Im very new to the community and i was just passed down what i believe to be a model 98 i’m having trouble figuring out how to insert the stripe clip! it seems my clips are squared but my insert in the rifle is rounded? the cartridges that were in the stripper clip state that they are 8 mm superspeeds! they were handed down with the rifle
SouthernShooter98
If I'm looking at that clip close enough, I think I can see a small brass tab holding the last cartridge in. That would make that clip a US 30-06 stripper, and I doubt it would fit in a Mauser 98 at all. Mauser 98 style stripper clips have no retaining tabs at the ends and have 3 small nibs on either side to keep it from dropping through the guide on the rifle.
Southern Shooter:
First of all welcome to the forum! All your questions can and will be answered.
Secondly, please do noting to your new Mauser until you get some feedback here.
So very much of what is accepted and promoted as good advice and wise practices on YouTube, Facebook, Reddit, and most other internet sites, is absolutely horrible. The guidance that beginners receive from the most popular and most populated websites is almost always bad. To the point that the beginners, who, with the best intentions, follow the recommendations given, destroy the collector’s value of their new gun.
Please proceed slowly. Please don’t “clean” or “restore” your rifle until you have the information necessary to do so without causing harm.
Welcome aboard and make yourself at home!
First of all welcome to the forum! All your questions can and will be answered.
Secondly, please do noting to your new Mauser until you get some feedback here.
So very much of what is accepted and promoted as good advice and wise practices on YouTube, Facebook, Reddit, and most other internet sites, is absolutely horrible. The guidance that beginners receive from the most popular and most populated websites is almost always bad. To the point that the beginners, who, with the best intentions, follow the recommendations given, destroy the collector’s value of their new gun.
Please proceed slowly. Please don’t “clean” or “restore” your rifle until you have the information necessary to do so without causing harm.
Welcome aboard and make yourself at home!
I just stole this picture out of the WTS Forum, but it shows the correct characteristics for an 8mm Mauser charger.
The 8mm chargers are the only ones out there that have the three humps on the siderails (and, yes, that third hump in the middle IS used to charger-load some 8mm rifles).
There are a couple of variants out there as to the construction of these chargers, though.
There is a 'one piece' charger that retains the cartridges by having 'bent-up-ends' on two tabs cut into the bottom of the charger, and the 'usual' charger is a two-piece design, with a separate retaining spring, much like the .30-08 charger you have.
A lot of people find the one-piece chargers to be a pain to use, but with a bit of TLC, they will work just fine. (After all, the Germans got through WWI using the one-piece charger, and until the US troops showed up on the ground in Summer, 1918, they were well on the way to winning that war.) There are also variations (usually by the country that manufactured the chargers after WWII) that will make the chargers either a bit 'tight' or 'loose' as to how they hold the cartridges and will make stripping rounds out of the 'tight' chargers somewhat more difficulr.
In any case, if you can get your hands on a few of these, you should be good to go.
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The 8mm chargers are the only ones out there that have the three humps on the siderails (and, yes, that third hump in the middle IS used to charger-load some 8mm rifles).
There are a couple of variants out there as to the construction of these chargers, though.
There is a 'one piece' charger that retains the cartridges by having 'bent-up-ends' on two tabs cut into the bottom of the charger, and the 'usual' charger is a two-piece design, with a separate retaining spring, much like the .30-08 charger you have.
A lot of people find the one-piece chargers to be a pain to use, but with a bit of TLC, they will work just fine. (After all, the Germans got through WWI using the one-piece charger, and until the US troops showed up on the ground in Summer, 1918, they were well on the way to winning that war.) There are also variations (usually by the country that manufactured the chargers after WWII) that will make the chargers either a bit 'tight' or 'loose' as to how they hold the cartridges and will make stripping rounds out of the 'tight' chargers somewhat more difficulr.
In any case, if you can get your hands on a few of these, you should be good to go.
OP I would get a rag with CLP on it and wipe down the metal, you’re getting surface rust on the metal that will most likely get wiped away with a soft cloth and CLP
Great story.
I see 1 lucky gent because so far this "small font" bnz. 4 has not been messed with in any way, the native bolt is still with it & the stock appears to be WGL.
The worst baggage seen is some krusty, oxidized growth upon the mag floorplate.
Remainder is common heavy patina from poor storage, but that may indeed clean-up w/ some effort.
Could you advise where GGF served?
The "Super Speed" label cartridges are examples of some dreadful American "Lawyer loads" made by Winchester:
I see 1 lucky gent because so far this "small font" bnz. 4 has not been messed with in any way, the native bolt is still with it & the stock appears to be WGL.
The worst baggage seen is some krusty, oxidized growth upon the mag floorplate.
Remainder is common heavy patina from poor storage, but that may indeed clean-up w/ some effort.
Could you advise where GGF served?
The "Super Speed" label cartridges are examples of some dreadful American "Lawyer loads" made by Winchester:
It looks like you have a pretty nice one there. You DO need to deal with the corrosion it has before it becomes serious pitting, though.
I Took you guys up on the clp and the cloth! it performed really well after letting it sit a couple minutes!! disassembled and clean a lot on the interior too!! thanks guys!
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