Hello. Well I saw a great looking one at the local gun shop for $229. I know nothing about these rifles,except it is a cool "historical" looking .308. Can anyone help? History, price, shootability, reliability, accuracy, etc. Thanks
I am the epitome of the compulsive consumer. I wrote this original post around 12:30 after a morning trip to browse the gun shop. I was'nt looking for anything particular, maybe a few boxes of ammo, but definetly not a rifle.
I saw the Mauser sitting there and something about it just called me. It was about 95% condition, a carbine, with a flash hider, bayo lug, and was a .308. Cool. Well, I put it down and left to further investigate this rifle with the help of my good buddies here at AR15.com
It only took a quick skim through some of the links to verify that i had found a winner. By 3:30 this afternoon, in was handing over the Mastercard. I talked the lady down to $210 which I thought was fair enough. I also picked up 4 boxed of SA .308. Then, it was straight to the range with the old man.
Well, my first impression was, WOW, .308 is a huge round. I' ve never really shot it except a few years ago in the M60. The rifle shot exellent. It took a few rounds to get used to the sights, but very quickly I was nailing soda cans at 50 yards every time. A few times they flew 20 feet up in the air! It was cool. The rifle never malfunctioned at all. It is fairly loud and kicks a bit, but i'm a big boy. It was one of the most enjoyable shoots ever.