Sporterized K98 Mauser

[@kevinthorrington2131]

When I was a kid my dada and I were at a Montgomery wards store. In the middle of the floor was a wooden barrel with surplus WW2 rifles sitting up side down in the barrel. We went through the barrel and picked out two 8mm Mausers and the only 03 Springfield. They were $29.99 each with no paperwork. All three of them were sporterized by me and dad. I shot all my deer with the 03 Springfield and still have it.

[@jamesdeek7039]

You ruined a perfect piece of German military history....freaking fuds man

[@chris.a.1]

Here's my vote for the long-winded follow-up on the esoteric minutiae of sporterized Mausers. There are plenty of KZbin videos of punching holes in paper. But when Greg gets up a full head of steam, it's rare to walk away without having learned something...

[@SuburbanRifleman]

Thanks, man!

[@smalfry83]

I really want to watch the long-winded follow-up too. I have a Mauser 98K barreled action and I'm trying to decide what to do with it.

[@LeatherSoup-c5j]

​@@smalfry83 Put it in a stock

[@beestoe993]

I love my Mauser sporters. I took an interest in them some 20 or so years ago and they are great. The real beauty of them is you end up with a very reliable, well made rifle for a fraction of what you would pay for new junk with lots of cheap plastic parts. And with a little extra love in the right places they can be made to shoot real good. I have a couple with old Fajen stocks that look similar to that one. Good stuff.

[@SuburbanRifleman]

Absolutely! Well put! Thanks!

[@MaxWray111]

I got a sporterized Mauser at the end of February at a gun show. Originally a K98k, made by Steer in Austria in 1943. It's a cut down original stock with the take down discs and sling slot plugged, and checkering added. It came with a Leupold M8 6X42 scope from 1998, and has been rebarreled to 7x57. It shoots 1.5 MOA or better. I gave 450 beans for it.

[@MaxWray111]

Steyr, no Steer. Damn autocorrect.

[@baneofbanes]

That’s a bit of change for a sporterized rifle.

[@Depressedwhale14]

This is horrifying

[@erroneous6947]

That sounds like a good buy sir.

[@timouellette5865]

Thanks for the video. It brings back memories when we made the best out of what we could afford, and had more than we realized! These days are never to return, unfortunately.

[@SuburbanRifleman]

Yes. Unfortunately you are correct. That’s why I hold onto these nostalgic things. Thanks for watching!

[@steveroush4147]

Mine was a .257 Roberts, perfectly designed for the Mauser in the middle 30’s. Mine was gov stamped with the eagle and everything was dated 1937.

[@jamesvandemark2086]

Very like my FIRST deer rifle........ Bought when I was 16!

[@easttexan2933]

Fine looking old sporter. Hard to go wrong with a mauser action. would love to see a follow up video of new rounds. BTW, I have a Carl Gustaf M96 Swedish Mauser in 6.5x55 that shoots sub MOA all day. It was sporterized back in 2000 and has some of the most beautiful tiger stripe wood you will see. 1912 receiver date. It is a wonderful rifle for deer and hogs.

[@SuburbanRifleman]

My first ever Mauser was an M96 I bought in the early nineties. Twice I owned that rifle and twice I let it go. Really stupid on my part. What a great shooter!

[@SuburbanRifleman]

BTW, I am planning a couple of follow-up vids. I just haven’t had any time, the last month or so. I got a pretty significant promotion at work which has been chewing up a lot of my creative energy. Plus, I’ve been monkeying around with motorcycles in anticipation of warmer weather. Hope to get out and do some more shooting soon.

[@easttexan2933]

@@SuburbanRifleman Greg, I sent you an email just a few minutes ago with a picture of my Swede. Check it out.

[@johnstewart7022]

Yeah, I'd like to hear how you figured out this rifles history. Thanks for the interesting video.

[@SuburbanRifleman]

Planning that follow-up video soon. Thanks for the feedback!

[@ecobasetech4558]

@@SuburbanRifleman Where is the follow-up video? What's the title?

[@SuburbanRifleman]

@@ecobasetech4558 I forgot. I'll get to it!

[@bobjohnson9012]

Thanks for the detailed information helped me alot. Go ahead and be long winded. Thanks much

[@SuburbanRifleman]

@@bobjohnson9012 thanks for watching!

[@SuburbanRifleman]

I'm planning a follow-up soon.

[@steveroush4147]

Ok had one of those but it was set to fire a .257 Roberts. That rifle got at least 4deer over the years. I did the research and found that Roberts was asked by Mauser to design so,e spotters for them. My rifle had the dates of 1938 on every part and the gov Eagles. It was a great gun and I wish I had never sold it.

[@factorybear5264]

First! I don’t mind some of these sporterized rifles. They were sporterized for a reason, because they were damn good shooters. I have a US Model of 1917 American Enfield that was done early on, and very tastefully. Winchester all around. Also have a minty VZ24 Czeck Mauser. Romanian Contract. Intact. Stock. But really clunky and heavy to hunt with, but not impossible.

[@purpleguy5226]

yeah man i was very bummed about them at first but with time i grew to love my sporties (yugo mauser, lee enfield) and i sleep better at night knowing whoever did mine did them with an extreme level of craftsmanship

[@hunterjager9538]

I have made some tac driver bench rifle from k98ks. I would get Lothar barrel and reload 200 grain smk with either reloader 16 or 17.

[@SuburbanRifleman]

@@hunterjager9538 that's awesome. What trigger do you prefer? I just put a Timney on this rifle but I haven't had a chance to shoot the rifle yet.

[@guaporeturns9472]

Darn those scattergunners.. on Thursday... twice! Not sure but I think I’m seeing a pattern here. From the information provided to me I would say Thursday is a bad day to try to produce a shooting video from the bench.😂( cracking myself up) Seriously though , nice rifle and another very enjoyable video. Good save on the stock. I would like to see another video on your groups from this outing(and any others) and one about the detective work involved with learning the history of that Mauser. Also I am extremely interested in your trip to South Africa ... maybe you could do a slideshow video or something similar if you have photos. Or you could just tell some hunting stories. I am an avid hunter/nature nerd/animal observer and love anything pertaining to using observations of animals.. especially as it applies to hunting(although not exclusively hunting related is cool too) Another enjoyable video. edit: did that last part make sense?

[@SuburbanRifleman]

🤣 I'm a slow learner, apparently! I will work on the aforementioned and yes, it made sense. This is actually the second request I've had from a viewer for a retroactive video. (The other pertained to my time as a 16 inch Naval gunner on the USS Missouri.) I've just checked the folders on my old laptop and I've got plenty of photos and some (not very good) video files from our trip to ZA in 2012. Unfortunately some of the files have become corrupted but I think I can salvage many of them. I've even got some shaky telephoto video of the Old Man shooting his blue wildebeest. I've been meaning to clean up some of the video files anyway and cure the shaky camera, etc. It's not 4K (maybe 1080P?) but I can probably put a fairly decent video together. Thanks as always! Greg

[@guaporeturns9472]

@@SuburbanRifleman Your time as a gunner would be interesting.. had a friend who was a gunners mate on 16” on the Iowa when it had its terrible mishap.(obviously not that turret) Seems we have some similar interests... that said I am a professional "generalist” , interested in everything to some degree , some things more than others but I really enjoy learning about stuff.. a knowledge junkie if you will... know just enough to enter into a conversation but then quickly show how little I know.😂 .. Yeah keep making videos , I love em all

[@SuburbanRifleman]

@@guaporeturns9472 I’m kind of a generalist as well. I don’t know if the subject matter on my other channel would be up your alley (timepieces, knives, and other ephemera) but you can certainly check it out. I can’t copy the link in the middle of writing a comment but I’m the Suburban Proletarian. That channel is a bit bigger than this one.

[@guaporeturns9472]

@@SuburbanRifleman Love knives and timepieces have always fascinated me , although I know very little about them. Will give it a look

[@chief_pop_pop838]

This looks just like my dad's I've had since he passed in 2001. I've never shot it. I don't know what catridge fits it.

[@SuburbanRifleman]

@@chief_pop_pop838 it's most likely chambered in 7.92x57 Mauser but many were rechambered to something else. The only way to know for sure is to do a chamber casting.

[@steveroush4147]

8:40. Mine had a very light trigger. Touch and go boom.

[@jackberberena28]

What scope mounts are those,and does it get in the way of the shell ejecting?

[@SuburbanRifleman]

@@jackberberena28 I’m not sure which rings those are but the bases are a paired set of Weavers. Weaver Model: 48464, I’m pretty sure. I used two piece bases to avoid ejection issues. I don’t recall experiencing any malfunctions.

[@jackberberena28]

@@SuburbanRifleman thank you so much sir,I just got a sporterized Mauser 8mm from 1945 as a first deer hunting rifle and was having trouble finding a way to mount a scope so I will look into this

[@jamesmooney5348]

I have a 1903A1 (7x57 Mauser Ackely Improved), 1903A3 (30-06) and a war time Mauser rifle (30-06) all sporterized very well. Very pleased with then. Yeah, you could definitely speed things up, cutting out frivolous words. I personally do not believe a video is fraudulent if not filmed from beginning to end.

[@scottwilson1258]

I for one,dont mind a German Mauser Action Sporter, I wouldnt do it myself just for History's sakes But when it comes to fine Customization's of war relics,if you can get by that, There are MANY Finely Customed Mauser's for a good price and I would MUCH rather have them than some cheep sub $600.00 Peice o Crap! Good One,Thank You SR, I own a Beautiful Custom Mauser with a finely crafted stock with real Ebony end Cap and an early style widowed peak Early Winchester But Plate in 270W .It also is equipped with a nice precision peep sight!

[@neilbuckley6293]

I need a scope for my sporterized k98 that will not interfere with the bolt or safety

[@SuburbanRifleman]

That can be a frustrating process. I had to change scopes and scope mounts several times until I got it sorted.

[@steveroush4147]

Are you shooting 8x57 8mm ?

[@SuburbanRifleman]

Yes. I should have mentioned that in the video. Thanks for your feedback!

[@lurebenson7722]

I've done quiet a few of these Mauser 98s to be hunting rifles and I would buy a nice done commercial floor plate and trigger guard then a Winchester style swing safety and shroud and new barrel from Pac Nor Barreling and go to Boyde's stocks to order the Parrie hunter model stocks to finish up the rifle. I chambered the rifle in the 280 Rem and 35 Wheelen and did 2 in 6.5-284 Norma then sold the rifles at gun shows.

[@Hunterslife315]

I've got one exactly like that just an older stock.

[@shaunzimmerman661]

Did u ever respond after fully resized ammo?

[@SuburbanRifleman]

No I didn’t but it’s on my to-do list. I’ll move it to the top of the queue.

[@TomR61]

Whìch video is the update?

[@SuburbanRifleman]

@@TomR61 geez, I still haven’t done it. I’ll get working on that.

[@peanut3050]

are the parker hale reliable

[@SuburbanRifleman]

I think Parker Hale kind of ran the gamut. The levels of quality from Parker Hale ran from very utilitarian to fairly high end. PH built competition and sniper rifles of the highest quality and some high-grade sporting rifles. Many of their rifles were utility grade hunting rifles which were sold all over the British Commonwealth. I’ve shot a few Parker Hales but I’ve never owned one. AFAIK, they always started with good quality actions and barrels and built their rifles up from there. I think even the utility-grade rifles from PH should be perfectly reliable.

[@peanut3050]

@@SuburbanRifleman do you do videos on this topic the company no longer exists but there is a ton of interest, please make a video of this bygone era!!!!!

[@SuburbanRifleman]

@@peanut3050 I’ll see what I can do. I think someone I know has a Parker Hale.

[@peanut3050]

@@SuburbanRifleman thank you, there is little on you tube about the history of this classic!

[@jamesdeek7039]

I agree, id buy one if it was already sportorized and cheap but i prefer the original milsurp look

[@SuburbanRifleman]

I definitely prefer original as well.

[@Hunterslife315]

What kinda stock are you using?

[@SuburbanRifleman]

I think the stock was made by a gunsmith in Germany after WWII.

[@Hunterslife315]

@@SuburbanRifleman nice.. I just bought mine, was made in 55 I think but the guy took horrible care for it but I just did the stock stain and restored the barrel and basically every little PC but the stock gas some cracks under the trigger guard and I've been looking for a Decent stock last 2wks. But great video my friend.

[@JojoCano-ix9cu]

I don't care for the short bolt handle they put on it...

[@SuburbanRifleman]

@@JojoCano-ix9cu i would have preferred a different style of bolt handle as well. But it works.

[@timevans9710]

I can not believe that in this day and age people are that parsimonious that they only neck size. The 1 or 2 extra reloads are not worth the bother of making a person look un-professional and quite honestly a beginner on camera. Always check your loads for fit and function before any hunt or film opp.

[@SuburbanRifleman]

It is almost inconceivable in this wondrous age of plummeting prices and plentiful reloading components! What a cheapskate!

[@ericschulze5641]

​@@SuburbanRiflemanplummeting prices ? am I missing something ?

[@SuburbanRifleman]

@@ericschulze5641 that was me, being sarcastic.

[@steveroush4147]

I’ll give you $200.00 for it just the way it stands right now .

[@colonelferringeyes9714]

trust trapshooters to ruin everything

[@SuburbanRifleman]

😂😂😂