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POTD: WWII German Mauser K98 Sniper Rifle

Posted August 31, 2021 in Bolt Action, Photo Of The Day, Rifles by Eric B with No Comments

In today’s Photos Of The Day we are taking a look at a WWII German Mauser K98 sniper rifle. The Mauser K98 became the standard service rifle of the German Army in 1935. Chambered in 7.92×57mm Mauser they seem to have a possible effective range of over 1,000 [Read More…]

First Firearm: Going Old School With Military Surplus Firearms

Posted June 17, 2019 in Editorial, Pistols, Rifles by Doug E with No Comments

Welcome to the Military Surplus Arms installment of the First Firearm series. For those not familiar with the series, we cover a different aspect of firearms and give you things to consider if it’s to be your very first firearm ever or the first of the type of firearm [Read More…]

TFBTV: German World War Two Guns in Action

Posted October 22, 2018 in Bolt Action, Machine Guns, NFA / Suppressors / Class III, Rifles, Semi-Auto, Submachine Guns/Pistol Caliber Carbines, TFBTV by Miles with No Comments

What would it be like to try and attempt to shoot historical small arms in some of the ways that they were actually used in the past? We try and do that in this episode with German small arms in a small team setting, assaulting an objective across open terrain using a base of fire […] [Read More…]

Mauser K98k Field Strip

Posted August 25, 2016 in Rifles, TFBTV by Alex C. with 11 Comments

The Mauser 98 stands in history as Paul Mauser’s masterpiece; Every little thing, every improvement that he could think of came together in the Model 1898, and the K98k is a carbine version of his famous rifle. The K98k rifle is notorious for being used and implemented by Nazi Germany, but [Read More…]

Top 5 Most Fun Guns

Posted July 11, 2016 in Rifles, Shotguns, TFBTV by Alex C. with 76 Comments

Some firearms just are more fun to shoot than others, and in this list Alex runs through his five favorite guns to shoot (at this time). Guns don’t have to be expensive to be fun. This list includes some unusual stuff: A single shot breechloader, a centerfire bolt action, a shotgun, a rimfire [Read More…]

K98k Rifle: Backbone of the Wehrmacht

Posted June 14, 2016 in Rifles, TFBTV by Alex C. with 16 Comments

The German K98k served Nazi Germany from the mid 1930s until the end of World War II, and was by far the most prolific German small arm during the conflict. The rifle is essentially a shorter, lighter, and handier version of the old Gewehr 98 rifles with some tweaks and modifications to make it more [Read More…]

K98 Mauser Photos

Posted July 8, 2009 in Rifles by Steve Johnson with 16 Comments

Mike, a reader of TFB, bought a K98 Mauser from Mitchell’s Mausers and emailed me some photos. Mike says … I also have a Yugo Mauser from them. The Yugo was made in 1946 at a German plant after they were kicked out. The K98 was made in 1941, the quality [Read More…]

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