I think that it is a little strange that there have been no comments on this rifle. Its history is nearly unique, Nazi regime manufacture, to Soviet satellite state, to the new state of Israel, to Central American banana republic, to the USA. Probably used in several Israeli wars. Hard to beat!
The circled letters are ׳צ׳ which is the first letter of the Hebrew initials for IDF: צה״ל - צבא ההגנה לישראל A lot of IDF gear has that letter stamped on it.
This is a post ww2 czech made gun, you can tell by the 4 digit serial and the czech lion on the side of the receiver so the receiver would not have seen any german service
What Brandon said. swp is a post war Czech marking. Prior to that it was dot. Some post war Czech rifles still have the dot marking. Also, the Mod 98 marking of a ww2 rifle would be on the side of the action, not on the top of the receiver. Good things though and loads of history.
I have an Israeli Mauser that i inherited recently. Took it out just 2 days ago for the first time and had similar issues with feeding, as well as closing the bolt fully with a round in the chamber. Mine seemed pretty clean, also noticed a lot of brass shavings around the chamber after extracting a round (Probably from the extractor grabbing the round). Did you find the cleaning helped with any of these issues?
I did do some more detailed cleaning and lubricating. The bore looks a whole lot better after some shooting and a good cleaning. Very bright and crisp. I did clean the chamber a bit as well and it seems fine. The feeding issue doesn’t seem to have improved, however. I haven’t had a chance to get the rifle back to the range but I did make up some dummy rounds to try messing around with loading and feeding. I’m really starting to feel like it all comes down to the length of the magazine box and cartridge positioning. I talked to a friend who also had a 7.62mm converted Mauser and who had the same issues. He and a gunsmith messed around with the rifle some and only managed to make the situation worse. I’m surprised that the Israelis had such good luck with these rifles. I’d love to know what their loading and carrying doctrine was regarding the 7.62 K98.
Update: I bought some 8mm mauser stripper clips and used those to load the magazine. The 7.62x51 work fine with them. The alignment of the rounds helped the bolt grab the round properly for controlled feed and solved my issue.
I have an Israeli Mauser in 7.62/51that was not a rechambered one, it was made in the FN plant as a contract rifle for Israel and has a new, not restamped Star of David on the receiver. It was arsenal refinished with excellent wood. The only thing I don’t like is the hard to see front sight. A nice piece of history.
7.92x57 I doubt will close on a 7.62 chamber.. may jam though the other way...that is going to a very blown out case with high possibly of case head separation.
My dad got one of these in an auction but the stock does not have the 7.62 on the bottom, I am assuming is a reproduction stock? Everything else looks legit just the stock looks too pristine and perfect and has no 7.62 on the bottom.
It could be a reproduction stock but there have been quantities of unissued original stocks available over the last few decades. But without the 7.62 brand, it’s almost certainly a replacement.
Nice video. Its BRNO not BRUNO....lol I just purchased my in mint condition with bayonet for $1500 cdn dollars. I will be making video about it soon Cheers my Friend !!!!. 👍😎🤝😁
I think that it is a little strange that there have been no comments on this rifle. Its history is nearly unique, Nazi regime manufacture, to Soviet satellite state, to the new state of Israel, to Central American banana republic, to the USA. Probably used in several Israeli wars. Hard to beat!
The circled letters are ׳צ׳ which is the first letter of the Hebrew initials for IDF:
צה״ל - צבא ההגנה לישראל
A lot of IDF gear has that letter stamped on it.
Thank you for that!
This is a post ww2 czech made gun, you can tell by the 4 digit serial and the czech lion on the side of the receiver so the receiver would not have seen any german service
What Brandon said. swp is a post war Czech marking. Prior to that it was dot. Some post war Czech rifles still have the dot marking. Also, the Mod 98 marking of a ww2 rifle would be on the side of the action, not on the top of the receiver. Good things though and loads of history.
I have an Israeli Mauser that i inherited recently. Took it out just 2 days ago for the first time and had similar issues with feeding, as well as closing the bolt fully with a round in the chamber. Mine seemed pretty clean, also noticed a lot of brass shavings around the chamber after extracting a round (Probably from the extractor grabbing the round). Did you find the cleaning helped with any of these issues?
I did do some more detailed cleaning and lubricating. The bore looks a whole lot better after some shooting and a good cleaning. Very bright and crisp.
I did clean the chamber a bit as well and it seems fine.
The feeding issue doesn’t seem to have improved, however. I haven’t had a chance to get the rifle back to the range but I did make up some dummy rounds to try messing around with loading and feeding. I’m really starting to feel like it all comes down to the length of the magazine box and cartridge positioning.
I talked to a friend who also had a 7.62mm converted Mauser and who had the same issues. He and a gunsmith messed around with the rifle some and only managed to make the situation worse.
I’m surprised that the Israelis had such good luck with these rifles. I’d love to know what their loading and carrying doctrine was regarding the 7.62 K98.
Update: I bought some 8mm mauser stripper clips and used those to load the magazine. The 7.62x51 work fine with them. The alignment of the rounds helped the bolt grab the round properly for controlled feed and solved my issue.
I have an Israeli Mauser in 7.62/51that was not a rechambered one, it was made in the FN plant as a contract rifle for Israel and has a new, not restamped Star of David on the receiver. It was arsenal refinished with excellent wood. The only thing I don’t like is the hard to see front sight. A nice piece of history.
That’s awesome! I don’t see many of these around anymore. Definitely a keeper!
Yup.
Don't ever shoot dirty Rifle....lol
I like to see some more of your collection.....😁 nice workhorse
Thanks for sharing
😁😎🤝👍
I have a GB marked 1 of 5000 swedish israeli k98's 7.62 in my collection ✋️🧢
I know the Israelis purchased swiss made scopes for a limited run of k98 sniper rifles, wild heerbrug i believe they were called?
7.92x57 I doubt will close on a 7.62 chamber.. may jam though the other way...that is going to a very blown out case with high possibly of case head separation.
My dad got one of these in an auction but the stock does not have the 7.62 on the bottom, I am assuming is a reproduction stock? Everything else looks legit just the stock looks too pristine and perfect and has no 7.62 on the bottom.
It could be a reproduction stock but there have been quantities of unissued original stocks available over the last few decades. But without the 7.62 brand, it’s almost certainly a replacement.
Nice video.
Its BRNO not BRUNO....lol
I just purchased my in mint condition with bayonet for $1500 cdn dollars.
I will be making video about it soon
Cheers my Friend !!!!.
👍😎🤝😁
Thanks for the positive feedback!
I’ll watch for your video.
Where is the video?!?!?!
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It's coming.....
Ironic
Free palestine 😭
Way to stink up a thread