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Mauser 96 Straight Pull Rifle
buddyb
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I bought a rifle from an estate sale that I know nothing about.I don't know much about Mausers,but I know a quality rifle and this appears to be one.It's a newer model 96 Mauser straight pull in .270 Winchester.Anybody have one? How much are they worth so I will know how bad I got screwed.
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Swiss made a straight pull action (K11, K31, ZFK55)
NEITHER action is capable of containing the chamber pressures of the 270 round.
Need more info and a picture to identify your rifle.
1990-1999
In the 1990s Mauser is bought by Rheinmetall Berlin AG, completed in 1996. (Rheinmetall Berlin AG renamed Rheinmetall AG that same year). In 1999 the firearms maker is split off from the Rheinmetall. The Mauser name is divided between the traditional civilian rifle company and a division of Rheinmetall.
* Modell SR93
* Modell 94
* Modell 96 / Modell 96 S - a straight pull action rifle
* Modell SR97
Model 96 Rifle 270 win GA# 976744507 $599.00
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I have one in 30-06. I have to say I like it more for the uniqueness than as a rifle I want to go with me everywhere. Anyhow, I paid $500.00 NIB for it. It has great accuracy in spite of a terrible trigger that catches and drags and is too heavy and can't be adjusted or honed. The straight pull is relatively easy to work. Except my muscle training makes me want to pull up and then back. And when I ram the bolt home and it is locked I don't always feel like it is so I check it. The straight forward cam gives very little leverage on cases that you didn't size exactly all the way down. That is my reloads only. The rifle itself is extremely light which has two effects. It doesn't kill you on a long hike but it does beat on you with kick. A 6 something pound 30-06 will get your attention if not snuggled ALL the way up with the stock during firing. But, Best of all it will shoot sub MOA. With all the things I'm getting used too with this rifle I'd say it's worth keeping.
I know the M96 to be the Swedish Mauser. I had never heard of a straight pull M96.
Thanks for the info.
After being discontinued, you could pick these up for $299.00 from various sources but I think CDNN bought the majority of the production. Now I see the same rifles running about $495.00 to $600.00 usually.
"Modell 96"
The Mauser Company is taken over by the Rheinmetall Group during 1995-96; the gun-producing company segment now becomes "Mauser-Werke Oberndorf Waffensysteme GmbH".
The Mauser "Model 96" is presented as the new hunting bolt action rifle with straight pull action.
Model 96
Mauser bolt action rifle with straight pull bolt action, walnut stock and automatic loader.
The Premium version has a removable magazine and a polished finish.
Barrel lengths: Standard 56 cm / Magnum 61 cm
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As nononsense says the bolt handle comes straight back. Picture the operation of it like the AR15 bolt if you will in that there is a bolt head inside a bolt carrier. Instead of the carrier being pushed back by gas and using a camming action to unlock the bolt head lugs from the matching lugs in the action, The M96's carrier is cammed internally by the bolt handle, thus rotating the bolt head inside the bolt carrier. It goes through about a 30 deg. arc that moves the carrier back and the carrier is connected in much the same way as the AR to the bolt head. It has two rows of 8 locking lugs that only have to turn 1/16th of a turn to clear . The bolt then slides completely to the rear where it is stopped by the handle.
To clean the rifle with a cleaning rod you need to remove the handle using a 4mm allen wrench. The allen head screw is covered by a piece of plastic right at the 'elbow' of the bolt handle. If the rifle was NIB there should have been an allen wrench with it. If you open it up and something silver falls to the ground that is what it is. Once the handle is removed you can wipe out or spray out the bolt. But Mauser did not want people messing with the bolt parts, so you, without special tooling, cannot take the bolt down anymore. When you reinstall the bolt you will see notches where the bolt handle and bolt meet. This allows you to change the angle of the bolt to your liking approximatly 60 deg. through the bottom quarter of the pull when closed. Think about it having to swing through the thirty degrees when it comes back though. Too far forward or back and you lose all leverage when loading and locking a shell.
Also, if new in box there should have been a set of bases specific to this rifle. DO NOT LOSE THEM! You can't get them through any supplier. The cool thing is the bases take standard Leupold style dovetail/windage rings.
If you need any clarification to my instructions please feel free to e-mail me.
-good luck with this rifle. I hope you like it.