Was at my LGS today and they’d had a woman bring an unregistered 1933 Turkish Mauser in her deceased husband owned.
They really didn’t want to hold onto it. Pretty well no collector’s around here and no one else would want it.
Owner offered to sell it to me for $110, including the transfer fee, as is. I caved and said yes. It’s dirty but seems complete and the bore is dark but I can see rifling.
What do I need to know about these? It’s in 8mm Mauser, is this actually still around as factory ammo or will I have to reload for it? How does one check the headspace?
$110 I would of bought it pretty much sight unseen. Pull it apart check for hidden rust and stock splits. Does the bolt match? Does the bolt rattle back and forward when it’s locked up? Little bit of side to side is ok. A floppy bolt when the action is open is also not uncommon.
PPU is generally very good, excellent brass for reloading and more than adequate for plinking with a Milsurp. Expensive ammo for milsurps is generally a waste of money.
Not sure with rifle cartridges but in 9mm the PPU is very dirty. Fills up the barrel with crap and is very smokey, but as stated the brass is great to reload.
I’ve been chasing a Turk Mauser for a couple of weeks now, just to go against everything my forefathers taught me lol “ never touch Turkish guns” is ringing in my mind lol. Good luck with it @Nomis should be a lot of fun!
The rifle looks really good even if the numbers dont match. It was a pretty common thing for a lot of milsurps. Just a word of caution, dont shoot any gun in the rest you have. It will put a lot of strain on the stock, guns really do need to recoil. The trick is to control the recoil ideally staying on target as the gun recoils back.
I managed to crack a stock this year and that was always held against my shoulder shooting prone. The stock did take a lot of the recoil as I was holding it tight.
