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TURKISH MAUSER

1scooby11scooby1 Member Posts: 21 ✭✭
edited February 2008 in Ask the Experts
Got a Turkish Mauser and would like to rebarrel it don't know if it is large ring or small ring, how do you tell? Like to stay with 8mm cal but can change it need to. So any info out there would be helpful. Thanks[:)]
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  • 1scooby11scooby1 Member Posts: 21 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    In Gun List SOG offers Turkish Mausers at $39.95. Is this the same as the German Mauser 98 used in WWI and WWII? Same 8x57 round? I know the Turks and Krauts were in bed in WWI and wonder about buying one. Any info much appreciated. Thanks, Robert
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  • 1scooby11scooby1 Member Posts: 21 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I bought a Turkish Mauser 8mm from SOG, It was purchased as a low cost shooter and it is just that. It shoots to the right [which I have compensated for] but hits 10" to 12" high at 100m even when rear site is ine the 100 position.
    What is the best method by which to correct?
    Grind down the front site?
    Other means?
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  • 1scooby11scooby1 Member Posts: 21 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a Turkish Military Mauser which has had a conversion during it's life. The top of the receiver has the Turkish Crest and the date 1933.(Conversion date I presume)To the left of the crest is the #93.(Original procurment date?) Does anyone have any idea the caliber of this weapon, and is it safe to fire these weapons, generally? I understand that these have very little market value but it is the only Mauser Action in my little collections and I would hate to blow it and me up.
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  • 1scooby11scooby1 Member Posts: 21 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I HAVE A TURKISH MAUSER 1938 MODEL, CAN SOMEONE TELL ME HOW TO TAKE IT APART. I PRESUME THE BARR. BANDS HAVE TO COME OFF. ANY HELP APP. THANKS
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  • swearengineswearengine Member Posts: 1,308 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    8x57 mm
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    Could be an 1893 or a 1903 model. If reworked it is indeed in 8mm, though the original 1893s were in 7.65X53 (and those are worth a pretty penny). An 1893 has a 2 lug bolt, a 1903 has a 3 lug bolt. I wouldn't feed an 1893 a steady diet of full power surplus or european commercial (though that's not an issue with the 1903, and I would bet a lot of money that it wouldn't be with an 1893 either, but just advising on the safe side) but with US loads or suitable handloads I wouldn't worry.

    Clean out the bolt and barrel of any dirt/cosmoline. Ideally let a smith look it over and headspace it; though I've never had an issue with any of mine. Some of these are real tack drivers if the bore is in good shape; some aren't able to hit the broad side of the barn if the bore is ratty. In any case, though not a real investment piece, well worth giving a try at the range.

    Value, depending on condition, would be somewhere in the $125-$200 range.
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  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,692 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It is probably a model 93.
    The model 93 cocks on closing, the 03 cocks on opening.
    Open the bolt and pull it back. Is the rifle uncocked?
    Watch the back of the bolt while you close it. If the rifle cocks just as you close and turn the bolt, you have a model 93.

    The model 93 is a great rifle, it is made in Germany. The action is strong, the main advantage of the 03 [which is a model 98 Mauser] is that it has a shield on the bolt to protect your eyes from hot gases if a primer should blow. So a prudent shooter of a model 93 will wear shooting glasses.

    As jonk said, if reworked, which it probably is, it is the 8mm. Winchester and Remington 8mm ammo is some of the lowest powered 8mm ammo in the world, you will have no problem shooting it. Guys shoot the model 93 Mausers all the time with no problems.
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  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,692 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you want to shoot military surplus ammo this is about the best deal you can get today for ammo suitable for the model 93. About 35 cents a shot.
    This Romanian ammo has a funky smell and is rather dirty, smoky, but it is fairly accurate. This ammo is not as hot as other 8mm ammo and is popular among model 93 shooters.
    Like other military surplus it is corrosive so clean accordingly.

    http://www.jgsales.com/product_info.php/ammo-for-rifles/8mm-mauser/p/8mm-mauser-romanian-154gr-fmj,-in-500-round-cases-/cPath/12_45/products_id/1675
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