks did not baby their Mausers. Mine feels alittle stiff, I think because it was never used. I just got my CR license so I should collect different Mausers of the world, after all, Hitler, Tito, Ataturk, will not be making anymore.
 
While it has certainly not been babied it wasn't abused either and the action is as smooth as can be, I dare say smoother and with a crisper trigger than some modern guns come fresh from the factory, but I probably don't have to tell you that they just don't make things like they used to... The only problem is that the bolt sticks shut a little after being shot and takes a little effort to rotate it to be opened.

Not to sound like a baby but I really would recommend a rubber butt sleeve or a shooting pad when you take it out to shoot, I'm a big guy and not too much of a Mr. Softy but that 8mm really did leave a visible bruise on my shoulder...

Here's a couple of old pics I just dug up...
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depending on how the stock fits for you, you may want to use a (relatively) permanent recoil pad. You don't have to cut the stock.

If you cut the rigid mounting plate off the recoil pad, remove the butt plate on the rifle--if you have one on that rifle--and use contact cement, you can both have a removeable recoil pad, using solvent, AND have it form to the curvature of the stock butt.

Not sure how clear the image will be, but here's my Mosin M44 done that way.
Have fun.

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christcl said:
Just got this rail in the mail today and installed it promptly. Now I just need to do my research on rifle scopes and finding one that will fit my rifle and look good!
Click to expand...

Not being a real gun gnut I'm pretty ignorant about a lot of things that have to do with guns and gun things I'm not familiar with ---- That leads to the question ---- What is a rail?
What does it do? And what, if any, is the advantage in having one?
 
Yvsa, it''s a scout scope mounting rail. Replaces the rear sight on the Mauser so no drilling or permanent alteration.

It's far forward enough to still use the stripper clips (with the right scope).


Mike
 
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