I would recommend getting a Czech over a German as a first Mauser as your dollar goes further. The actions are all very smooth and the bluing is excellent. They are easily the nicest Mausers I own in terms of fit and finish. I own 3 Czech made mausers (1 vz 24 and 2 are contracts for Persia/Iran). In 1924, the started making the vz 24 (24" barrel, large ring). They originally made vz98/22 (29" barrel, large ring) to outfit the Czech army. As a result, Brno began Mauser 98 production to army the newly formed Czech army. Under terms of the Treaty of Versailles, Mauser-Oberndorf sold it's equipment to Brno as part of the disarmament. There are other German Mauser 98 actions (G24t, G33/40, K98a, G29o, Standard Modell, etc), but they are few and far between and very expensive.Ĭzechoslovakia: After the fall of the A-H Empire, a successor state, Czechoslovakia, obtained the arsenal at Brno.
Rarer rifles (either rare manufacturer, kreigsmarine issue, and SS rifles (be very cautious with SS rifles, there are a lot of forgeries out there)) can command even $2000+. I also acquired a bolt mismatch 1942 Steyr K98k for $450 (the stock had been sanded a little).Ĭomplete: Name is pretty much self-explanatory. To give some perspective, I paid $850 for a bolt mismatch 1937 Mauser-Oberndorf K98k in March 2017. Steyr made ~170k that same year), so some rifles are rarer than others. The prices can be all over the place since different factories had different production outputs (Mauser-Oberndorf at it's peak made ~1.4 million rifles. Prices on Russian Captures are on the rise, so if you plan to acquire one, try to shoot for ~$500.īolt mismatch is a rifle which is matching (trigger guard, floorplate, receiver, barrel, rear sight, stock, hand guard, front and rear bands, etc) except for the bolt, which should match itself (handle, safety, extractor, etc). They make great shooters and can be a good piece to start collecting. None of the numbers on the parts are matching and a lot of the parts have been refinished. The Russian Capture is exactly what it's name is, a K98k that was captured by the Russians and refurbished. I collect German K98ks, so I have a little more knowledge on those. Be ready to shell out a little more for them since they seem to be scarcer (~$1000). I'm not too familiar on WW1 Mausers, but they seem to be pretty nice rifles. Germany: German Mausers 98s come largely in 2 flavors, the Gewehr 98 (WW1, 29" barrel, large ring) and the K98k (WW2, 23.5" barrel, large ring). In my opinion, German and Czech Mausers are the nicest of the bunch. While Germany was the originator of the Mauser action, several other countries (Czechoslovakia, Belgium, Yugoslavia, Poland, Spain, Persia/Iran) also made Mauser action rifles. There are several Mauser 98 style rifles made by several countries.
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