Mauser help

R1125 · Oct 4, 2018

I have a AS BRNO. 8 mm Mauser.

Looks to be a sporter model. Other that I have no ideal what it is or value.

Could be little to no value.

I have attached some pics

The barrel has steps in it.

TIA

GuitarmanNick · Oct 4, 2018

It has definitely been sporterized so it is no real value to a collector. That said, not many of those come up for sale from what I can find. All things considered, it should make a great hunting rifle.

ken792 · Oct 4, 2018

It was a postwar K98. The barrel and receiver at least have been polished and reblued.

BeoBill · Oct 4, 2018

It looks like one of the 1960s surplus sporting conversions, judging by what little I can see of it. My Argentine Mauser is one of those, and is an excellent deer rifle and general brush gun.

CodeWarrior1241 · Oct 4, 2018

Could someone knowledgeable explain - what's up with the steps in the barrel? They made the original barrel thinner to make it lighter? Or they put on a heavier profile barrel than the original 98K for enhanced accuracy when this was sporterized?

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noahhh · Oct 4, 2018

My take on it is that it is a military rifle, probably a VZ-24, that somebody dropped into a Bishop aftermarket stock. Reblued for sure, and with 1909 Argentine bottom metal (or a clone thereof) added. The stepped barrel was a universal feature of German, Czech, Austrian, etc. military Mausers of the first half of the 20th century. (Some few commercial Oberndorf Mauser 98's had them too.) The barrels were stepped that way to facilitate manufacture- easier to turn a series of straight sections on a barrel than giving it a graceful un-stepped contour. (Personally I don't know if I buy that 100%.) Also, supposedly the steps were placed at intervals that coincided with vibrational nodes on the barrel for a bit of an accuracy edge. Who knows? Bottom line: if it shoots well don't sweat it. May not be the most elegant thing but who cares. It's a good honest rifle.

I have a Czech Mauser (wartime dot43) that I built into a "loaner/truck rifle" that shot so well with its minty bore that I left it the heck alone. It was going to be an elegant Mauser sporter but the barrel shot so well I didn't have the heart to replace it. First rule? "Don't shoot the donor!"

ken792 · Oct 4, 2018

CodeWarrior1241 said:
Could someone knowledgeable explain - what's up with the steps in the barrel? They made the original barrel thinner to make it lighter? Or they put on a heavier profile barrel than the original 98K for enhanced accuracy when this was sporterized?

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The step allows the barrel to expand lengthwise without getting too much pressure from the stock. The Gew88 and Mauser 89 had a barrel jacket to allow the barrel to expand and contract with heat changes. The step increases rigidity slightly towards the rear, while allowing the barrel to not be tapered. Tapered barrels would drive against the stock like a wedge.

Biggfoot44 · Oct 5, 2018

What Ken 792 said as to the barell steps .

Sporter(ized) Mausers have whatever inherent value for actual shooting , and the quality and esthetics of the sporterization . ( Actual pre-war factory sporting Mausers are valuable .)

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