Comments on: K98 Mauser Photos

By: Greg Alley

Greg Alley — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:33:36 +0000

I have a 1916 Erfurt Kar98. 8377 stamped on each piece. Got it from my grandfather. I put 8mm rounds through it, shoots straight. The tanget sight has been welded and the receiver is a bit discolored. Other than that its in good shape.
Any suggestion on what to do to clean it up?
Is it a collectors item?
Should I retire it and keep it an a show piece?
Would appreciate any comments or suggestions. Thanks

By: charles

charles — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:01:38 +0000

I have heard the same complaints about mitchells mausers for years. If i want a good k98 shooter thats not a piece of junk, then where do i buy it from

By: KP

KP — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:19:46 +0000

You’re paying a bunch extra for a fair clean-up job on a rifle of unknown quality.

By: Squidpuppy

Squidpuppy — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:10:34 +0000

Caveat Emptor means let the buyer beware, it doesn’t mean don’t buy. So long as you’re not getting one of these as a genuine collectible, with serious collector value, and just want a Mauser to shoot, and the thing shoots, what’s the problem?

By: KP

KP — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:58:58 +0000

Frauds. They’ve towned down the REAL NAZI MAUSER re-marked Yugo stuff but that they did it in the past should be a BIG indicator. Still overpriced junk. Buyer beware.

By: JD

JD — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:15:11 +0000

Justin and cycle are right, Mitchells mausers is a Fraud company that has been ripping people off for years. Five minutes and the slightest inclination to look would show any potentional customer just what they do.

Sorry, bud.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:15:07 +0000

I perused onto the Mitchell’s Mausers site, and under the Yugoslavian M48 page they claim it is “A genuine Mauser 98″, which the M48 is not?! The M48 is supposed to me a modified verison of k98. They also list, as a wood used in the stock, teak. Unless Yugoslavia was importing teak wood (talk about excessive!) from tropical/sub-tropical countries, I highly, highly doubt the stocks on the M48 rifles is actually made from teak.

The site seems pretty shifty to me!

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:51:10 +0000

Just curious, what grade is that one? Looks pretty nice.

By: Cyle

Cyle — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:32:41 +0000

Micheal’s Mausers are frauds. They sand down and refinish perfectly good historical stocks, force match RC K98 numbers and generally just mislead those not in the know about actual Milsurp.

By: War Wolf

War Wolf — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:59:29 +0000

These are nice. The price seems fair for NOS/NIB German Mauser. I forwarded this to my FFL guy who showed me the ad a while back and said he was interested in one. I would be interested in a more detailed description and more detailed photos of this weapon. Is there any chance the original submitter could provide that?

By: FatWhiteMan

FatWhiteMan — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:54:30 +0000

Pretty!