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Posted: 6/27/2009 6:26:43 PM EDT
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I think this is the right forum.
My brother gave me what he said is a 8mm K98 . It says Mod. 98 on it The german eagle with swastica underneath it and a big 44 on top (I guess year it was made.) Anybody know anything about these and would this be a real K98. It looks like it has some american parts (like the back site) since the words are in english and new looking. Im has no stock and so I wanna get the right one (anybody know a good site to get one?) also what is the exact ammo to get for it? |
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Anyway, the action and strength should be the same. Modern ammo you can buy for it is very weakly loaded due to it also fitting into the Mausers that the Germans used in WWI and prior. Ammo manufacturers don't want sued for one of those old rifles going Kaboom, so they just sell weak ammo.
For the real-deal of what the 8mm was capable of, you have to either shoot older (but post-1938) corrosive ammo, or load your own with a load worked up to the same velocity for a given bullet weight as the old corrosive ammo will run. The stuff I've shot was made in soviet-bloc countries in the 1950's. The recoil with the good ammo will wear at ya. I bought a pack of modern Remington 8mm hunting cartridges and was mighty disappointed with my rifle having been turned into a pea-shooter. |
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As others have stated, the rifle has been heavily "sporterized". Trigger job. Bolt job. Original rear and front sight removed. Modification to the rear of the receiver. Not sure how it will fit into a original military stock as it is.
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Anyway, the action and strength should be the same. Modern ammo you can buy for it is very weakly loaded due to it also fitting into the Mausers that the Germans used in WWI and prior. Ammo manufacturers don't want sued for one of those old rifles going Kaboom, so they just sell weak ammo. For the real-deal of what the 8mm was capable of, you have to either shoot older (but post-1938) corrosive ammo, or load your own with a load worked up to the same velocity for a given bullet weight as the old corrosive ammo will run. The stuff I've shot was made in soviet-bloc countries in the 1950's. The recoil with the good ammo will wear at ya. I bought a pack of modern Remington 8mm hunting cartridges and was mighty disappointed with my rifle having been turned into a pea-shooter. I've always heard it was only US manufactured commercial ammunition that was weakly loaded. Current production European loads like S&B and Wolf Gold are supposedly "full strength". ETA: Above the 44 on the top of the receiver should be a manufacture code. You can use it to find out where the rifle was made if you are interested. |
| Yup, K98 heavily sporterized. Shoot the daylights out of it since all collector value is gone. 44 is the year above that is the code, dou, bnz, byf etc. Good strong action, when you burn out the barrel you have a lot of possibilities besides 8mm mauser. One popular wildcat is 8mm-06, just an 30-06 case opened up to 8mm. |
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