Muncher 1953
Senior Member
the more I study & learn about the model 98 action, the more I realize how amazing the design is, & how much the brothers Mauser cared about the welfare of it’s customers. During the early/mid 1800s firearms were a mixed bag, very expensive in relative terms & not uncommon for them to injure & kill the operator. For the time, level of technology in design & manufacturing, it is a truly remarkable device.
one of the things I like to do with any new-to-me model 98 is to check those lobes for wear & tampering. Process control & testing in manufacturing were primitive compared to 20th century, some parts received dubious hardening, & will show wear at this critical location; & then come modern meddlers who thought they knew better. I’ve found some w/normal wear, others that had been put to a coarse grinding wheel to level the lobes.
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by having the comparatively long pull & ‘resetting feature’ if trigger was released w/out firing, the rifle is much less susceptible to slam fires, unintended discharge when running, fighting, during shelling, use as a club, regular wartime stuff.
one of the things I like to do with any new-to-me model 98 is to check those lobes for wear & tampering. Process control & testing in manufacturing were primitive compared to 20th century, some parts received dubious hardening, & will show wear at this critical location; & then come modern meddlers who thought they knew better. I’ve found some w/normal wear, others that had been put to a coarse grinding wheel to level the lobes.
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Trigger, Commercial (Single Stage)
MAUSER 98 Trigger, Commercial (Single Stage)
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by having the comparatively long pull & ‘resetting feature’ if trigger was released w/out firing, the rifle is much less susceptible to slam fires, unintended discharge when running, fighting, during shelling, use as a club, regular wartime stuff.
