Kale so it’s less likely (though not entirely impossible) that it is German. I have some 100 year old ammo that is more reliable than some that is 20 years old. I have fired thousands of rounds of military surplus ammunition for the Mauser, Mosin Nagant and Steyr M95 rifles that was anywhere from 20 to 100 years old and I have found that age means very little so long as the ammo wasn’t left sitting in a field for 10 years or something. That’s why it has the corrosive salts in it – the ammunition was designed in the first place to have an extremely long shelf life. With the corrosive berdan primers, even that is not much of a risk. The only risk in shooting old ammo is that it might not go ‘pop’ when you want it it to. Posted by Waldo Jaquith JanuJanuPosted in General I think I’ll want something a little more… explody.Īnybody looking to put a hole about yea big in that thing over there will find a Mauser a damned fine way to do it. I think I’ll skip the paper targets, though. Now that I know it works, I’m going to set up some targets on my impromptu range and have a little fun. For comparison’s sake, I took a few shots with my. A fraction a second later, a small explosion of debris burst up from side of the mountain a hundred yards in front of me. Naturally, I immediately chambered another round and gave it another shot. My shot went wild, my teeth snapped shut and my ears rang, despite the earplugs. I expected some kick when I squeezed the trigger, but it surprised the hell out of me when it came. The five are jammed into two rows in the magazine from the top, the strip extracted, and the first round is chambered once the bolt is is closed. It comes in boxes of fifteen, with each five joined by a stripper clip. I’m using surplus Yugoslavian ammo, from 1954. It’s certainly a lot more gun that I’m accustomed to, since my primary firearm has long been a Mossberg. It’s a bolt-action rifle that fires 8mm rounds, has a five-round capacity, a 29″ barrel and a weight of 9.2lbs.

One of the toys that I received for Christmas is a 1948 Turkish Mauser from my brother. Not my Mauser, but a Mauser, that looks basically the same as mine.

Turkish mauser 1938