Thanks for posting about your 1937OM. Being very partial to reworked ("sporterized"?) mil Mausers, the favorite among mine is the 1895 Chilean in 7x57 bought from the Sears mail catalog for $13 and change in 1962. A pure novice, I reworked it myself over a period of a year and took a desert mule deer with it in fall 1963. With its reloads, still drops 5 within an inch at 100 yds. Thanks again.
Cool.
I've got a Venezuelan Mauser 98 (made by FN between the wars) that's in about the same kind of condition as this one, and it's in 7mm. It's damned hard to get any military surplus 7mm ammo nowadays, though, so I've never shot it. I have recently ordered some sporting 7mm ammo, and intend to shoot it as soon at it arrives.
I've also got a German Mauser 98 that was reworked (sporterized) professionally some time back in the Dark Ages (maybe between the world wars) that's a real beauty. It was rebarreled at that time to .30-06. I intend to shoot it and report on it soon.
