I got my first Mauser, 7x57, when I was 14 at auction for $10 in 1965.


Now I have ~ 15 different types of Mausers.

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Here I am sporterizing 1903 Turkish Mausers

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Brazilian VZ24 7x57 Mausers

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Here I am sporterizing a Brazilian VZ24 7x57

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Brazillian 1908 Mausers

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Sporterizing a 1903 Turk Mauser from 8x57mm to 223 Remington

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Me developing a steel bedding process for 98 Mausers that uses standard bottom metal as the front pillar.


There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps