So first time at the range 50 yards mauser k98

[Pocat6]

So I took my Waffen SS mauser out to the shooting range to see how is would shoot. It was made in 1942 and i was shooting corrosive Yugoslavian rounds, well any input of how it looks or how i did, feel free to speak up.

[Single shot]

I think you may need better ammo.
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[P-11 shooter]

Originally Posted by Single shot

I think you may need better ammo.
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Yeah, maybe.

The corrosive stuff is fun because it's dirt cheap and you can shoot shitloads of it. You just have to clean it really good afterwords.

Better ammo will give you better groups though. Looks like a nice gun though. I bought an old turk and it was rough. Shoots great though.

Nice mauser. They're great rifles.

[Pocat6]

id rather not spend 27 dollars on a box of remington core lokts

[P-11 shooter]

Originally Posted by Pocat6

id rather not spend 27 dollars on a box of remington core lokts

True, I don't like that either. I just use the remmington for hunting.

You can most likely find some bulk ammo that's more accurate than the old stuff, and not corrosive.

That said you won't beat the price of the surplus stuff. Only problem with that stuff is you get misfires, you can't hunt with it, and you have to clean your gun really good when you're done shooting it or you'll have trouble.

But it's cheap.

[Pocat6]

such as sellior and belliot? i think cabelas sells it right?

[Single shot]

Yep, the surplus stuff is cheap, and it does make noise, but it could end up being very bad for your barrel. If it ends up that after using it you need a new barrel that's when the cheap junk ammo becomes expencive.

You may want to start thinking about reloading, you can make some really good ammo at less that half the cost of factory ammo.
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[Pocat6]

I think i got my barrell really clean I can look down it under a light and see nothing looks good

[Single shot]

Looking clean does not mean that it's clean, shooting that corrosive stuff can be really bad, make sure you check it in the next day or two, run a clean patch through it and look at the patch for rust, if you find any run some hot water through the barrel to disolve the corrosive salts, dry it out real good, then oil it up real good.
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[Pocat6]

ok i will check it tomorrow, although i did run sum windex, and sum of that good hoppes 9 formula that cleans out chemicals and prevents rust, ran some dry patches through got out the funk now it looks good but i will check it soon