#7.92 mm mauser gewehr 98 serial number

There is no RC mark or crappy finish on the wood, but there is electropenciling. Kind of on the hotter side, but it wasn't a problem.Д«nz45 'kriegsmodell' that was reconfigured by the Russians to the normal wartime style/layout. The US made 8mm Mauser is the wrong sized, wrong weighted bullet, underloaded.ДЇWIW, I've tried some 1949 Turk 8mm out of mine and it was fine. Stick to the Euro made 8x57 and you will never see that problem.

It is not dangerous.just what happens when your ammo is underloaded. 320 diameter 170gr bullet that is loaded lightly.don't be surprised if you see your primers backed out slightly after shooting. If not, you might want to have a smith check the rifle's headspace.ДЄlso, if you DO ever shoot US made 8mm Mauser with the.

#7.92 mm mauser gewehr 98 serial number

That is a very nice looking K98 Mauser! Does the serial number on the bolt match the one on the receiver? If so.your headspace should be GTG. Stay away from the Turkish 8mm surplus from the 40s.it is cheap but lots of duds, hangfires and it is not very accurate. Unfortunately, gone are the heydays of the cheap and good surplus like the Austrian Hirtenberger stuff or the FN Belgian surplus 8mm. You might also check for some of the 1970s Yugo surplus ammo that is floating around. Unless you dig inaccuracy and lower power. I only run European made 196g ammo in my K-98, G33-40 and Czech VZ-24 and so should you. 323 diameter bullet in 196 grain weight and with the proper charge. Thats ok, because Sellier & Belliot and other Euro ammo makers still make quality 8x57 Mauser ammo with the proper. Basically, US made 8mm Mauser ammo is the wrong size bullet, underloaded. This also means that your K98 will not be nearly as accurate or hit where the sights read. This actually puts the US made 8mm Mauser loads in the 300 Savage/30-40 Krag power class.not in the 308/30-06 power class that the European 7.92 Mauser was originally. They also backed the charge down and put a 170gr bullet in their offerings. Well, many US ammo makers were nervous about lawsuits if someone blew up an early 1888 Mauser, so they loaded the domestic 8mm Mauser with bullets that were. Yes, the K-98 and most later 98 Mausers in 8x57 shoot better with the European made ammo.not the US made '8mm Mauser' stuff. My previous statement stands as to proof positive. If the rifle is a RC or other recent import, it is most likely still in 7.92mm. If there is ANY question as to what caliber the rifle is chambered in, you will need to do a cerrosafe chamber casting. The most commonly encountered 7,92x57mm ammunition is the sS type(sS for Schweres Spitzgeschoss meaning heavy pointed bullet) with the 197.5 gr projectile. the changing of calibers for the Mauser 98 has been going on for a long time. In the post WW-1 era many Mausers were rechambered to 8ењ†0 to comply with the disarmament provisions of the Versailles Treaty and the numerous other treaties between the belligerent parties. 323 projectile and they were back in the shooting business. they just bumped the neck of the case to. 323 bore)so folks could use cheap 30-06 brass. Some enterprising gunplumbers (this was popular post WW2) ran a 30-06 chamber ream into Kar 98s to produce 8mm-06 (the rifle had 30-06 chamber with.

There was a time when bulk 8mm Mauser/7.92x57 wasn't very common for the average shooter (especially in the pre-internet age).