Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Mausers and Military Rifles "Take a Mauser hunting" an important message from the Mauser Rescue Society

Love this thread and these old guns.

I gave my good bud this old '42 Springfield that I had in my safe for years. It had the Fajen stock and Timney trigger when I bought it. I got David Christman to alter the bolt, drill and tap for scope. I found a Buehler type safety on Ebay for $12, got David to fit it.

Bud's made a bunch of one shot kills, is fond of the gun. He named it Dusty Springfield. I had some 130 gr. Hornady loads for my HVA '06 project, loaded some for him. The 130 gr. shoots at around 3,100 fps, will blow thru a WT, does the trick on hogs and 'yotes.

I put his Leupold scope on it. I had this Bushnell 4200 3-9x40 on my Marlin Cowboy 45-70. Was shooting it this PM and the erector system won't adjust. Will put note on Optics Forum for advice on Bushnell warranty. In a situation like this, I wish it was a Leupold....

DF