I want an 8x57 for plinking, because surplus ammo is cheep. I want the rifle to cost me under $300

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What?

if you cant find a 8X57 you must be living in a cave...

Is this for real?

http://www.aimsurplus.com/acatalog/Excellent_Yugo_Model_24_47_8mm_Mauser_Package.html

http://www.aimsurplus.com/acatalog/Turkish_Model_1938_Mauser_Rifle_Package.html

http://www.aimsurplus.com/acatalog/WWII_German_K98_8mm_Mauser_Rifle.html

Get a copy of Shotgun News. You can't go more than one or two paragraphs before tripping over some.

ZM

1. shoot a cat.
2. acertain death of said cat.
3. place weapon used in step 1. in a secure condition.
4. grasp previously killed feline by the tail.
5. swing cat in a full circle.

Step 5. should cause deceased feline to impact 1 or more surplus 8mm Mauser type rifles.

O.K. everbody together now,"ya' can't swing a dead cat without hitting an 8mm, lately".

Sorry, I just had to do it.

You can find good yugo mausers at several sporting good chains. Every gunshow I go to has several.

I've got several that are for all purposes in new condition. None cost over $100.00. Of course I have a C&R license and order direct from importers or distributers.

Prices are slowly creeping upwards. Turks are about $59.95 and m48's are around a hundred. The Yugo m24/47 is about $130.00 now, but are some of the best shooters. Many were rebarreled, refurbished and placed in storage for over 50 years.

Thinking along the same lines.
regards,
Paul

9_3 and Paul- I won't be offering any more snacks either.........

Just got my first Mauser. The Commie guns were taking over the rack.
Got a couple of Enfields and a Turk Mauser to even things out. Trying to decide between some sort of Yugo Mauser, a Czech Mauser or a version of the K98 German Mauser.
My wife is pushing real hard for a Czech Mauser because she is of Czech ancestry. I would like a German Mauser that isn't one of Ivan's battlefield rebuilds.

Whoever said a C&R license saves money was high on Hoppes fumes.

ZM

The local fleet farm was selling turk mausers for $89.00 just before Christmas. Came in a cardboard box with plenty of cosmoline in them, I know because I got the task of cleaning one up for my great nephew for his Christmas gift.

When I finnaly got all the hardened cos out of the bore, it showed that it was in superb shape!

I got one last summer from a local gunshop for $30.00 because the safety wasn't fit correctly, it wouldn't engage! A couple swipes with a file fixed that. It too has a nearly perfect bore!

ROFLMA,

That's the best line fo the day. It's like reloading, you spend the same if not more. That's the reason I don't have a C&R.