Hickok really goes to show that fancy editing, camera work, lighting etc doesn’t always equal quality content. It’s the simplicity and outstanding commentary that keep me coming back
Your "Mercedes" analogy was actually very enlightening and an excellent teaching tool. I had never thought of the "Mauser" weapon system in that light, however it would be difficult to argue with the fact that much of the weapon systems manufactured by the German people at that time were indeed extremely high quality, as they are to this day. Bravo for your teaching sir, and well done!
My husband has 2 of those his grandfather brought back after the war that his grandfather sporterized that are beautiful rifles and are all numbers matching on everything on the rifles .
Between your sense of humor and your passion for guns, you remind me so much of my grandfather. He's still around (thank god) but not well enough to shoot anymore unfortunately.
Hickok45 is and always will be one of my favorite guntubers. I cant wait to move back to tennessee. I went to a gun shop/range he goes to. Keep up the great work sir
I remember bins and barrels of mil-surp rifles in hardware stores, back when I was riding my bicycle to those places. If I'd only known, and had the money...
@@shawnoandrew he gave one to both his boys and one for himself. I have the one he gave my dad and all the serial numbers match. Built in 43. And in perfect condition.
In Poland everybody know what is Mauser Kar98k. We founds a tons of the shells fired from this rifle with metal detectors underground (sorry for my bad english)
@@konmoe121 The Swiss rifle is very accurate, but I favor the Mauser. Mine has matching numbers, German markings. Have never fired it. It's in great shape. Have a friend that collects the Swiss rifles. Anything German or Swiss is high quality engineering and mettalurgy.
I have an original Vets bring back 98 I bought 20 years ago at a country auction for $70. As I was walking away they gave me the bring back papers All matching numbers. Was missing the firing pin , probably taken out to “ deactivate “ the rifle. I replaced it and have shot the rifle a good bit.
Nice flashback! The first rifle I ever bought was a Yugo Mauser. My dad and I tore ours down and did the best we could to make 'em stand out a bit better. One of my sons has been shooting it with me and today I set about fitting the correct sling. Hmm, the front fixed sling is supposed to be on the left....why oh why is mine on the right..... Flash back to the days before kids when I was cooking off Cosmoline in my new wife's oven and how difficult it was to fit the front sight hood. Thankfully a few minutes in the garage was all it took to flip her over. Thanks as always for your videos!
the russian capture is actually pretty rare, its the first modell that got produced and serviced 1935 if i remember right because its all machined. For example the iron sight at the front is missing what we call "Kornschutz", the round barrier around the iron sight on the left, if it has grooves or notches you could put a guard around it but if not dont do that. second thing i dont know the english word for it but the rings that hold the Barrel with the wood is in one piece and not welded together its the second part thats from the first models that came out of the factory and those are machined as well. The negative thing is the wood its called "schichtholz" they glued the wood together and thats why it has red spots all over the place and is not sanded from the refurbishing, thats what they did back in the day 1943-1945ish it was cheaper but a lot heavier thats why the butstock has that cup at the end that prevents the wood from cracking. On the older versions they used "nussbaumholz" nut wood in english i think? with just a rough small metall plate not going around the buttstock. So all in all youve got a first Gen Machined barrel, the iron sight and the hold rings everything else is later in the war so the newer models. If the other one has a iron sight that cant be adjusted its a Mp40 sight what they called volkssturmgewehr 98. and theres the small piston missing at the front greetings from germany
My Dad passed away and had one of these which I now have. It's a 1939 660 FB Radom and all the serial numbers match. I understand when the Germans invaded Poland they took over the Radom factory and made the "Polish" Mauser. After the war, many of these rifles went with the Jewish fighters when they went to the middle east. I believe it was a gift to my Dad from a friend.
The most exiting and interesting experience i have ever had was shooting in 2005 in Millville OH Mosin 7.62. Mosin was made in Poland in 1956 , if I recall, in Radom. We were shooting ammo made in Czech.
Always a pleasure to see a kar98k in action. I've got two of them myself, a Russian Capture and a Balkan capture example. My RC is a DOT marked, made in 1943 in Waffe-Werke Brunn, in the Czech Republic. It's neat since it is a mid-war example with an early or pre-war stock and a late-war, stamped triggerguard and floor plate. It's waffenamts are intact as well. My Balkan capture, well its a little different. It was made in the Mauser-Obrendorf plant in 1944 so it's a BYF 44. The milled triggerguard matches the receiver and barrel but everything else is a total mismatch. The exposed metal on it is nearly in the white, the bluing is pretty much completely gone. But beneath the wood line, all the bluing is intact so it's weird. Another thing is that the waffenamts are completely defaced, on the barrel and the receiver. o_O Who ever used it after "liberating" it from the Wehrmacht must have really hated them. The only thing missing from this video was a bayonet charge. But other than that, excellent video. ^_^
Honestly, I think that kind of rifle might be cooler than a full-matching one. Every single part of it has its own history, one rifle might be an amalgamation of 10 rifles that have seen the worst part of the worst conflict in the history of mankind
Hickok45. Sadly I am not among those privileged to own a K98 Mauser. I did regrettably let a beautiful Persian Mauser slip through my fingers YEARS ago not knowing at the time what I had. It was a fine shooting riifle. I do have a “poor man’s” K98. What’s that? A Yugoslavian M48. It’s a fine shooter and the European Elm stock is beautiful. I envy you and your extensive collection of firearms. If you’re not familiar with the Persian Mauser Hickok they were made by CZ in Chezoslovakia and the quality of these rivals the best of the German produced Mauser. All the best to you Hickok45. Thank you for another great video. With a wave of the hand from the free state of Florida. I’m out.
Bought a Frankenstein 8mm Mauser Mil Surp rifle for $50 at Big 5 in 2000 as a novelty. It has a stamped barrel and bolt 1932 Germany and other parts with Turkish markings. I refinished the stock, the ammo is expensive and hard to find, but a hoot to shoot.
It breaks my heart that it’s become so difficult and expensive to find bolt action milsurps, they literally shaped my childhood!!!! I’m in my mid thirties now and I miss walking into every gun store and seeing a dozen of them sitting in every shop for $80-$150 .
The deals are out there, you just have to be persistent. I scored myself a kar98k for just under $200 back in 2017. Plus I even saw a mauser M43 in 8mm for $150 back in 2019.
I was doing some work for a old man who collected guns. I picked up a BYF all matching numbers duffel cut some guy bought back from the war. Awesome rifle, my hunt continues for a complete stock.
Yes. The Germans have always had a wonderful weapon aesthetics as well as the weapon itself. And not only with regard to weapons and military equipment. In general, it is a technically talented nation. The Germans just had to listen to less swindlers like this Austrian.
yup some big boy calibers were standard issue back then. 30-06, 8mm mauser, would not wanna be on the receving end of these slugs. But NATO decided on lighter calibers to decrease weight. However, it would have been cool to keep the .30 cal in machine guns instead of the 762x51 nato round which seems to be standard in almost all medium machine guns today.
I also have a Russian capture K98. I read a long time ago that the red in the stock is from a glue they used to laminate the wood. Mine has a very beautiful red tone to it because of that.
I've got one that I have confirmed as a Russian capture. 1942 and surprisingly, mostly matching. I love that gun, came with a bayonet too when I got it.
Excellent rifle. I'm presently attempting to bring back from the dead, an Israeli converted Czech manufactured Kar98k. (7.62 NATO) Bubba abandoned a barreled action, and I took pity on it. Years later, I'm 90% of the way back to taking her to the range!
Awesome video as your usual, I like how you go into some of the details about these older weapons. My friend has a 1937 Russian Mosin Nagant that is also very accurate, at 75 yards open sights I was able to put three rounds inside the diameter of a quarter. I was quite impressed after giving it a go
I got one of this chambered in 30-06. The Norwegian army got acces to a lot of the german forces weapons left here (in Norway) after WWII. They changed the barrel for the 30-06 and put it into service along the Garand. I also got a Gebirgsjagerkarabiner g33/40 in 8x57, it has about 4 inch shorter barrel than the K98, overall length is about 99 cm. Man, that one kicks like a mule! For a while after the war, the police force had those as their standard rifle, and some of them were just terrified of shooting it😅
My favorite rifle I own is a czechoslovakian made mauser for the germans, and rechambered by the israelis into 7.62x51. Such a fun rifle and having it in 7.62nato makes it all the more fun
The best Bolt-action-system ever, and the savetyest as well. Millions of copys and modifications speak enough about. I use this rifles since 1990 for hunting and target-shooting, would not change against Blaser and others.
I have one of those! I shot a 1975 Chevy Impala right through the radiator. Bullet travel through radiator, fan blade, flywheel and lodged into the engine block. Crazy ass powerful!
I also have a captured Mauser with the electric pencil marks on the bolt. Some of my numbers match, and some don’t. There should be a world wide numbers matching trade for the WW2 Mauser. Lots of people could semi, or even fully complete an old Russian captured rifle. Anyways, We have a ‘bring back’ Luger P08 from my Late Grandfather, and I’ve shot it lots. Loved your commentary a few years ago Please do another! Or maybe something else! I have a .765 early Sig I believe made in Czechoslovakia…. Dirty Birds and All! The same as Ian did with the ‘Himmler’ pistol video 32 cal was the pocket pistol in those days… Still very small.. Everything locked away in a safe deposit box, but for you Hickok45…. I can make things happen🤔😎😉🇺🇸
My Mauser, is just a lowly vz24, not a 98, but I absolutely love this rifle. I always appreciate seeing these rifles in your videos. Thank You for bringing it back out
Man, Got to go find myself another K98. When Mr Hickok compared it to building a Mercedes from a pile of parts, lol, only one song came to mind. Cash, Got it one piece at a time, thats what the Russian folks did too then I suppose. Thanks for the video.
Mauser made an amazing rifle. Ive seen a 6.5 Swede Mauser made in 1903 ring steel at 200yds just as accurately and easily as it did when it left the factory.
"I ran into it looking through a safe" I wish I could casually run into a gun I completely forgot about stored at the back of my massive gun safe, haha.
The United States Army could have adopted the Mauser 98 right after the Spanish American War, manufacturing it on license. But the U.S. Army was intent on an "American-designed" infantry rifle. So what Springfield did was take the Mauser bolt action and stripper clip and design a bolt action around it, the iconic M1 Springfield. The M1 Springfield was and still is an excellent bolt action rifle. But really, the U.S. Army could have saved themselves the trouble by simply adopting the Mauser just like it did with the Krag-Jorgensen bolt action rifle in 1892. After the Spanish American War, the U.S. Army studied captured samples of the Mauser-built bolt action 98 chambered for the 7mm x 57mm cartridge, the "Spanish Hornet". The U.S. Army immediately recognized a superior weapon to its Krag-Jorgensen. The U.S. Government didn't save anything by building the M1 Springfield. The U.S. Government had to pay Mauser royalties for using the Mauser bolt action and the Mauser stripper clips, even though the U.S. Army used the .30-06 cartridge, not the Mauser 7.92 x 57mm. During World War I, the U.S. Government understandably stopped paying royalties to Mauser. After the war, Mauser sued the U.S. Government in the Hague International Court in Belgium for non-payment of royalties. Mauser won the case and the U.S. Government ended up paying several millions of dollars to Mauser. Naturally the U.S. Government in 1917-18 would have found itself arming the G.I. Doughboys with exact replicas of the enemy Mauser 98, an embarrassing situation. There was later precedent in the 1939 Finnish-Soviet War where the Finnish Army's standard battle rifle was the Russian-built Mosin Nagant bolt action rifle.
I picked up my K98k RC a few years ago for $750. Mine was fortunate enough to come with a hood for the front sight and a cleaning rod. It has both stamped and milled parts so it is a mid to late war example.
You have great shows , been watching you for long time ! I have a mauser my dad brought back from ww2 when he was in . Also an fn hi power with the German markings , both still shoot like a dream ! Thanks
When you smoked that last pot idk if you seen but you got two targets with one shot. And the Watermelon bust was good Life is Good Thanks for the content
I used to collect those RC k98s. I would take them apart, wipe the stock down with Acetone to strip off the Russian shellac and I would toss all the metal parts into an Acetone bath to take off all the crummy Russian paint. The German blue steel was always underneath the paint. The stocks looked so much better the way that they were originally.
Hi. This one ist a little special. BNZ ist Steyr Daimler Puch. But in 1943 they biult some, especialy for the SS. Or the SS built some for themselve under control of Steyr Daimler Puch. As you want. And they were biult in the Concertration Camp in Mauthausen. Stamped BNZ 43 and a single S Rune. And they are only built with these stamps in that year. Just in case you did not know. Nice one with some extra history to tell.
Great vid as always. In my limited knowledge of firearms, the K98 would be arguably the best, of its time, and very influential design wise for long after. I got to look at a Karl Gustav version once, very nice rifle.
Karabiner 98 kurz, Mauser did those rifles too :D It's one of my favorite bolt action rifles. It can stop anything :D Saw a guy restore a bayonet for the karabiner the other week. It's crazy how much I actually know about weapons, considering that im swedish and has never own anyone, and it's not easy to get a permit either really, not like in the states where you can own a minigun hahaha
I'm in love with this gun. Just love te way it shoots. Accurate to long ranges. I even prefer to shoot this gun over a lot of semi automatics and that includes the Garrand
You gotta love it when you go looking around in the safes and find a gun you haven't seen in a long time or forgot about... It's like Christmas morning!!! LOL
First video with this rifle: th-cam.com/video/-6IDbi3wbRg/w-d-xo.html
Knocks the snot out of them targets.
8mm is Great….
Why doesn’t anyone make it anymore..??
Ohohohohoh 😂😂 nyehehehehe 😂 höhöhöhögöhőőőő 😂😂👌
Wow! In an unbelievably pristine condition! Wish I could have one.
good luck lord ❤
Hickok really goes to show that fancy editing, camera work, lighting etc doesn’t always equal quality content. It’s the simplicity and outstanding commentary that keep me coming back
I appreciate how he gives you a history lesson about the guns. So much to learn. 10 out of 10
Your "Mercedes" analogy was actually very enlightening and an excellent teaching tool. I had never thought of the "Mauser" weapon system in that light, however it would be difficult to argue with the fact that much of the weapon systems manufactured by the German people at that time were indeed extremely high quality, as they are to this day. Bravo for your teaching sir, and well done!
Me and my dad are big fans of you buddy he is watching you now from heaven. God bless you and your family.
Thanks. Hope he has access to some nice shooting ranges and plenty of ammo up there. :-)
@@hickok45 you good man
My husband has 2 of those his grandfather brought back after the war that his grandfather sporterized that are beautiful rifles and are all numbers matching on everything on the rifles .
Between your sense of humor and your passion for guns, you remind me so much of my grandfather. He's still around (thank god) but not well enough to shoot anymore unfortunately.
Hickok45 is and always will be one of my favorite guntubers. I cant wait to move back to tennessee. I went to a gun shop/range he goes to. Keep up the great work sir
My most favorite gun to shoot. And the iron sights on that thing are supreme!! Back in the day My grandpa bought 3 of them for $50....
I remember bins and barrels of mil-surp rifles in hardware stores, back when I was riding my bicycle to those places. If I'd only known, and had the money...
Happy new years old man
Your grandpa is a genius!
Still got any of them around?
@@shawnoandrew he gave one to both his boys and one for himself. I have the one he gave my dad and all the serial numbers match. Built in 43. And in perfect condition.
In Poland everybody know what is Mauser Kar98k. We founds a tons of the shells fired from this rifle with metal detectors underground (sorry for my bad english)
Don't apologize your English is better than my Polish
Your English is pretty good for a second language.
English is good my guy!
You did good
Sir, Your English is better then many who actually live hear., I understood every word.
The most interesting rifle in my collection. The K98.
😁
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Best bolt ever produced, widely copied, but never duplicated.
K31?
@@konmoe121
The Swiss rifle is very accurate, but I favor the Mauser. Mine has matching numbers, German markings. Have never fired it. It's in great shape.
Have a friend that collects the Swiss rifles. Anything German or Swiss is high quality engineering and mettalurgy.
I have an original Vets bring back 98 I bought 20 years ago at a country auction for $70. As I was walking away they gave me the bring back papers
All matching numbers. Was missing the firing pin , probably taken out to “ deactivate “ the rifle. I replaced it and have shot the rifle a good bit.
Nice flashback! The first rifle I ever bought was a Yugo Mauser. My dad and I tore ours down and did the best we could to make 'em stand out a bit better. One of my sons has been shooting it with me and today I set about fitting the correct sling. Hmm, the front fixed sling is supposed to be on the left....why oh why is mine on the right.....
Flash back to the days before kids when I was cooking off Cosmoline in my new wife's oven and how difficult it was to fit the front sight hood. Thankfully a few minutes in the garage was all it took to flip her over. Thanks as always for your videos!
Hickok45 and K98k match together. Every shot a hit. Good TH-camr, beautiful rifle. Perfect.
the russian capture is actually pretty rare, its the first modell that got produced and serviced 1935 if i remember right because its all machined. For example the iron sight at the front is missing what we call "Kornschutz", the round barrier around the iron sight on the left, if it has grooves or notches you could put a guard around it but if not dont do that. second thing i dont know the english word for it but the rings that hold the Barrel with the wood is in one piece and not welded together its the second part thats from the first models that came out of the factory and those are machined as well. The negative thing is the wood its called "schichtholz" they glued the wood together and thats why it has red spots all over the place and is not sanded from the refurbishing, thats what they did back in the day 1943-1945ish it was cheaper but a lot heavier thats why the butstock has that cup at the end that prevents the wood from cracking. On the older versions they used "nussbaumholz" nut wood in english i think? with just a rough small metall plate not going around the buttstock. So all in all youve got a first Gen Machined barrel, the iron sight and the hold rings everything else is later in the war so the newer models. If the other one has a iron sight that cant be adjusted its a Mp40 sight what they called volkssturmgewehr 98. and theres the small piston missing at the front greetings from germany
I absolutely LOVE my 7mm Mauser! Most accurate rifle that I have!
I have one in 3006 and 21mm group at 100 meters, barrel is Norwegian Kongsberg :)
My Dad passed away and had one of these which I now have.
It's a 1939 660 FB Radom and all the serial numbers match.
I understand when the Germans invaded Poland they took over the Radom factory and made the "Polish" Mauser.
After the war, many of these rifles went with the Jewish fighters when they went to the middle east.
I believe it was a gift to my Dad from a friend.
The most exiting and interesting experience i have ever had was shooting in 2005 in Millville OH Mosin 7.62. Mosin was made in Poland in 1956 , if I recall, in Radom. We were shooting ammo made in Czech.
That sound is perfect for my ears.
At home with Covid......watching endless Hickok45 videos. Life is good!
#metoo How’s has yours been? I haven’t been really sick, just out of energy and light headed.
Reload mechanism and sound is music to my ears. Don't know much about guns but i guess i found the one i love.
I've learned one of my most important life lessons from you Hickok: "Life is good!"
Always a pleasure to see a kar98k in action. I've got two of them myself, a Russian Capture and a Balkan capture example. My RC is a DOT marked, made in 1943 in Waffe-Werke Brunn, in the Czech Republic. It's neat since it is a mid-war example with an early or pre-war stock and a late-war, stamped triggerguard and floor plate. It's waffenamts are intact as well. My Balkan capture, well its a little different. It was made in the Mauser-Obrendorf plant in 1944 so it's a BYF 44. The milled triggerguard matches the receiver and barrel but everything else is a total mismatch. The exposed metal on it is nearly in the white, the bluing is pretty much completely gone. But beneath the wood line, all the bluing is intact so it's weird. Another thing is that the waffenamts are completely defaced, on the barrel and the receiver. o_O Who ever used it after "liberating" it from the Wehrmacht must have really hated them. The only thing missing from this video was a bayonet charge. But other than that, excellent video. ^_^
Honestly, I think that kind of rifle might be cooler than a full-matching one. Every single part of it has its own history, one rifle might be an amalgamation of 10 rifles that have seen the worst part of the worst conflict in the history of mankind
Hickok45. Sadly I am not among those privileged to own a K98 Mauser. I did regrettably let a beautiful Persian Mauser slip through my fingers YEARS ago not knowing at the time what I had. It was a fine shooting riifle. I do have a “poor man’s” K98. What’s that? A Yugoslavian M48. It’s a fine shooter and the European Elm stock is beautiful. I envy you and your extensive collection of firearms. If you’re not familiar with the Persian Mauser Hickok they were made by CZ in Chezoslovakia and the quality of these rivals the best of the German produced Mauser. All the best to you Hickok45. Thank you for another great video. With a wave of the hand from the free state of Florida. I’m out.
Bought a Frankenstein 8mm Mauser Mil Surp rifle for $50 at Big 5 in 2000 as a novelty. It has a stamped barrel and bolt 1932 Germany and other parts with Turkish markings. I refinished the stock, the ammo is expensive and hard to find, but a hoot to shoot.
It breaks my heart that it’s become so difficult and expensive to find bolt action milsurps, they literally shaped my childhood!!!! I’m in my mid thirties now and I miss walking into every gun store and seeing a dozen of them sitting in every shop for $80-$150 .
The deals are out there, you just have to be persistent. I scored myself a kar98k for just under $200 back in 2017. Plus I even saw a mauser M43 in 8mm for $150 back in 2019.
"This is a great gun for the fence"
John, you are my hero
The quality control is amazing on them..
Love my 1935 and 37 through 44. One of my favorite surplus bolt guns.
Is the 1935 a Peruvian?
I had the pleasure to shoot a Mauser in 2016... beautiful guns. Beautiful shots.
I was doing some work for a old man who collected guns. I picked up a BYF all matching numbers duffel cut some guy bought back from the war. Awesome rifle, my hunt continues for a complete stock.
The 7mm and 8mm Mausers are, in my opinion, unmatched classics. So fun to shoot!
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I am so glad to see you healthy and loving our hobby. Marek from Canada
Beautiful rifle!
Yes. The Germans have always had a wonderful weapon aesthetics as well as the weapon itself. And not only with regard to weapons and military equipment. In general, it is a technically talented nation. The Germans just had to listen to less swindlers like this Austrian.
I had a Argentine 98 and it's was the best firearm I've ever owned.
Love my RC. Bought it in 2013 for $400, thought that was a bit high but I wanted one. Now I see them at $600 plus. Damn that supply and demand!
Hard to imagine charging the enemy with a five shot bolt action rifle BlitzKreig style.
Would've thought that it was kinda old fashioned back then.
Not with panzers, Stuka and mg42 supporting your advance
They had many other guns added to squads. The mp40 and mg42 really picked up some slack.
They didn't. Gernan infantry advanced via machine gun fire. Rifles used to protect machine gun crews.
Man’s made it work
Imagine facing these weapons in combat! 7.92, 7.62x54R, 30-06....serious calibers on all sides
yup some big boy calibers were standard issue back then. 30-06, 8mm mauser, would not wanna be on the receving end of these slugs. But NATO decided on lighter calibers to decrease weight. However, it would have been cool to keep the .30 cal in machine guns instead of the 762x51 nato round which seems to be standard in almost all medium machine guns today.
762 is 30 cal.
@@rayraymsg 762x63 i mean. not the standard 762 nato.
This is the most classic rifle in my opinion.
One of the best actions of bolt action rifles
Amazing how the most simple and generic looking bolt action is also the most magnificent to look at
I found my K98K Russian capture for sale on a bulletin board at my gun range about 10 years ago. paid $300 for it, it’s one of my favorite shooters
I also have a Russian capture K98. I read a long time ago that the red in the stock is from a glue they used to laminate the wood. Mine has a very beautiful red tone to it because of that.
Mine looks pretty rough compared to this one but not terrible the barrel is still quite good
Ahh the electric pencil, nostalgia everytime I watch Hickok45. 😁
Every time I think about that "electric pencil," I want to go ahead and upgrade my typewriter to an electric typewriter! :-)
I've got one that I have confirmed as a Russian capture. 1942 and surprisingly, mostly matching. I love that gun, came with a bayonet too when I got it.
Only Barrel and Receiver matches on RCs. The numbers on the bolt and stock were added by the russians.
Mauser, your friend when it counts 😁🇩🇪
Shot one last year with friends in Missouri, great fun, pretty damn loud for an 8mm
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Excellent rifle. I'm presently attempting to bring back from the dead, an Israeli converted Czech manufactured Kar98k. (7.62 NATO) Bubba abandoned a barreled action, and I took pity on it. Years later, I'm 90% of the way back to taking her to the range!
Awesome video as your usual, I like how you go into some of the details about these older weapons. My friend has a 1937 Russian Mosin Nagant that is also very accurate, at 75 yards open sights I was able to put three rounds inside the diameter of a quarter. I was quite impressed after giving it a go
Nagant..No mosin...Bad rifle.
I got one of this chambered in 30-06. The Norwegian army got acces to a lot of the german forces weapons left here (in Norway) after WWII. They changed the barrel for the 30-06 and put it into service along the Garand. I also got a Gebirgsjagerkarabiner g33/40 in 8x57, it has about 4 inch shorter barrel than the K98, overall length is about 99 cm. Man, that one kicks like a mule! For a while after the war, the police force had those as their standard rifle, and some of them were just terrified of shooting it😅
My favorite rifle I own is a czechoslovakian made mauser for the germans, and rechambered by the israelis into 7.62x51. Such a fun rifle and having it in 7.62nato makes it all the more fun
The best Bolt-action-system ever, and the savetyest as well. Millions of copys and modifications speak enough about. I use this rifles since 1990 for hunting and target-shooting, would not change against Blaser and others.
I have one of those! I shot a 1975 Chevy Impala right through the radiator. Bullet travel through radiator, fan blade, flywheel and lodged into the engine block. Crazy ass powerful!
I also have a captured Mauser with the electric pencil marks on the bolt. Some of my numbers match, and some don’t.
There should be a world wide numbers matching trade for the WW2 Mauser. Lots of people could semi, or even fully complete an old Russian captured rifle.
Anyways, We have a ‘bring back’ Luger P08 from my Late Grandfather, and I’ve shot it lots. Loved your commentary a few years ago
Please do another! Or maybe something else! I have a .765 early Sig I believe made in Czechoslovakia…. Dirty Birds and All! The same as Ian did with the ‘Himmler’ pistol video
32 cal was the pocket pistol in those days… Still very small..
Everything locked away in a safe deposit box, but for you Hickok45…. I can make things happen🤔😎😉🇺🇸
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This never gets old watching this
My Mauser, is just a lowly vz24, not a 98, but I absolutely love this rifle. I always appreciate seeing these rifles in your videos. Thank You
for bringing it back out
VZ24s are small ring 98 actions.
@@Butterybiscutbase Thanks for the information.
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I've always loved sporterized 98s
1903 Springfield is my favorite Mauser. But I really like the K98 and the Yogoslave ones as well.
Nice gun, this weapon has a lot of history
Man, Got to go find myself another K98. When Mr Hickok compared it to building a Mercedes from a pile of parts, lol, only one song came to mind. Cash, Got it one piece at a time, thats what the Russian folks did too then I suppose. Thanks for the video.
Good song.
Mauser made an amazing rifle. Ive seen a 6.5 Swede Mauser made in 1903 ring steel at 200yds just as accurately and easily as it did when it left the factory.
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"I ran into it looking through a safe" I wish I could casually run into a gun I completely forgot about stored at the back of my massive gun safe, haha.
I thought the same thing! All in good time and good luck, my friend!!!
No need to apologise...time flies when you are having fun!!
The United States Army could have adopted the Mauser 98 right after the Spanish American War, manufacturing it on license. But the U.S. Army was intent on an "American-designed" infantry rifle. So what Springfield did was take the Mauser bolt action and stripper clip and design a bolt action around it, the iconic M1 Springfield.
The M1 Springfield was and still is an excellent bolt action rifle. But really, the U.S. Army could have saved themselves the trouble by simply adopting the Mauser just like it did with the Krag-Jorgensen bolt action rifle in 1892.
After the Spanish American War, the U.S. Army studied captured samples of the Mauser-built bolt action 98 chambered for the 7mm x 57mm cartridge, the "Spanish Hornet". The U.S. Army immediately recognized a superior weapon to its Krag-Jorgensen.
The U.S. Government didn't save anything by building the M1 Springfield. The U.S. Government had to pay Mauser royalties for using the Mauser bolt action and the Mauser stripper clips, even though the U.S. Army used the .30-06 cartridge, not the Mauser 7.92 x 57mm.
During World War I, the U.S. Government understandably stopped paying royalties to Mauser. After the war, Mauser sued the U.S. Government in the Hague International Court in Belgium for non-payment of royalties. Mauser won the case and the U.S. Government ended up paying several millions of dollars to Mauser.
Naturally the U.S. Government in 1917-18 would have found itself arming the G.I. Doughboys with exact replicas of the enemy Mauser 98, an embarrassing situation. There was later precedent in the 1939 Finnish-Soviet War where the Finnish Army's standard battle rifle was the Russian-built Mosin Nagant bolt action rifle.
11:14 NICE! Let it survive??..You just put a smile on my face...
I picked up my K98k RC a few years ago for $750. Mine was fortunate enough to come with a hood for the front sight and a cleaning rod. It has both stamped and milled parts so it is a mid to late war example.
Good stuff!!! Very informative!!! Thanks!!! 🇺🇸🌴🇺🇸
The Most Beautiful Bold Action Rifle for all of the time
Yes, sir, Hicock, life is good.
Nice firearm and nice shooting as always,from Donegal Ireland
You have great shows , been watching you for long time ! I have a mauser my dad brought back from ww2 when he was in . Also an fn hi power with the German markings , both still shoot like a dream ! Thanks
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When you smoked that last pot idk if you seen but you got two targets with one shot. And the Watermelon bust was good
Life is Good
Thanks for the content
Awesome... The iconic bolt action rifle
Thanks for the video and sharing your knowledge.
The only man who can shoot a gun while shouting out sponsors. I can manage with that
I used to collect those RC k98s. I would take them apart, wipe the stock down with Acetone to strip off the Russian shellac and I would toss all the metal parts into an Acetone bath to take off all the crummy Russian paint. The German blue steel was always underneath the paint. The stocks looked so much better the way that they were originally.
6:47 Supreme accuracy. I love you hickok. ^^
That thing is pretty. For combat, no thanks. but for recreational shooting, what a beauty.
Hi.
This one ist a little special.
BNZ ist Steyr Daimler Puch.
But in 1943 they biult some, especialy for the SS.
Or the SS built some for themselve under control of Steyr Daimler Puch.
As you want.
And they were biult in the Concertration Camp in Mauthausen.
Stamped BNZ 43 and a single S Rune.
And they are only built with these stamps in that year.
Just in case you did not know.
Nice one with some extra history to tell.
What a powerful weapon.. Masterpiece..
Great vid as always.
In my limited knowledge of firearms, the K98 would be arguably the best, of its time, and very influential design wise for long after.
I got to look at a Karl Gustav version once, very nice rifle.
That was great 👍laughed out loud , love the watermelon!!
Karabiner 98 kurz, Mauser did those rifles too :D It's one of my favorite bolt action rifles. It can stop anything :D Saw a guy restore a bayonet for the karabiner the other week. It's crazy how much I actually know about weapons, considering that im swedish and has never own anyone, and it's not easy to get a permit either really, not like in the states where you can own a minigun hahaha
I have 3 of the k98. All 3 have Been refurbished. Mismatched #s. With really strange markings. One of them is even Sporterized. Super cool looking.
Still so green there. All brown and mud coloured here in the UK. Nice shooting as always.
love it. 10+ years and content is still the same, in a very good way. keep it up and don't bend to the TH-cam overlords algorithms.
Thank you kindly for hitting the gong, sir😊
Arma de guerra com precisão mortal!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻❤
I'm in love with this gun. Just love te way it shoots. Accurate to long ranges. I even prefer to shoot this gun over a lot of semi automatics and that includes the Garrand
Man, those trees in Tennessee really hold on to their leaves in January.
Oh yes, the beauty German weapons. Cheap, simple, but works very well
Russian?
@@konmoe121 Yes yes
@@briant7652 My bad 😂
Not only is it a nice RC, it’s a “Single Rune” rifle issued to the SS. Very nice rifle.
I was just mentioning this on 2 is 1 discord server. I own one and it’s extremely accurate. Thanks brother.
You're a gun guy, too!
@@hickok45 absolutely sir!
You gotta love it when you go looking around in the safes and find a gun you haven't seen in a long time or forgot about... It's like Christmas morning!!! LOL
cant believe you took this beauty out earlier
The exploding watermelon was awesome!! 😂😂another great video another great rifle 👍🏽😎
Nice, mine I bought off my neighbor ,he bought it home from the war, from Africa ,,paid 75$, shoots awesome still 👍