Some of us just want one or three rifles that we will reach for when we go hunting but others are enthusiasts who really want a collection of interesting rifles to shoot and enjoy as the mood strikes. In fact a lot of the people I shoot with are in that second category, they like hu...
The bolt action is a curious design and is nothing like a conventional two lug bolt action design that is so common on bolt action rifles. No is it like any Mauser 98 derivative. The stroke is short, as is the bolt rotation, and these attributes allow for fairly rapid follow-up shots,...
Mechanical Variations of Mauser Bolt Action Military Rifles chmJames A. Wingate
The Mauser ’98 action was so strong and designed to be so adaptable that it could accommodate an amazingly wide variety of sporting cartridges. This led to Mauser ’98 rifles becoming pretty much the standard throughout the European colonies in Africa and Asia, often chambered for German gunsmi...