What do you guys know about Waffenfabrik- Mauser Orbendorf actions? Any good? Let's hear it!

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Originally posted by Duane Wiebe (CG&R):
You been living on Mars! (grin)...But... Just about all good, nothing bad

Until you posted, he was selling it to me for $50 since it was very old.

I know better,,you'd have pointed out that the action is easily worth several hundred dollars...HAR!

If you want some of them, PM me, for real.

are the earlier ones on the soft side like the 1909s and 1908s that were made just down the road.

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Originally posted by lindy2:
are the earlier ones on the soft side like the 1909s and 1908s that were made just down the road.

Someone had to say it. Yawn.

No they are not; they learned a lot about metallurgy in the ensuing years.

Correct me if I am wrong, but it stands to reason that if Mauser Oberndorf was the home factory for Paul Mauser the first 98 Mausers would have been built there before any 98 Mausers were built other places.

So I just assumed (and again correct me if I am wrong) that the same metallurgy was being used in Oberndorf that was being used in Berlin and various other factories in Germany.

For example, on page 140 of Olson's book there is a photo of an Oberndorf Receiver ring dated 1901.

I am talking about ones made in the 30s. Early Mausers are not nearly as common as the DWM and Lowe ones as Mauser was dedicated by contract to Turkey and could not make rifles for anyone else. Are they soft as well? IDK.

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Originally posted by dpcd:
I am talking about ones made in the 30s. Early Mausers are not nearly as common as the DWM and Lowe ones as Mauser was dedicated by contract to Turkey and could not make rifles for anyone else. Are they soft as well? IDK.

Mauser Werke bought their steel from various places in europe. When Mauser started with making Model 1896 the swedes soon discovered they had better steel and started making the rifles them selves. Its known the swedes delivered steel to Nazi Germany. As I understand Mauser harden the Surface only on what they called` Anstrengung gehärtet`.It required a lower percentage of carbon than normally used in order to do this. The hardning only go as deep as 1-1,5mm in depth of the reciever. This was done on all their rifles whether military and civillian production.
To answer you question I don`t think Mauser Werker inn Oberndorf would let any subcontractor use their patents without following a strict QC procedure on both material, processing materiales and production method.

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When Mauser started with making Model 1896 the swedes soon discovered they had better steel and started making the rifles them selves.

Actually the early 96's were made by Mauser and Sweden sent them the steel to build them so they are the same. Production moved to Sweden later on.