German mauser

**optionwiz** · April 13th, 2008, 08:41 AM

I recently purchased a 1941 German mauser. I have been having a good time shooting it at 100 yds open sights. My question is- is it possible in any way to put a scope on it without drilling and tapping it ,so not to lose its origionality?

**pstew** · April 13th, 2008, 10:40 AM

I had a scope mount on my Swedish Mauser for a while. Made by B-Square, it mounted in place of the front leaf sight. You will need a long eye relief scope for this mount.

So the key in my story is "had". It really was a poor setup in my opinion, got rid of the scope and mount, still have the rifle.

**Jay5oh** · April 13th, 2008, 11:27 AM

I know you don't want to but for anyone else who is thinking of doing it......Please don't drill & tap it. I have a german mauser that has the nazi proof marks on it that somebody "sporterized". The only value the rifle has now is a shooter.

**762xIan** · April 13th, 2008, 01:30 PM

If you don't want to drill and tap...(I wouldn't myself, it sounds like you have a good one...but it is yours) you may want to try some peep sights.

Mojo makes peeps to replace the leaf, helps out a lot in my opinion. I have a set installed on my VZ-24 which is a real tack driver.

If you want to check it out here is the site.

http://www.mojosights.com/

**PA Rifleman** · April 13th, 2008, 10:18 PM

Originally Posted by optionwiz

I recently purchased a 1941 German mauser. I have been having a good time shooting it at 100 yds open sights. My question is- is it possible in any way to put a scope on it without drilling and tapping it ,so not to lose its origionality?

Not a conventional scope mount, using a two-piece or one-piece mount. You might have an option to replace the rear sight leaf with a scope mount similar in appearance to the ZF-41 mount the Germans did use. And, it won't be a permanent modification.

See:
http://secure.armorholdings.com/b-square/mauser.html
http://www.scopemounts.com/insta_files/scout.html#top

If you want a scoped K98, please buy one already scoped. Every time someone drills one for a scope, another survivor of W.W.II becomes altered forever.

S&K style mount

ZF-41 mount on a K98k.

**TJB63** · April 14th, 2008, 07:09 PM

Not sure if they still do, but B-Square did make a No Tap, No Drill mount that mounted over the receiver like a conventional mount, I think it did require a little inletting of the stock in places.

**Hawk** · April 15th, 2008, 12:58 PM

What do you think an original German made WW2 Mauser is worth? You can currently buy them from Mitchell's Mauser's for as little as $299 (service grade) or $499 (collectors grade). If you think the one you have is more valuable than these, then buy a service grade and have a scope mounted by a gunsmith.Link: http://mauser.org/rifles/german_k98/index.htm

**MTechnik** · April 15th, 2008, 04:06 PM

Originally Posted by PA Rifleman

Not a conventional scope mount, using a two-piece or one-piece mount. You might have an option to replace the rear sight leaf with a scope mount similar in appearance to the ZF-41 mount the Germans did use. And, it won't be a permanent modification.

See:
http://secure.armorholdings.com/b-square/mauser.html
http://www.scopemounts.com/insta_files/scout.html#top

If you want a scoped K98, please buy one already scoped. Every time someone drills one for a scope, another survivor of W.W.II becomes altered forever.

S&K style mount

ZF-41 mount on a K98k.

I 'second' the recommendation of the S&K Scope Mount - it replaces the existing rear sight with a mount, and requires no modification. It can be made 'stock' again in a couple of minutes.

**Mauler88** · April 16th, 2008, 02:32 PM

I just ordered my own S&K scope mount yesterday. i should get it tomorrow, can't wait to put it on my Mosin and K98.

BTW

Originally Posted by optionwiz

I recently purchased a 1941 German mauser. I have been having a good time shooting it at 100 yds open sights. My question is- is it possible in any way to put a scope on it without drilling and tapping it ,so not to lose its origionality?

is your K98 a Russian Capature? or Original?