I visited the Mauser website and discovered this fine looking little rifle. I would love to get my hands on one of them.

Has anyone seen one in person?
Mauser Trail

Just put a little orange paint on a Blaser Tracker.

I think it would get the animals attention.

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Originally posted by .366torque:
I think it would get the animals attention.

When I deer hunt in Oklahoma, I am required by law to wear 400 square inches of hunter orange above the waistline, and I have had no problem with deer spotting me. So, I don't see that a little orange on a gun stock would cause any trouble.

I think the two tone stock looks "sporty".

I use a Sauer 202 Hardwood two tone with the same coloured stock as the Mauser Trail. You can ask a lot of killed boars or stags whether they saw a difference between a normal and such a coloured stock!

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Originally posted by Jeff Sullivan:
When I deer hunt in Oklahoma, I am required by law to wear 400 square inches of hunter orange above the waistline, and I have had no problem with deer spotting me. So, I don't see that a little orange on a gun stock would cause any trouble.

I think the two tone stock looks "sporty".

Fair enough. Here in B.C. hunter orange is not required. I was throwing it out there, on assumption. The correction is noted.

Here is a couple of pictures of my son decked out in his hunter orange. Both these bucks were killed from open ladder stands, and the deer were less than 75 yards away.

That orange wouldn't be a problem other than asthetically for folks. Another thing I noticed is that I really don't like how close together the front and rear sights are on most of those rifles.

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Originally posted by ALF:
This is a very specific or particular type of rifle in that it's a "Battue" ( fr) or "druckjagd" ( german) weapon ie a rifle designed for European driven hunt shooting. The sight setup and even the positioning of the sling right at the muzzle end of the barrel in some instances particular to this genre of gun.

Yes, and I already have a Blaser R-93 Tracker and LOVE IT. Here is a picture of my Tracker.

Hi Jeff

As far as I know there is now no one handling Mausers in the US since Briley dropped them or Mauser dropped Briley. My local shop owner said Mauser came and picked up all the inventory and returned it to Germany- kinda wild, they didn't transfer it to another distributor.

I hope my information is wrong.

Jeff

Nice deer that the son got.

"Them" look like some tasty pigs too.

Also notice he has a Ziess on his sons 30-30.... and on the TC...

If you can't see them, you can't kill them.

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Originally posted by N E 450 No2:

Also notice he has a Ziess on his sons 30-30.... and on the TC...

If you can't see them, you can't kill them.

There is a reason for the Zeiss scopes. My Dad was a Zeiss rep for a while.

The Mausers are fine, but abit pricey for me now, as compared to Sauer rifles, the tracker version i s nice, and i like the JagdMatch version good.

About the Zeiss scopes. a whole family of hunters and shooters i know said "we dont wander into the woods with Tasco`s". They have been using Zeiss for years and they sweare by them , so much hunting the scopes see every year its a sign of quality and performance.