sight tool for 98k

pisto · 07-06-2005, 04:44 PM

hello gentlemen,
have just picked up an interesting sight tool for a Mauser 98 k rifle which has been on German auction :
Anybody seen that before?

http://www.hermann-historica.de/aukt...b=kat48_S.txtk

G.W. Gill · 07-07-2005, 02:06 AM

Hello Pisto, I have a 1936 Mauser k 98. The best feeling action of all the rifles I have ever handled. It was rebuilt by the Norwegians. Will shoot nickel size groups at 100 yds with a rest. It was rebarreled to 30-06. It shoots like a kids 22 with surplus and angers all the guys with $$$$ guns. I almost bought one of those tools. It was German. I wish I had. I had to tap with a punch to zero my rifle.

pisto · 07-07-2005, 03:00 AM

Very interesting, so you have the same accessorie.
My 98k are matching but in bad condition. The only nice Item I have is a military conversion kit for .22 caliber.

Roadkill · 07-07-2005, 11:30 AM

Here's another one: http://www.egun.de/market/item.php?id=510159

rk

G.W. Gill · 07-08-2005, 12:41 AM

Roadkill, They are great tools. They take the angst out of sighting in. I recommend using one rather than drifting with a punch. Thanks for pointing it out. Pisto, are there many k98's to be had in Germany?

pisto · 07-08-2005, 08:46 AM

G.W.Gill,
I dont know too much about rifles, but I would say mint condition would go for 1200 $ ore so. There are a lot around, reblued, not matching etc.
that rifle was in Police use still until the 50ies. , but like the handguns, very less are real collectable and in nice shape.
I would like to get one in mint condition some day.
Do you have real collectors for that rifles over there?
I still know somebody with a set of high $$ presentation board of the Mauser Plant, showing the steps of making the barrels belonging to the 98 Gewehr.

G.W. Gill · 07-09-2005, 12:44 AM

The Mauser Rifle has a good following over here. Some collect, others build rifles out of the actions. The Russian and Eastern Bloc are selling now at the major retailers of imported firearms. I became hooked at 16, when I bought a ww1 Mauser rifle at a local Dept. store ( K- Mart , 1972 ) for 20 Dollars. This included four boxes of ww2 ammo. The thrill of cleaning the cosmoline off and finding a fine condition rifle is a memory I will cherish. I traded the Mauser for a Zoli reproduction Remington Civil War rifle. Then I became devoted to muzzleloading. This is the way to learn about firearms. I had an import civil war austrian musket (.72 ) that would only scrape away a beer bottle label with birdshot ( I did not think about 00 buck, I was 15). That Zoli led me on the path to understanding ballistics, ect. I had been shooting competition .22 since 8 yrs old, however, ballistics had not clicked yet ( the math ). I am indebted to that cosmoline coated Mauser 98.

It all came together

07-06-2005, 04:44 PM	#1
pisto User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 228 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	sight tool for 98k hello gentlemen, have just picked up an interesting sight tool for a Mauser 98 k rifle which has been on German auction : Anybody seen that before? http://www.hermann-historica.de/aukt...b=kat48_S.txtk

07-07-2005, 02:06 AM	#2
G.W. Gill User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeastern USA Posts: 369 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hello Pisto, I have a 1936 Mauser k 98. The best feeling action of all the rifles I have ever handled. It was rebuilt by the Norwegians. Will shoot nickel size groups at 100 yds with a rest. It was rebarreled to 30-06. It shoots like a kids 22 with surplus and angers all the guys with $$$$ guns. I almost bought one of those tools. It was German. I wish I had. I had to tap with a punch to zero my rifle.

07-07-2005, 03:00 AM	#3
pisto User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 228 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Very interesting, so you have the same accessorie. My 98k are matching but in bad condition. The only nice Item I have is a military conversion kit for .22 caliber.

07-07-2005, 11:30 AM	#4
Roadkill User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,634 Thanks: 1 Thanked 28 Times in 17 Posts	Here's another one: http://www.egun.de/market/item.php?id=510159 rk

07-08-2005, 12:41 AM	#5
G.W. Gill User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeastern USA Posts: 369 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Roadkill, They are great tools. They take the angst out of sighting in. I recommend using one rather than drifting with a punch. Thanks for pointing it out. Pisto, are there many k98's to be had in Germany?

07-08-2005, 08:46 AM	#6
pisto User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 228 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	G.W.Gill, I dont know too much about rifles, but I would say mint condition would go for 1200 $ ore so. There are a lot around, reblued, not matching etc. that rifle was in Police use still until the 50ies. , but like the handguns, very less are real collectable and in nice shape. I would like to get one in mint condition some day. Do you have real collectors for that rifles over there? I still know somebody with a set of high $$ presentation board of the Mauser Plant, showing the steps of making the barrels belonging to the 98 Gewehr.

07-09-2005, 12:44 AM	#7
G.W. Gill User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeastern USA Posts: 369 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The Mauser Rifle has a good following over here. Some collect, others build rifles out of the actions. The Russian and Eastern Bloc are selling now at the major retailers of imported firearms. I became hooked at 16, when I bought a ww1 Mauser rifle at a local Dept. store ( K- Mart , 1972 ) for 20 Dollars. This included four boxes of ww2 ammo. The thrill of cleaning the cosmoline off and finding a fine condition rifle is a memory I will cherish. I traded the Mauser for a Zoli reproduction Remington Civil War rifle. Then I became devoted to muzzleloading. This is the way to learn about firearms. I had an import civil war austrian musket (.72 ) that would only scrape away a beer bottle label with birdshot ( I did not think about 00 buck, I was 15). That Zoli led me on the path to understanding ballistics, ect. I had been shooting competition .22 since 8 yrs old, however, ballistics had not clicked yet ( the math ). I am indebted to that cosmoline coated Mauser 98. It all came together