Mounting a scope on a Mauser Sporter

chaoslodge

I am interested in A sporterized Mauser in .308. I am wondering how hard it is to mount a scope on such a thing and whether it is too difficult to take on myself.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=96628742

cody45

most military mausers were sporterized using a one piece mount such as the redfield, which enables two holes in the receiver ring and one hole in the bridge. If you take this on yourself without a drilling fixtue such as the forester, you are at a great disatvantage and risk the possibility of "off centered holes" or canted holes. Buy or borrow a fixture or give it to a pro. The Forester is the best fixture available in my opinion. If you want a used one let me know. I have two of them and all the bushings. 6x48 is the common screw size for scope mounts. Check Brownells for the retail price. Most gunsmiths charge $25 a hole for drilling and tapping. You can see the fixture pays for itself after a few holes.

TRAP55

You can go with a Scout type mount that simply replaces the rear sight, and uses a LER scope. Eliminates drilling and tapping, low scope safety, and bending the bolt to clear the scope.
http://www.scopemounts.com/

MIKE WISKEY

to do it right you will need a low scope bolt handle, drill & tap the receiver and a low scope safty. About $125 +- at your gunsmith

gsmyth64

When I first started doing this gunsmithing stuff, and before I had these jigs, I drilled and tapped these guns for bases just fine by using the base as a guide. I just epoxied the base to the gun and made sure everything looked good, (scope and rings included) used transfer punches to mark the hole locations, center drilled, then drill and tap. I'll still use this method from time to time, and it works good for me, but unless your interested in doing this as a do it yourself gunsmithing project I'd probably just pay someone to do it for you because there's allot of stuff that could go wrong also.

JustC

send it to a professional,....they have the correct tools.

Garth

if this mauser is a hunting/shooter rifle, purchase a scout mount! if it is a precision match rifle, drill and tap the receiver! best!

Mobuck

I have used the rear sight "scout" mounts on a couple of Mausers. They work ok but, unless you have a good pistol scope laying around, you'll spend several $$ on one. A 3x pistol scope is adequate for most hunting for which a cutdown Mauser is suitable. Considering accuracy,trigger,and caliber, you're looking at a 200 yard deer gun. I fired several hundred rounds through a VZ24 with a forward mounted 3x by 30mm tube scope and surplus ammo and got 4-5" accuracy around 150 yards. I had a guy cut the barrel to 21" and d&t for a Bsquare mount. With a 4x riflescope, I was getting 2-3" groups at 100 yards. Really not any difference in overall accuracy since the barrel cut and new crown could account for this much.