Way back in 2019 just before the cheese slid off the cracker I was at a gunshow in PA and found a guy with three Mauser rifles. The cheapest was also the least bubba’d so I bought it. Speed’s book says probably 1905 manufacture. The hieroglyphics on the barrel indicate it’s the newer bore 8x57 diameter. All the metal is decent, it shoots as well as I can with iron sights and the stock has a small chip missing behind the action tang that may have been gone 100 years.

I’d like to mount a scope on it but I’m not sure what is the best route. From what research I’ve done rings to fit the claw mounts will be around $1,000? Is that the best option?

Thanks for any and all input gents

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It's not the cheapest route, but would look best IMHO. Select a vintage, steel tube scope. Oil finish the stock, checker the forend and have a design or a border engraved on the bolt handle flat.

There are several options available, but personally I would go with the claw mounts if you can stomach the cost. If you need a recommendation, I have a friend that will fit and install them for you.

I would also recommend, since you mentioned the chipped stock, to skim bed the stock to prevent any further damage.

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Originally posted by Fal Grunt:
There are several options available, but personally I would go with the claw mounts if you can stomach the cost. If you need a recommendation, I have a friend that will fit and install them for you.

I would also recommend, since you mentioned the chipped stock, to skim bed the stock to prevent any further damage.

That’s what I was fishing around for, somebody who knows something.

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