Mauser Gewehr 98 Run And Gun (The Perfect Rifle)

Ah, the Mauser 98. This is one of my personal all time favorites and I was happy to finally take it to the run and gun course. The Mauser's action is still in production, and if you own a bolt action rifle (no matter how modern) it is most likely a derivative of the 98. This gun was Mauser's masterpiece, but lets see her in action!
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[@shockwave6213]

Fun fact: Mauser made the United States pay them royalties. The Springfield used an unlicensed Mauser patent stripper clip and extractor copy, and the United States was forced to pay the royalties to keep it out of court. The settlement was 75 cents per rifle until $200,000 was paid to Mauser. Today, that would be worth about 8 million.

[@supernice8887]

Nikolai Bolinski thx for the info, how mutch did they had to pay??

[@genghiskhan6809]

thatgamingguy 2 Nothing. Why? Because America bitches. FUCK YEAH!

[@Simon-in9ov]

Nikolai Bolinski typical

[@darnit1944]

Springfield 1903 is a Mauser variant

[@tacticalfall4505]

Like I’ve once heard on a documentary interview, “We were basically paying to shoot at them.”

[@TheGreatWar]

Man, you have a relaxing voice. Great overview episode and greetings from Othais.

[@tfbtv]

Thanks Indy!

[@WolfStrife]

+The Great War Rules!!!!

[@thunderbug8640]

+TFB TV Hi there love your vids, I did a quick bit of reading and read that there are 3 main bolt action types being the Mauser, Lee Enfield and Mosin. Would you consider doing or have you already done a video explaining the differences between the 3 and any other types you think are worth adding in?

[@alexpina5394]

i miss alex C

[@Gray-Wolf]

Indy 😀

[@colonelcorazonsantiago7335]

The shooter in the video is extremely proficient with this weapon.

[@SPARTAN_B-312]

its the same guy talking lel

[@scotttyson8661]

Damn straight Jack

[@strategicgamingwithaacorns2874]

16 rounds in 60 seconds (including running). The G98 is capable of the Mad Minute.

[@jordanherrera5192]

Puts into perspective the grit a soldier had to have. To dominate a battlefield with a rifle from the era requires talent. Down right impressive. Mad respect to all soldiers from that era.

[@styxwickorfrost811]

I've seen guys who cycle the bolt slower on their SMLE's, and they claim to be trained on that rifle. But damn, that really is the perfect rifle.

[@MrElectricRazor]

Probably the cleanest run and gun so far! Good work!

[@tfbtv]

Thanks! Although Imperial Gew. 98s are just incredibly smooth.

[@MrBrounie222]

Over 100 years Old and still the Best that german Engineering

[@darnit1944]

Just because he said favorite doesnt mean it is the best. It's outdated by 1950s standard as a battle rifle.

[@alecingram4669]

I think it's established that Alex quite likes the Mauser 98

[@IcarusDawn]

So glad you guys did this, the Gewher 98 is my absolute favorite Bolt-Action rifle.

[@Bayan1905]

I just picked up a K98 late production gun that's numbers matching but had a duffel cut stock. I repaired the stock and shot it, it held fine, but it is one of the nicest rifles I've owned as far as milsurp (had a 1916 Gewehr 98 I wish I still owned). The K98 and the Gewehr 98 may only be bolt action rifles, but in the right hands can put some rounds down range in a hurry.

[@tiberiusvindex804]

One of my favorites is my Israeli K98 I picked up a few years ago. I've always heard collectors say "if only this rifle could talk" mine would probably have a bad case of multiple personality disorder. The receiver is an FN one, made for Israel but other parts of it are German and one or two Czech made ones. I believe the floor plate came off a GEW 98 and the bolt body may have been from a VZ-24. The nice thing is its in 7.62x51 so ammo is much easier to locate than 8mm Mauser.

[@frigglebiscuit7484]

wine would speak german, but yell "ALLAH AKBAR" lmao

[@sergeantbigmac]

Great video. These were definitely revolutionary when they were introduced. It brought all the important elements of a bolt action together for the first time... Although I think the K98 or P17 is the pinnacle of the Mauser military rifle. And im glad theres a Mauser fan on this channel. I like Mosins but the obsession has gone a little overboard. Everyone takes them out of context. Ive said before, if they went for the same price as Mauser's its clear which is the better choice.

[@simonni4483]

You should of mounted the bayonet and charged at the target while yelling "FÜR DAS VATERLAND!"

[@krossF]

+Fluff 2edgy 5 me, how did u get so cool and smart?

[@joezzzify]

+Fluff Fuck off.

[@HarrDarr]

+Fluff If you think patriotism can simply be defined as "being proud of lines on a map" you have a lot to learn, my friend.

[@joezzzify]

Fluff ""And yes, it is disgusting"" - What the fuck? seriously. That's the fucking stupidest thing I've ever heard said un-ironically. "and often people who call themselves patriotic are exactly that. Nationalists" Aside from the fact that they are to entirely distinct concepts that have no bearing on each other? Pride in your country, no matter where you are from is not a bad thing at all. Just go and look up the definitions, please. You look like a real fucking idiot. ""don't only love their country, but think it is superior and has some special rights that others don't have"" What 'special rights'? What are you talking about? To think that your country is superior to all others is a distinctive feature of nationalism. "And of course it is THEIR country, and foreigners have to stay the fuck out of it" Well there is normally a very good reason for them believing that other than just "I don't like foreign people because they aren't from here, and here is superior because etc" Do you also think that borders are racist?

[@joezzzify]

"calling people on the Internet autistic, how old are you?" You literally just said that patriotism was "disgusting", which immediately brings your mental age down to five.

[@TheWoundChannel]

I could just feel how mad you were when you missed that one. I've been there lol. Sweet gun!

[@deepsouthredneck1]

I see you've been avoiding the obligatory mosin nagant video for as long as possible.

[@tfbtv]

+dreyrugr Every day I touch a Mosin is the worst day of my life.

[@GenScinmore]

+TFB TV XD

[@baloneyfishman]

+TFB TV If you do a mosin try and do an m39

[@momouppa]

+TFB TV Thoughts on the Finnish M39 I want to buy one.

[@TheSonic10160]

+Aichmo They're generally considered the best Mosin you can buy, good machining, excellent accuracy. If you're only going to buy one Mosin, an M39 might be the one.

[@adnitesean5005]

"Badingg!!" Omg that sound!

[@troy9477]

Hard to beat the original. I somewhat prefer the K98K because it is a little handier, but of course i need one of these too. Great video

[@johnc.5600]

Just imagine an entire german regiment opening fire on charching frogs with these rifles in the summur of 1914

[@zanettapierre4206]

Elegast wow charging frogs say screw u to u

[@roninsct7017]

..imagine learning how to spell...

[@ironsusgaming540]

I see a couple of triggered pieces of bread or gay tea drinkers.

[@shanchat3904]

@@ironsusgaming540 many west German women was spreading there legs wide open for Tommy after the war the price was a tin of corn beef we have a nickname for Germans fray bendos lol

[@alexcc8664]

@@ironsusgaming540 yet the tiny BEF held the German army of 300k off

[@MilsurpMikeChannel]

Love mine... although mine is Turked (damn that little Crescent).

[@gophop]

+Milsurp Mike same

[@frigglebiscuit7484]

both mine are turk. m48 and a 1908.

[@danielboydcooper6850]

does this mean you won't be doing a barret 50 bmg run and gun?

[@styxwickorfrost811]

+daniel boyd cooper That gun weighs less than a gram, so it should be easy to do it. (notice the sarcasm? LMAO)

[@MrPanzerCatYT]

Nah do a ptrs run and gun like the good slavic solider you are

[@G19Jeeper]

Mauser is definitely king of the bolt guns. Mosin fanboys can keep that Slov shit

[@G19Jeeper]

+Dodge Dagger Maybe so, but not alone. I bet if you put an army armed with just Mausers and an Army armed with just Mosins, against each other, Mauser would come out on top. It's the most widely copied rifle for a reason.

[@tfbtv]

That must be how the German Empire knocked Russia out of the War.

[@copperandradium]

It was the Russian Civil War that forced the Russian Empire out of WWI, as men had to be sent home to quell the Red Rebellion.

[@djwoody1649]

Wow so racist.

[@oldtimesmatthew]

That's actually an old fallacy. The Mauser bolt sticking in the freezing cold has nothing to do with the mechanism and everything to due with the fact that Germans used grease instead of oil for lube. German grease in 98 actions had a much higher freezing point than oil and in Russian winter froze hard. This was the source of the bolt getting stuck. Russians were aware of this issue which is why their lube of choice was a light oil cut with a small amount of kerosene. Much lower freezing point. Germans switched to oil lube which totally remedied the issue. If you'd run grease in a mosin you would likely see similar stickign issues. I've used my 1927 ex dragoon Mosin 91/30, AND my Vz24 Mauser (iisued to German army after annexation) in cold down to about -5 Fahrenheit. Neither had sticking issues since I lube with oil.

[@heinzmeier1527]

Thanx for this nice little feature about the Gewehr 98. I personally think it is still the essence of bolt actions. Although one can argue about greater precision of barrel locking systems for bench resters. There is a reason (or some more) why Professional Hunters still strongly prefer Mauser K 98 systems for their big game guns. Reliability! If your life is on display, you also would prefer a confidence builder in your hand. Side note: I've never heard or red about a PH saying: "I want a new Elephant gun. Build it on a Mosin Nagant system."

[@RiVerGhost308]

very awesome videos TFB! love the tale of description you put into your videos. An idea for some next run and guns is the M1 carbine, or a Winchester 1897 trench gun. keep making great videos! Thanks!

[@mikec8086]

nice vid, the mauser 98 is also a personal favorite.

[@fhsreelfilms]

+TFB TV We all have a firearm (or two) that speaks to us, that just feels "right." For me, that's the M1 Garand. I've never had the opportunity to handle a Gewehr 98, but I did get to cycle the bolt on a Yugo Mauser once, and I was very impressed with how smooth the action was. They seem like cool rifles. I'm glad you and this Mauser "found each other." Thanks for the video!

[@abwihamwinkin]

While I prefer the Lee Enfield No. IV Mk III a little bit more than the Mauser 98, there is no doubt that Mauser made much better stripper clips than the Lee Enfield did. If you watch this video than the Enfield video, then you can easily see the difference. If I take my Enfield to the range, then I usually don't even use the stripper clips at all. They are just that frustrating, that it's better to load them individually.

[@XLesky]

Nice shooting, I felt your frustration at that miss. Happens to the best. I don't have a military 98, but I do have an FN 98 commercial that was converted to .308 Norma Magnum. Love that gun! The 98 action with the controlled round feed is still arguably the best action for dangerous game hunting, and Mausers always feel like a rifle should!

[@propanbutan4634]

That reload sounds when inserts the new rounds is orgasmic

[@luciusveritas9870]

Great shot by the sound of it. Smooth action. Kudos

[@WolfStrife]

Awesome video, I really want one of these now!

[@slow_diver]

Nice! Thank you and beautiful photos

[@imHim710]

These run and gun videos are my favorite.

[@sanfordhoffman2392]

I just noticed i had ne re subscribed to your channel. So i just now fixed that. Good videos. As always.

[@Paches92-]

I wonder why they didnt give the g98 a bent bolt. The 03 springfield and lee enfields had them early on

[@barryallenporter8127]

Francisco Ceja It’s not necessary and cuts one more step out of the manufacturing process

[@chadgassaway6888]

The 03 and Enfield we're universal rifles.the Germans had rifles and car Ines. Traditional ly only carbines have bent bolts

[@neptune3569]

@@chadgassaway6888 makes sense. You made me notice that the long Mosin Nagant rifles and Lebel have straight bolts, and they are not carbines.

[@fiskeman92]

116 years old and still working great :)

[@bbroogs]

She runs smooth as butter, beautiful rifle!

[@johnolive3425]

1901?! And she STILL cycles and fires like a champ! HOOOAH! Old rifles rule.

[@hk416a4]

I love this rifle Thank you~

[@supernaturaldean4361]

i love the german guns :D

[@oskarvb5304]

thx FOR THE COMPLIMENT

[@avtomatkalashnikov4728]

The Gewehr 98 is my Favorite Rifle in World War 1.

[@connorjamesthompson6614]

@@avtomatkalashnikov4728 and the Kar98k was my baby in World War 2

[@tamasujvari1073]

Very-fast reload skills!

[@MindjackPWNS]

Awesome rifle! Has TFB ever used the Beretta M12 SMG? I watched a video and the recoil seems very controllable and would love to see if reviewed.

[@retiredafce3373]

I love that rifle!

[@FXTRT-ec9lz]

Nice shootin! I have a Romanian produced Mauser 98K from WWII. Best rifle I have.

[@andrewmckay2118]

Very impressive run

[@evandowel1975]

Love this gun! I have a 1916 Gewehr 98, it made in obendorf.

[@jacksonzheng4288]

the firing sound is just so beautifulllllll

[@noobingaroundpt7167]

When I listen "gewher 98", all I can think about is rifle perfection

[@Scriptedviolince]

It feeds with clips. That means it's stupid. You should cut it open and convert it to feed from detachable box mags. this is sarcasm. I wish there were more rifles that you could feed with stripper clips. It gives the gun character.

[@t.k.326]

Samuel Wang well an extended mag variant do exist. But you still need a strip clip lmao.

[@MrPanzerCatYT]

In ww1 they tried 20 round fixed mags on some sturmtruppen versions but it was hard to reload and was bad when prone which made it bad in ww1 when you crawled alot and fired over the trench walls

[@innawoodsman]

I find reloading with a stripper clip so satisfying. Even if they're impractical to carry.

[@orvillets8818]

Nice action here

[@youtubeaccount5738]

Absolute banger.

[@xaviergarcia6431]

that is a beautiful gun

[@christianmoore4666]

My first rifle was a mauser 98, love that rifle

[@alexpark4680]

great straight bolt handle work! try this on a k98k or m48 style, i think you will be even faster.

[@IcarusDawn]

Holy Shit, I was just about to comment on the last video that you guys should do a Run & Gun of this. Looks like I don't have to anymore haha.

[@tabasajustinjakej.7715]

I wish Mauser would reproduce the Mauser 98.

[@apotato3483]

Mauser was destroyed by the french army. But Heckler and Koch is the successor of Mauser because the three founders are engineers from Mauser so we can ask them to reproduce the G98.

[@GenScinmore]

good video, wish you filmed closer to Alex though, felt distant.

[@mortardoc]

Nice shooting

[@Jarod-te2bi]

One of the first rifle I’ll get when I start my collection,

[@Ogidamanisha]

Wow you and forgotten weapons both did a Gewehr 98 vid on the same day :p

[@brig.gen.georgiiisserson7226]

How could a gun be so likeable and relatable

[@philipjohansson9075]

OMG i neeeeeed one of these in my life

[@justsomerandomguynamedsam3657]

It has such a smooth bolt

[@jrc99us]

Yep! I love my Yugo M24 Mauser.

[@robertomora5154]

very nice rifle

[@legosoilder3621]

I personally like the roller coaster sights, they feel more accurate somehow.

[@seanthilges9771]

This and the kar98 are 2 of my favorite rifles

[@benoorehek8475]

My grandfather once found a gewehr 98 just layng somewhere in the forrest when he was a kid(during ww2)

[@arrowhead1867]

I love my "Mauser." I picked up a good condition, Turkish-made ANKARA Gewehr 98 right after my 18th birthday for around $300. Best purchase I ever made. It's truly a great rifle, even if it isn't a real "Mauser," but I digress.

[@HeyThereItzJessie]

It’s still a Mauser just Turkish bro

[@paulnathanmullock6214]

Beautiful rifle and a personal favorite. Do you know where I can find a cheap one or a K98?

[@kukluxkarl159]

Germany ;) Really. They are 400 or so here.

[@oolooo]

Thank God , someone finally grabs the bolt properly

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

A rifle masterpiece.

[@gregkerr725]

Alex, you'd probably really like the Husquevarna .308 I have that my Dad picked up from a neighbor in San Antonio in 1967 or 68.........It has the mauser bolt....high comb monte carlo with cheekpiece stock, flip sight in 100yd, 200 and 300, 23 1/2 barrel. Looking on the internet I can't find one exactly like it. I think it may be a crown grade or imperial. It is a real straight shooter as well. I believ a fair amount were sold in Texas, so you've propbably run into them before. I don't think Husquevarna makes rifles anymore...or at least they don't sell them here.

[@SOULFLYSI]

What bolt rifle performed the best in run & gun ?? Mas36

[@fmarenello]

Hey Alex, I know this channel is about guns, but I really like your boots. I've been wondering for a while now what brand are they?

[@twforster15]

I finally got one! it's a Mauser k98b and I finally got it!

[@hillsdeath5053]

TFB TV make a Mosin Nagant one

[@robertrusnak620]

I have a Gew.98 ( 1917 ) I got from my father in laws great uncle Eddie who fought in the first battle the USA fought against the Germans .

[@sword111119]

I have a couple of questions. I heard the minimun sight distance is 400 meters. If so, did you have to aim very low to hit your target? Also, if I'm looking to buy one, where would be a good place to look? Would one might show up at a Cabela's store?

[@rufus6148]

Do a run and gun with the K98 please!!

[@earlkcej3446]

Thanks for the Gew98 vid, you seem to know a lot about Mauser rifles, I was wondering if you could give me any info on a rifle I just bought, just anything you can think of. I just got a Gewehr 98 DWM 1915 made in Berlin. anything you can tell me will be helpful :D thanks again for a fun vid. Earl

[@NaginataMike]

Awesome rifle! (Y)

[@thitsugaya1224]

This just goes to show, tge Mauser 98 action is still a very viable platform for anything you may need a rifle for, plinking, target shooting, hunting, and in a pinch self defense, in terms of rate of aimed fire you really don't loose much compared to a semiautomatic rifle.

[@MAGNUMICAable]

They are priceless.

[@chuckhaynes6458]

Gew 98 and Kar98K my favorite bar none. My 1917 Oberndorf Gew 98 is accurate beyond belief. With 198gr. sS. Ammo it's flat trajectory is hard to beat.

[@Christos1680]

....... I saw that adrenaline flinch... gotta dull that down. Place yourself in extreme situations and refine your body other than muscle memory. That's how you survive a fight.

[@EmilFSM]

we are waiting for the K98k run and gun!

[@markplayer2618]

Hi tfb tv, can you male a video about the mp18?

[@berndf.k.1662]

How did you aim as the iron sight just starts at 400 metres ?

[@devinallen4708]

Big question that will affect future purchase, I own a kar98k made in 44 captured by the Yugoslavians, is the gewehr 98 more accurate despite being produced roughly 40 years before mine? I figured the longer barrel is what would make it more accurate but did the Germans improve the grooves in the rifle for the kar98? Plus I assume the gewehr has more range? And they're both 7.92 so I won't have to waste ammo

[@Pbmarron]

I want one of these badly, but I've had a hard time finding them. Or at least quality ones.

[@boi-uj5tb]

I love this gun

[@chairmanlmao4482]

Man the Gewehr 98 is a sexy looking rifle

[@JHRTV1]

Hey Alex, I doubt I'll get a response, but I've been in the market for a Mauser and I don't know whether I should get a Swedish of a Yugo Mauser. Which do you think is better? Or are they both great?

[@barath_aron]

Please include the target in the video during the run&gun. I'm really miss the target. Now, it's like shooting into the void.

[@theronbring9124]

Do you plan on doing one with the Lee Enfield No. 1 mk3?

[@andycraig6905]

Wish 7.62x54R was still cheap. Definitely regret not getting down with the mosin madness while the getting was good.

[@mokinsen]

Hit or miss. I guess you never miss xD

[@MrPanzerCatYT]

Ooh the .318 inch 8mmJ ammo

[@khorneflakes9760]

How i wish Europe was more lenient in it's gun laws. Mark my words, one day i'm getting one of these.