I saw several nice original Mauser Type A's, B's, and one M, at www.thadscott.com . I know a lot of you are lovers of these rifles, so I thought I'd drop a line. Wish I could afford one. Some day....

They have always been VERY proud of their merchandise.

ColoradoMatt, save up some cash and try one of these:
Americanized Mauser
What's the catch with those pre-WWII Mausers? Do you like old gun metal, or something?

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What's the catch with those pre-WWII Mausers? Do you like old gun metal, or something?

I do, in fact, like old gun metal. New, but in the style of old classics works for me as well. I'm a 98 mauser fan, and no rifle made these days really trips my trigger better than original old pre-war sporting Mausers or Rigby/H&H built Mausers. I like most of the old pre-war european cartridges too. In my mind, there has been no sporting boltaction rifle or cartridge invented after WWII that has SIGNIFICANTLY improved over what came before in terms of hunting use. I think most post war cartridges were invented to fill non-existent gaps in cartridge selection for the soul purpose of selling more rifles and ammo. Most were hyped with bogus data to fool the consumer. This is not to say that modern cartridges don't have merrit. If you are looking for the N'th degree in accuracy from almost any given bore diameter, there is a modern cartridge and bench rest precision made push feed action rifle to give it to you. The rifle/catridge combination that I shoot most every year is a Rem 700 in 222 used for Coyotes. The 222 came out after WWII in 1950. However, the pre-war rifles and cartridges that tickle my fancy most can serve anyone from varmint shooters to Elephant hunters and everything in between with aplumb. Sorry for the rant. I guess a nerve was struck.

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Originally posted by D Humbarger:
They have always been VERY proud of their merchandise.

There are some very good deals to be had if you know what to look for. Like an Anschutz 1411 prone target rifle, with full adjustments and sights for $800. The stock had been cut about an inch, but it makes no difference on a target rifle with adjustable LOP.

A new stock for that rifle is worth the $800 alone, and it will clean the very tough 50 meter ISSF target.

OTOH, some of his other firearms are grossly overpriced.

I could go for one of those pre-magic number Winnie 70s, Browning Safari by FN,...., but the prices on these German Mausers are insame. A 10,75x68? What's it's use, and at almost 2x price of old Winnie 70 .375H&H? Loco, if you ask me! I looked at Heym SR20 'Classic' .300WinMag in new shape at $1700, it does not have those classic Mauser features, but it's still a high quality piece and a notch above old Sakos. Oh, I think it would measure up rather nicely against most of those old Oberndorf sporters.