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Offline DLH

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Turkish 98 Mauser???
« on: December 31, 2008, 05:46:14 PM »
Tell the stuff about a Turkish 98 Mauser in 8mm.

  I want a cheap mauser to at the range mostly cast bullets.

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Re: Turkish 98 Mauser???
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2009, 06:26:51 AM »
Tell stuff??  Help me out here....

I have a Turk and the thing shoots FABULOUSLY...Way better than it should or reputation would allow.  I had 3 at one time in my gatheirng stage and 1 of them couldn't hit a bull in the rear from 1 foot.  It would put 1 bullseye then 14 shotgun pattern and 1 in the bullseye...it was my freakiest rifle.......come to think of it I got it free WITH purchase of something else.

In summary if your looking for a cheaper end Mauser that is 8mm this would do the trick.  If I recall correctly doesn't Wideners still have 24/47's?  I have on of those as well and truth be told would go with the Yugo platform if price were the same.  Yugo M48 is also a nice 8mm variant.

In the mauser category you can go ALL DAY LONG and not repeat yourself in Mausers.

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Re: Turkish 98 Mauser???
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2009, 07:26:54 AM »
I felt the turks were just too long for me to enjoy. But the couple I had did shoot well.

I'd lean towards a 24/47 or m48, like mentioned. Readily available, relatively cheap, and shoot great usually.

A german k98 would be nice, if youi can find a good deal on one. My k98 is the best milsurp shooter I've got.
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Re: Turkish 98 Mauser???
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2009, 04:51:23 PM »
They are great as long as you do not have to carry them very far. :o
Capable of excellent accuracy at some pretty long ranges. With properly
loaded ammo. I do not know of anything I would not hunt with one as far as
big game goes.
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