Shooting a Mauser K98k

alvin · 03-24-2016, 07:01 AM

I do have 200-300 rounds of ammo left from previous Yugo M48. But those surplus ammo were corrosive, and this rifle has mint bore. This rifle is too nice to shoot corrosive ammo ... So, most likely, I will keep this one unfired.

kurusu · 03-25-2016, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by alvin

I do have 200-300 rounds of ammo left from previous Yugo M48. But those surplus ammo were corrosive, and this rifle has mint bore. This rifle is too nice to shoot corrosive ammo ... So, most likely, I will keep this one unfired.

You can shoot all the "corrosive" ammo you want. If you clean the bore after every shooting session (even if the shooting session is just one shot) the bore will remain like new.

By the way, any gun that never ever gets shot is nothing more than an expensive (in some cases very expensive) paperweight.

kurusu · 03-26-2016, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by kurusu

You can shoot all the "corrosive" ammo you want. If you clean the bore after every shooting session (even if the shooting session is just one shot) the bore will remain like new.

By the way, any gun that never ever gets shot is nothing more than an expensive (in some cases very expensive) paperweight.

Quoting myself, that's clever.

But... in the beginnings of smokeless powders many people thought the chores of thoroughly cleaning their weapons were a thing of the past. Little they knew that the primers were also corrosive, and that just one or two shots, if the gun was left unattended, could completely ruin the bore. That's the main reason why most C96s have such lousy bores.

RAY1946 · 03-27-2016, 10:01 AM

The 98/29 made for Persia was just about the prettiest Mauser ever made; second only to the Pre WWI contract Mausers made for the different South American countries, the 1909 Peruvian IS the most beautiful Mauser EVER made.

I bought my 98/29 at a local gun show in 93' or 94' for $275.00. Mine is all matching, perfect bore and except for a few dings, a perfect stock. I took mine to the range back then and had to fire it at 200yds., as the 100 yd. range was completely full and God knows I didn't want to wait. I had several hundred rnds. of 1950's Egyptian lying around, so used that. That ammo had a 196gr. boat-tail bullet that looked a lot like the original German ss bullet of the 30's.

I set the sight on the rifle for 200 yds and fired 3 fouling shots at the bank beside the target. I sat down and very carefully fired a 5-shot group which went about 3 1/4" center to center!.............

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03-24-2016, 07:01 AM	#1
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	I do have 200-300 rounds of ammo left from previous Yugo M48. But those surplus ammo were corrosive, and this rifle has mint bore. This rifle is too nice to shoot corrosive ammo ... So, most likely, I will keep this one unfired.

03-27-2016, 10:01 AM	#4
RAY1946 User Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 77 Thanks: 178 Thanked 14 Times in 9 Posts	The 98/29 made for Persia was just about the prettiest Mauser ever made; second only to the Pre WWI contract Mausers made for the different South American countries, the 1909 Peruvian IS the most beautiful Mauser EVER made. I bought my 98/29 at a local gun show in 93' or 94' for $275.00. Mine is all matching, perfect bore and except for a few dings, a perfect stock. I took mine to the range back then and had to fire it at 200yds., as the 100 yd. range was completely full and God knows I didn't want to wait. I had several hundred rnds. of 1950's Egyptian lying around, so used that. That ammo had a 196gr. boat-tail bullet that looked a lot like the original German ss bullet of the 30's. I set the sight on the rifle for 200 yds and fired 3 fouling shots at the bank beside the target. I sat down and very carefully fired a 5-shot group which went about 3 1/4" center to center!.............