Hello all,
First post on the forum and I’m glad to be here. I’m not sure why it has taken me so long to join, being that I love the K98, and variant, rifles. I’m just getting back into collecting these timeless pieces and I would just like to give a quick, or quick to me, story of my growth to enjoy the Mauser rifles.
It began when I was just a kid....... okay maybe I shouldn’t go that far back. But just to touch on that, I always enjoy the bolt action rifles. Playing “Army”, most of the other kids wanted the AR type or semi auto “cool” looking guns, but I had a bolt action, with a spring loaded looking bullet that made it look like I was chambering a round into the rifle. Good times, and that always stuck with me.
Fast forward to my first purchase of a Mauser action rifle. I knew nothing about the Mauser action but I was always drawn to them. I don’t know what got it started, it just did. So I came across a 1918 Amberg Gew 98 that had been, gulp, “sporterized” and re-barreled into a 30-06 with a Bishop stock. Even though it wasn’t original, I liked it, could afford it and I bought it. The action is completely numbers matching too. It still remains in my collection and is a very accurate rifle.
My interest kept growing from there and the information I was finding had taken me down the rabbit hole. This is where modern CZ’s caught my eye. The CZ 550 full stock was now on my list of must haves. After years of searching for the exact one, I finally found it and it became mine. The checkering wasn’t the typical design found on most and that is what made it a difficult to find rifle, or at least for me.
Moving on to my first real unconverted Mauser. The Yugo M48. Granted it’s not a K98, but it was affordable and one step closer to the real deal. With this rifle my knowledge grew and the desire to expand my collection kept growing. Thanks to several books I’ve been able to find, I’m starting to understand how deep this rabbit hole is and I enjoy learning the history of all the Mauser type actions.
In closing, coming to this forum has already shown me that the knowledge of the people on here is incredible and I hope to learn a lot here and hopefully be better prepared in knowing what to look for and having confidence in buying more Mausers. I’m glad to meet you all.
First post on the forum and I’m glad to be here. I’m not sure why it has taken me so long to join, being that I love the K98, and variant, rifles. I’m just getting back into collecting these timeless pieces and I would just like to give a quick, or quick to me, story of my growth to enjoy the Mauser rifles.
It began when I was just a kid....... okay maybe I shouldn’t go that far back. But just to touch on that, I always enjoy the bolt action rifles. Playing “Army”, most of the other kids wanted the AR type or semi auto “cool” looking guns, but I had a bolt action, with a spring loaded looking bullet that made it look like I was chambering a round into the rifle. Good times, and that always stuck with me.
Fast forward to my first purchase of a Mauser action rifle. I knew nothing about the Mauser action but I was always drawn to them. I don’t know what got it started, it just did. So I came across a 1918 Amberg Gew 98 that had been, gulp, “sporterized” and re-barreled into a 30-06 with a Bishop stock. Even though it wasn’t original, I liked it, could afford it and I bought it. The action is completely numbers matching too. It still remains in my collection and is a very accurate rifle.
My interest kept growing from there and the information I was finding had taken me down the rabbit hole. This is where modern CZ’s caught my eye. The CZ 550 full stock was now on my list of must haves. After years of searching for the exact one, I finally found it and it became mine. The checkering wasn’t the typical design found on most and that is what made it a difficult to find rifle, or at least for me.
Moving on to my first real unconverted Mauser. The Yugo M48. Granted it’s not a K98, but it was affordable and one step closer to the real deal. With this rifle my knowledge grew and the desire to expand my collection kept growing. Thanks to several books I’ve been able to find, I’m starting to understand how deep this rabbit hole is and I enjoy learning the history of all the Mauser type actions.
In closing, coming to this forum has already shown me that the knowledge of the people on here is incredible and I hope to learn a lot here and hopefully be better prepared in knowing what to look for and having confidence in buying more Mausers. I’m glad to meet you all.