Mauser Kar98k: The Best Design Features
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- Опубликовано: 29 мар 2017
- Bloke ropes in his slightly suspect German cousin Kurt Kerl to explain some of the most awesome design features built into the Mauser Kar98k - the pinnacle of German bolt-action rifle design.
(And yes, both Kurt and The Bloke are aware that the bolt is probably from a Gew 98, a Standard-Modell or similar that has been turned down).
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You should do a video on the Lee-Enfield speaking German but with a strong British accent.
Oooooh, yes.
I also want this.
Is it here now?
Now the reason why the bolt obstructs the sight, is because the German does not need to get back on target after shooting. After every shot, he'll be aligning his sights on a different target anyway because the first one will be dead. A good Wehrmacht soldier never misses! :D
Must be the Aryan blood improving the eyesight of ze German soldier so much he doesn't even need sights!
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Apart from the ones put down by a .303 because they had missed. And they did ocasionally as my late dad would have told you. Just about to lay down and a bullet took his pack out from under him.
Dat german accent. Funny to listen to as a german
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420 Blaze it Absolut ja erinnert mich an den medic von TF2
Sounded like the entire cast of allo allo, including the french and english characters lol.
I think Kurt is related to Max Mustermann
Ja
Will cousin Ivan be appearing for video on superior Mosin Nagant?
MarvinRunyon mosin nagant. Superior. *lol*
Yes its Иван парень -> Ivan paren -> Ivan the bloke
I don’t know how you sleep at night comparing the moist nugget to a Mauser .XD
Do you have an American cousin? If so, when will he be doing a video on the Garand?
If he sounds anywhere along the lines of "Ayo dis here mah Glock .40, dis mah propblem solva right here" or "Now dis Here M1 Grand makes a pingen noise that tells everyone your out of bullets" then its probably for the best hes isnt in videos....yet
All the American cousin would have to say is:
"Disassembly."
That would be "Bubba" trying to find a new AR lower. Mit pica tinny.
ping = dead , all you need to now
Haven't you seen the rest of his videos?
1. make a video that tries not to butthurt people
2. get people even more butthurt
3.
4. profit
As someone who may or may not be a "Mauser fanboy", this hurt so good.
You didn't bring up the best design feature ever: the lack of a way to re-cock the rifle without cycling the bolt. We all know that German ammo is the best manufactured and would never misfire, so why would you need to re-cock it? The silly British, Swiss, and Russians all had to spend time making a less geometrically perfect cocking piece because of their inferior ammunition.
I actually like tangent sights for rapid shooting over apertures because they obscure less of your vision. Although, a blade is better than a barley-corn (K31 sights are brilliant). At least it isn't a French front post that is as wide as the Maginot Line!
Luthtar You don't need to cycle the bolt much for a recock. Just straight up then down and it's ready to fire again on your wunderpatronen
Joetatoe Productions I know, but you still have to unlock the action. Back when I used to shoot surplus ammo of differing quality, being able to recock the rifle without opening the action if a round doesn't go off is a nice feature to have.
Wait. So how does re-cocking other bolt action rifles work?
There is a knob on the back of the bolt that you can pull back to recock it. An example is the "loop" on the back of a K31 or the serrated bar on the back of a Lee-Enfield.
Luthtar I disagree but I liked because of that pun at the end hahaha
I was young in college and needed the money.... lmao the Blokes' split personalities are some of my favorites.
Germans. They make good guns but damn if they don't make things overcomplicated.
I don't think you can call a K98 over complicated. Or a G3. Lot's of other stuff for sure though.
or MP40, or P38, or PP/PPK, or StG44 and it's offspring, or G36, or any modern german pistol, or... can we stop that stereotype already or do I have to go on? german stuff is neither the best in the world nor the most complicated in the world.
Clearly you've never worked on the trigger pack for anything derived from a G3 before.
Czwarty Obviously you haven't seen a C96 before
and where did I write anything about C96? apart from that how does one complicated gun (that was one of the first semiautomatics EVER, gee I wonder why it was complicated...) mean that everything coming from it's country is complicated? shall we talk how complicated russian guns are because AN-94 exists?
I believe that is an Israeli stock.
I'm sure the Israeli's appreciated the irony of using a bunch of German rifles not long after the end of the war in their own 1948 war.
If that's Cyrillic, it's more likely a Pe (P, from the Greek pi character), not the El (L), which is shaped more like the Greek Lambda...
Which would fit with say a Yugoslavian or Bulgarian rifle... or any of the Balkan states...
however, it could be an Israeli rifle, where that would be a Hebrew letter instead.
I'd say that you've got a bit of a puzzle on your hands, worthy of a bit of digging to try to pin things down...
The receiver stamp, 237, indicates Berlin-Lübecker Maschinenfabrik as the maker of the action and barrel.
What is it when you don't believe in Israel. Is it a Palestinian stock in that case? Just wondering.
yea i agree he said the gun was a german made one but it had the groove for the fingers between the receiver ring and sight, which you'd generally see only on israeli models, particularly the ones that were refinished by FN.
that's how you speak French German and English at the same time
My biggest thing with Mausers is that most of them have the sights infront of the receiver. The 1903A3 really improved it with the rear peep. Kinda sad the K-31 did come with a peep right from the get go as well tbh
I really like the Sights on the 03A3. Ironically tho the peep on mine is a little to big. I kinda wish it was smaller lmao!
Easily improved with a drill though.
I used to have an April 1940 mas36 french rifle and the rear peepole sight was tiny, about the size of a pin-head..
Awesome impression! X-D
And of course a very informative video.
Ze Kar98k. Let me show you its features :D
V - Pony 😂
0:51 Impostor! A German would say "university".
Marek Suma A university and college are two different things in Britain and Germany, college education (6th form) is what you take before moving onto university.
Is it? What years is the 6th form covering? Like the A levels and stuff?
Slim Tony Yep, it covers A levels from 16 to 18 (19 if you stay back a year for whatever reason).
huh okay, thanks! The whole college/uni thing caused some confusion in the past
We need your American cousin for the Garand. And likely, your more posh cousin for the Enfield if you have one.
Laura E his posh cousin only covers the revolvers cause you know......officers.
hey! That's an avoidance strategy to not imply the Bloke isn't a sophisticated enough person, while also not potentially stating you're an uptight individual!
I don't know this posh guy,but we do need more Garand stuff.
German humour is no laughing matter.
This is one of the smartest, funniest GunTube videos I've seen!
K98 Mauser target grouping specs are as follows:
3 out of 5 shots have to be within a 80X140mm group and all 5 shots have to fall within circle of 120mm diameter. This was general specs from pre WW1 through WW2 by most German makers like Mauser. Peruvian Mauser 1909 contract demanded that 4 out of 5 shots inside of a 20cm. circle @ 150 meters for each rifle ~~from gun boards. Eight inches at 150m????? That's as good as a Swiss K31 rifle! Well, Kurt? Was ist los? Heraus mit der Sprache!
Sorry Kurt :( Well look on the bright side. Accuracy didn't matter as the German K98 riflemen were just ammo humpers for the MG34/42 and their rifles were mostly large pacifiers for them ;p
Awesome, I love that you don't take yourself too seriously
bloke you are awesome! funny and informative
I bought a WZ29 with a Danzig 1916 Gewehr 98 receiver. Do you have any information on such a rifle?
For sure, the Mauser's reputation has more to do with its early successes than its overall virtues. It simply worked well from the mid-1890s without any need for major revisions beyond customer preference and quickly proved itself in battle all over the world. Conversely, the Lee series of rifles, starting with the Lee-Metford, took over twenty-five years to work out the many little faults they had, and they were even due to be replaced with a mauser-type action before WW1 forced the British to finally perfect the things. It didn't help either that the Mauser never had a "bad" war whereas the Lee series of rifles were found wanting in the Boer War against, of all things, Mausers. By 1919, the Mauser was clearly the dated design past its prime while the SMLE was hitting its stride, but the Mauser had that enormous early reputation advantage already in the bag.
Thanks for replying! I think you may misunderstand me, Sir, and perhaps my choices of words were indeed poor. I just try to avoid being too lengthy in my YT comments and it is damnably difficult at times.
I am not trashing the Lee rifles. I am observing that during the golden age of repeating rifle development in European warfare, the 1880s-1900s, when reputations were being made that would last the ages, the Mauser action was essentially a final product requiring little change by the mid 1890s and changing the battlefield in the minds of many. The Mauser was legendary before the SMLE was even a twinkle in the eye of an Enfield engineer.
Conversely, the Lee rifle series did not reach a similar state of "perfection" until 1907, after adopting lessons from the Mauser in the form of charger-loading, and even then, it was not until 1915 that the final complaints, some old and some new, were eliminated with the MkIII*. Despite all that, the British were not convinced they had a final rifle themselves and were already plotting by 1910 to throw away 20+ years of Lee rifle development to adopt a Mauser-derivative. If not for WW1 demonstrating the rifle's quality, the SMLE would have probably ended up as just another rifle that came and went with little to show but a lot of money spent. It became a legend because of the war.
Lastly, I do not consider the Mauser 1871, nor its 1871/84 conversion, to really be direct antecedents of the Mauser 1889 series. Unlike the Lee-Metford, the Mauser 1871 was not intended to be a repeater and that Mauser managed to make it into one is a credit to the ingenuity of Mauser engineers, but not much else as the technology used was a dead-end only the French would try to keep on the frontlines. The Mauser 1889 was Mauser's first serious effort at a purpose-built repeater and that sets it apart from all previous Mauser products.
Does that clarify my positions any with you?
I think the obvious solution is for you and the Chap to make a video detailing why you think the Mauser and Lee rifle systems have the reputations they do and why the one or the other deserve more or less. Certainly would incite riots in the streets and set the net ablaze. Also maybe let your cousin out of the basement more often. He looks awful deranged in this video.
Holy shit, this is amazing :D. Please, never change!
Bravissimo, well done and thanks,...i needed a good lmao...good stuff man.
One can see how Monte Python affected you in your youth. Any plans for an dead Webley skit?
Wow Bloke, much like the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha prior to WW I, you have quite the multi national family that all look vaguely alike. Will we get to meet your cousin Nicholas?
My favorite feature by far on the K 98 is that is you try and disassemble the bolt while it is not on safe, you will have a horrible, horrible, hand pinching time trying to get it back together. Other than that, its hard to beat front locking lugs ;)
It's not too bad if you have a wooden work bench to brace the cocking piece against
Front locking lugs do not like mud or sand and are slow. Cock on opening is a handy cap. Great non mil action though.
@@baobo67 neither does the no 4. just watch Ian's competition vids on the british bolt action
@@0Asterite0 Yes, watched a lot of Ian,s and others and think none of them are realistic with both rifles failing or beating the other alternatively.
Maybe I could put it that a lee Enfield could be cleaned of mud more quickly. I am sure you will agree though they are not nice videos to watch with some nob poring mud over very nice Lee or Mauser and then tries to wreck it. Like the off roaders on a Monday morning at work "Great week end, Got bogged 15 times."
great video! greetings form italy!
Ich schmeiße mich weg vor lauter Lachen. Danke für das tolle Video!
Is there any particular reason for the poking of the Swiss Army knife through the trigger guard other than propping it up?
I always say if something can be done with a Swiss Army knife...then it should be.
Love this, just nitpicking a bit here, i've never seen av k98k stock breaking at the sling slot, all the broken ones i have seen broke just behind the tang of the reciever .
PS: i've seen a fair few k98s (well to be totally honest they were k98kf1's)
I really enjoyed this video! Good humor and love the accent lol
The like to unlike ratio is much lower than his typical vidoes. I guess there were many others who didn't find it funny or were simply offended.
That video made my day. Greetings from germany.
those videos have a way of showing up
What's wrong with having the tangent sights attached to the barrel?
Probably better and a zero is far more assured
A sight you can't aim as well with is better? Who knew?
In other news, no serious competition shooting has been done with open sights when apertures have been permitted for the last hundred years or so.
Bloke on the Range
Indeed, but I am talking from a military point of view of zeroing the sights with PoA (point of aim) vs PoI (point of impact)
A bit of background, I serve in the Australian Army, and most of our weapon systems have attachable apertures/sights on picatinny rails. Zeroing can be a pain, or as we like to say "suck eggs".
It would seem to me that the Germans had the idea of rolling the mauser off the production line with no need to zero the sights for battle prep, seeming that it was attached to the barrel.
I'm assuming the mauser's PoA is dead centre to the PoI at about 150m?
No, it's permitted to be miles off from the factory (and was never zeroed to the individual). The 98k standard at the factory was that 3 of 5 shots had to be within, or touch, a rectangle 70mm wide and 140mm high at 100m, the rectangle being centered on the point of aim (for brass-cased test ammo, it's displaced vertically for steel-cased). The 5 shots also had to be at least touching a 120mm movable circle, so work out in a worst-case scenario just how far off was acceptable (e.g. 3 shots in one corner of the box and the other two searching out the limits of the 120mm movable circle). In service, the constraints were even looser.
Even barrel-mounted sights should ideally be zeroed to the individual - see e.g. what the Swiss did (same as the Brits).
It's easy to have "no need to zero the sights for barrel prep" just by having a really loose standard for new rifles and telling the soldiers to learn how much they had to aim off (yes, it's explicitly in the pre-WW2 manual, and there's a replacement insert stuck over the bit that said that if sights were excessively off the armourer should look at it). And to top it off, they had no concept of a grouping practice as you would know it.
Have you thought about getting a Swedish Mauser? I've been wanting one of the M1938 Short Rifle versions of one of those.
Why does Kurt not want to talk about the accuracy acceptance standards if it's such a fine rifle, huh?
Bloke on the Range
Well Kurt, then I'm gonna say the Mosin Nagant is better than the both of them...
Not unless you're talking about the Finnish Mosins, especially the M39.
Paul I have no clue. I was just throwing junk out there.
Bloke, do you prefer Straight pull or curved bolt action?
Anybody know what's up with the notches on the bolt? I have one that has same and always was curious.
Allegedly it was used in Israeli service to indicate that it was still in 8x57 and not converted to 7.62x51.
I started laughing as soon as I saw "Kurt" appear. haha Loved the video.
absolute great vid. tzhe best vid if have zeen in a vheile
Der Accent ist echt klasse - Gute Arbeit :)
Großartig!
Haha hilarious, especially the bit about the stock breaking. Now I'm curious about the accuracy standard he mentions at the end. I looked it up and found nothing. What's the acceptable accuracy standard for the Kar98K?
Thank you very much. Yea that accuracy isn't great. You always hear about how accurate these rifles are too. Interesting.
Props for committing to the accent
your german is quite good, where are you from or where do you learned it?
Prommitheus I think he's from the UK but lives in Switzerland.
"I was young, I was in college and I needed the money". Brilliant! :)
Why is there lines on the charing handle
So why has Kurt got a French accent? :D
Ah, an Alsatian.
Then why does he wear a Bavarian style outfit if he is from the southwest? I start to think you try to pull our leg here.
I love how at the start of the video he points out the complaints of many and then doubles down immediately and sarcastically!!
Karl was very efficient in this explanation, as would be expected of a German. :)
-Jen
You my Man :-) Thanks for that Video. I like to share it to explain my shootingstudents the System K98. If it´s ok for you. I´m german as well and your german improved accent is great. :-) Thank you again.
An Englishman should never be the one to review a Mauser, for obvious reasons.
Leonus 2 world wars and 1 world cup, doo daaa doo dahhh
I wonder how many of the stocks did break ...
Sehr gut.
your German accent is great :-D
I think Austrians and southern Germans say "tschüss" while everyone else says "auf wiedersehen".
I am from Hesse, and we say tshüss. We also use "auf wiedersehen", but mostly in more formal circumstances.
Actually, no.
My german accent is great since it's legit.
This one is the comedic exaggeration. Germans don't constantly use german words when speaking english for example.
yes it´s a great comedic exaggeration :-D
I actually have an original Kar98k bayonet on my shelf. It's quite rusty and I don't think it would fit on a lug but it's pretty cool.
Oh my god this impression of a German, help I can't breath any more from laughing. and sh**t now I have to watch the video again to get the points. Greetings from Germany.
I talked to some guy working at gun store once that said his grandfather owns a matching numbers Kar98K (even with the bayonet) that he brought back from the war.
4:16 How can a navy be in a trench?
A lot of Kriegsmariners fought as infantry, particularly late in WW2.
Bloke on the Range Oh, kriegsmariners.I thought you said kriegsmarines.
What is the German equivalent of a bloke?
wonderful, and funny!!
Wall pardner, that's a fine looking Iron yer carryin'
Unlike the iron you didn't use on the creased sheet behind you.
Finally a karl who knows his stüff.
If a Kar98k doesn't suit your fancy, there's the Czech Vz. 24 or the Polish Wz. 29. You can actually get those at good prices because there aren't a bunch of plebs buying them because they have the Nazi Eagle on them like they do for the kar98k.
Paul I have a Turkish contract vz. 24
Kurt Kerl omg thats funny. Your german accent is brilliant
What’s with all the funny cuts in the bolt handle?
Thats just an engineering quirk germans have. It's so you don't slip. A lot of things here actually have these cuts, even in places where it doesn't really make sense (for example, on the side of scissor blades, right before the pivot)
Applause to Bloke on the Range who had a soar throat after this video.
Yees! Zees ees veegghy gooot Yaah!
I allways liked the M98.
Perhaps because it was kind of standard design when I learned to shoot. Sweden used a license Mauser, manufactured by Carl Gustav and Husqvarna, as a standard military rifle for half a century. That neant they were practically free when I was old enough to by my own gun and start hunting in 1990. I payed the equillant to 20 euros for my Husqvarna. A box of ammo approved for big game (huntin moose and bear is big in Sweden) was more expensive then the gun.
Erik Granqvist The Swedish Mauser series is a cut above the German versions.
It actually had fairly good precission up to somewhere around 300 meters. After that, things got a little sketchy.
Is that “bring the camera around” a reference to the Forgotten Weapons?
This channel is full of references :3
*edit: wrong thread, comment meant for the follow-up vid.*
Granted, the rifle has been through the wars.
But that failure would get more soldiers killed then a garand ping ever would.
Which leaves the question, how common would that error be, assuming lower standards of manufacturing due to the war-situation, and battlefield conditions. Including lower troop-quality due to lax(er) training.
I'm a dumb american after all but that accent you did sounded 100% authentic to me
Of course, every good British soldier always leaves his magazine cutoff engaged to save ammunition, and makes good use of his volley sights, and is trained to replace bolt heads under battle conditions :P
As an aside, I once heard from a woodshop teacher that there are two different schools of engineering:
In German engineering, the product works perfectly under many circumstances and will never wear out; however, if something breaks, the product must be sent back to one specific shop in Saarbrucken for repairs, and if the warranty's expired you're on your own.
In Russian engineering, the product constantly malfunctions and practically falls apart at the seams every time you use it, but is built with hardware store parts and can be maintained with just a screwdriver and a RUclips tutorial.
This rifle is definitely an example of the former.
Could get your cousin Bruce from down under to show us the Australian SMLE Heavy barrel sniper rifle developed by the Lithgow Small Arms Factory. Cheers mate.
Acceptance accuracy?
A new TV show, "The United States of Bloke."
I laughed my ass off on cousin Kurt... and I'm german ;) (yes we can laugh) Keep up the good work, cheers!
Wow, faking that german accent must have been exhausting. Every now and then it started to sound french xD. I do speak german, swiss german, french and (obviously english), but I learned absolutely nothing from watching this video, because I was too hooked on the accent. That was so well done :). Watching it again and this time focusing on what you are actually saying.
Very efficient.
I can't determine whether Karl is wearing cottonhosen or polyesterhosen in this video.
So how long til we see the Canadian Cousin in regards to the Long Branch No. 4 eh?
I think we can coax him out into the 1940's :)
J/22058 never! Bob is staying where he belongs and can make wonderful videos for me.
The best feature on my M98 (ok, its a Carl Gustav, but its still a M98 made in Sweden - ok?), according to me, is the saftey.
You never need to wonder if the saftey is on or off. And you allways know the firing pin is locked when saftey on.
Looking forward to the Japanese Type 38/99.
As an Austrian K98k and Enfield Fan i think this is just hilarious :D
BlokeOnTheRange is like The Stig. He's got multiple cousins from different countries.
I say there, Jerry. Where's your cleaning rod section got to?
Well then, no wonder Tommy gave you lot a damned good bashing! Dirty bores make for good film but for poor accuracy!
Are you referring to those bike chains with steel wool at the end?!
Wasting precious Aluminium chains for rifle cleaning?! My God, Man! Didn't they know there's a War on!?
The Bloke blew his disguise, when he ended the video saying "CHEERS".
@TacticalMoonstone -- I thought the Germans always said "Auf Wiedersehen", it means "see you around" and that is a little different.
The Bloke is great!
इस राईफल का रेज कितना है कितने मिटर दूर जाती है
That was so dame funny. You should do the Ross rifle with a French Canadian accent. Since they where produce in Quebec.
I want details of der Kerl's collage videos lol.
Jesus, the Betamax, entertainment system of the ancients.
If he is a real German, more likely a Video 2000 player. ;-)
Wonderful German accent BTW.
ROFL. I Think you are still better in faking a German accent in English, than me faking an English accent in German.
And even though I am German, I prefer my Finnish M39 Mosin to all Mausers I've shot so far.
The K98 is a good shooting rifle when you find a decent one
I'm sure I've seem Kar98Ks with hooded front sights....
And the one I handled, the bolt just went forwards, wasn't stopped by the follower or anything..... It was probably broken or something though.
Ah, that must have been it for the sights, as for the idiot-stop, that may have been done although it wasn't in civilian hands.
Quite good imitation of the "german english", a lot of my older engineering colleagues sound exactly like this :D
que beleza de explicação sobre o Mauser
I like the content, but did you have to do the accent the whole time?
Some say he eats only bratwurst for breakfast. Other claim he learned English from Blackadder goes forth. All we know is...
He's Bloke on the Range German cousin!
"I was young and I needed the money" LMAO
As far as an individual rifle, I'd prefer Samantha Emily, for a rifle fitting the German doctrine of fire or a hunting rifle...K98k. I have both (No.4 Mk.II Irish Contracr Faz and a BYF 98K. both an execellent date at the range in place of a Fräulein) and each seem to fit into the doctrine of fire for each army. Quite an interesting comparison.
Bloke on the Range Kinda wishing I'd commented this sooner. I could have used this as a source on a paper I wrote for my WW2 History elective.
i love this video cause i am a german and completley agree with kurz ;)
Due to it not being a full manufactured rifle (all at the same time) the front sight is a pre/early war front sight. the barley corn style front sight was adopted by the Wermacht in 1940 and was on all model K98k's by 42, could quite possibly be a late war front sight with the hood removed, but a front sight hood wasn't for just foreign troops. good video though !
All German military rifles had barleycorn sights, since forever, they weren't introduced in 1940.... The "front sight hood for foreign troops" was a joke...
Apologies, I misunderstood what you meant / said