At the local candy store is a like-new Mauser Model 96. This is the straight pull bolt rifle. It is on sale for 525.00.

Is this a good rifle?

Anyone with experience on accuracy?

How strong? It's in 7mm Mag.

I just really like the looks of the rifele. Very neat and compact it is very light and balances in the hand perfectly.

Anyway, just looking for some opinions.

That's a decent price, see if you can knock off another $100 or two. I bought mine for $350 when Mauser discontinued them and then I foolishly traded it for another Huglu O/U which I then sold to my uncle after installing a $100 recoil pad for $400, and he got a $300 leather take down lambchop case.

Man I make shitty gun deals.

Is this Rocky Mountain Sports?

D99

Yes it is. I noticed the rifle on the used rack the other day.

I have found others searching on the net. They are at Sarco. On their website they list several calibers (no 7 mag) for about the same price.

I will see what negotiations bring.

Is everybody talking about the same gun? The swedish mauser 96 has a straight bolt handle but is not a straight pull. Most people would not recommend it be barreled to 7 mag, and one likely wouldn't be worth $525 after rebarreling. I thought there was another commercial mauser made in the last few years with this model number. Which is it?

Art,

This is the modern Mauser.

It is the Model 96 but doesn't look like the Swedish Mauser you are thinking of.

Go to http://www.sarcoinc.com to see what a modern one looks like. They have some in different calibers.

Everyone but you Art.

Very few of the people on here, know all the mauser variants.

Definitely everyone is chatting about two different rifles. I have both. The modern variant "Model 96" is not anything like the "Mauser Model of 1896" that was developed with the Swedes. Be careful in the 96 vs. 1896. Everyone has for years left of the 1800 part of the list.

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Somebody post a direct link to the Sarco modern 96. All I could find was Huskies and they aren't any different from Carl Gustaf except the factory they were built in.

Here you go.

http://www.sarcoinc.com/mauser96.html

Odd looking gun for sure

They really are interesting.

The bolt doesn't just pull straight back, it has a little "hiccup" and then it goes back.

I think the balance and symmetry on this rifle is fantastic, right up there with the Kimber rifles.

I just think it would be a neat addition to the collection.

My only concern would be strength. I wouldn't buy a magnum to baby it. However I don't think Mauser would make something that wouldn't work. After all, they have been at the rifle for a few years now.

Mine was a 30-06 and it was tough. I would buy another one, and for these prices probably two.

Dan,

I used to live in Casper. My parents still live there.

It's home now when I am on leave from the military.

The S-2 Blaser 9.3x74R in the case is the one I brought from Spain.

D99

Let me know next time you are home on leave and maybe we can hook up. I might even have the Mauser by then.

You bet Dan,

Not many people new about that rifle, it's on page 396 of the Mauser Sporting rifles book.

I am thinking about buying a 9.3x64 on a Mauser 99 wich is a Sauer 90 looking rifle.

I really want one in a Mauser 66, but in 9.3x64 they are rare.

Make that rare for sale. They are lots of them.

The model 99 was made by Voere for Mauser.

The model 66 was designed by by Vom Hoffe a Mauser employee.

The 96 was designed by a Heym employee for Mauser. The goal was to make a inexpensive rifle that would "catch on" in the American market.

It's still a nice rifle. I hope to find one when I move home in a few years.

Here's one at $429 (for now) on GunBroker:

Model 96

Dan how'd that rifle go?

Still don't have the rifle yet but currently I am working 70+ hours a week on a special project to raise money to buy the wife a car for Christmas.

I think I will have some extra cash when done. The Mauser isn't going anywhere fast.

Who knows? I might have to buy it and keep it to trade, sounds like D99 might be in need of it

Mauser 96 straight pull bolt. I have a friend who is very knowledgeable re. rifles & he has a couple of 96 Mausers, he says they are great rifles, very accurate & very well made. The only thing they lack is they are not well known & often go for lower prices than should be.
I'd buy that one you're looking at before it gets away. They are strong actions.
Hope this helps!
Best Regards, Tom from Cody...

Go ahead it's all yours. I ended up with a 300 Ultra after the show last weekend.

If you have need of one of those let me know. I will make you a good deal on it.

Dad was at the show with about 5 or 6 of my rifles. Not much moving.

The only question I would have on the Mauser 96 straight pull...is whether the camming action of the straight pull is strong enough for good extraction. I don't have personal experience with this rifle so can't say. Maybe D99 would know.
So, if you fire top end magnum loads, how's the
extraction? Any problem there?
I have had other straight pulls, Swiss-Rubin, Ross,
M95 Mannlicher..with "hot" loads, extraction can be a problem. Of course, the 96 Mauser is a different
type of straight pull, so maybe there isn't any extraction weakness. But I would consider this,
since you want it for a magnum ctg.
My antique Lee-Navy straight pull has no problems due to its design...but the others did.
Best Regards, Tom

Tom,

In playing with the rifle (and I have no experience with Blaser rifles) I found that the bolt is not a completely straight pull. There is a small "hitch" at the beginning of the reward pull on the bolt. It definitely feels like this is "unhitching" of the locking lugs.

I can't imagine that Mauser would manufacture anything that wouldn't take standard SAMMI loads. As a handloader I have no use for anything above published standards, and rarely have any use for maximum listed loads. Very often I am quite pleased with 90% loads.

Hi: How do the locking lugs release? If you can tell by working the bolt & trying to see what is
happening...that would give you an idea of how
strongly it will extract.
I've had several straight pull type bolt actions &
they had some problems with extraction, even with
moderate loads.
The Mauser 96 may not have any such problems...depends on how the mechanism works.
But as I've said, I haven't played with the Mauser 96 so have no idea about this type.
Best Regards, Tom