Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Mausers and Military Rifles If you were to pick a Mauser to sporterize

First I would look at the rack where your dealer keeps the really bad "Bubba'd" Mausers. You know, the ones some guy butchered in his garage.

As long as there aren't weird holes drilled in the reciever, I'd look for 1909 Mausers with the hinged floor plate. Some of the 98 Mausers with South American crests on the reciever rings were made in Germany under contract. FN Mausers, some made under contract for Sears and other companies.

My 98 was a severely butchered Oberndorf with the Mauser commercial banner on the reciever that I found in a pawn shop in Phoenix AZ back in 1983.

I had a local gunsmith totally work in over in the early 90's.



Dan