Took the duffel cut Mauser K98 to the range

[David LaPell]

I got the duffel cut 1944 dot K98 to the range this morning. I tried out 10 rounds of Federal 170 grain ammo and 5 rounds of Yugoslavian 196 grain surplus ammo out to 50 yards. The first five rounds were Federal, and with these guns having a tendency to shoot high at closer ranges, I held a 6 o'clock hold, and the gun shot low, below the silhouette target I was using. I fired the next five, all Federal, aimed dead center and hit dead center. The last five were the Yugo surplus ammo, all five shot with no issues, no problems with the cases, they all shot perfectly fine. The target shows the groups. The lower shots were the Yugo loads. The gun shoots very well.

The real question, did the duffel cut hold? It did with no issues at all. I took the gun apart to see how it did, no cracks anywhere in the acraglas in the stock channel, and appears to have held up just fine. Needless to say for the first time trying to do this, I was shocked it came out so well. Now to do a little more work and I think I've found a dot marked handguard to go with the gun. I know one thing, since I have some Federal hunting ammo here, I do plan on taking this rifle out in the woods during deer season at least once. It won't be a safe queen, that's for sure.



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[444ttd]

great job!!!!!!!!!

[hylander]

Very Nice,
Good shootin'

[El Gato]

Nice Mauser!