indy1919a4
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- Jan 7, 2011
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Came across a Mauser with the greatest crest of all Mausers, The American Eagle 98/85 from Federal Ordnance. Seems in the 80s Federal ordnance imported a slew of Mausers.. In this batch there were about 4000 rifles with rusted out barrels. So they took these rifles cleaned and rebarreled them in 308 and remarked them with the American Eagle.
One nice thing is the gun is chambered in 308 and is the Newest looking Mauser I have ever owned..
Another thing, there are several different styles of Mausers that were used, there are k98s, Spanish Mausers & Vz-24 So a lot of variety,
On the negative side, they did not put in a spacer in the magazine well for the shorter 308 ammo..
But in a range test today the gun shot very well And other then an embarrassing feed jam because of the lack of the magazine spacer the gun was perfect..
Some 1980s ads
One nice thing is the gun is chambered in 308 and is the Newest looking Mauser I have ever owned..
Another thing, there are several different styles of Mausers that were used, there are k98s, Spanish Mausers & Vz-24 So a lot of variety,
On the negative side, they did not put in a spacer in the magazine well for the shorter 308 ammo..
But in a range test today the gun shot very well And other then an embarrassing feed jam because of the lack of the magazine spacer the gun was perfect..
Some 1980s ads
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