mauser98k or mosin nagant 91/30?

open sights · #1 10-10-2010, 01:38 PM

anyone here hunt with a mauser98k (karabiner 98 kurz) or a mosin nagant 91/30. both open sights.

which one should i buy for deer hunting and why?

mudbug · #2 10-10-2010, 01:56 PM

I've enjoyed my Moisin, simple design and very reliable as well as accurate and hard hitting. The other gun you've mentioned I've never fired so I can't really compare the two against one another. The only thing I don't like about the Moisin is the safety on it, pick on up and set the safety and then disengage it and you'll see what I mean.

303carbine · #3 10-10-2010, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by open sights

anyone here hunt with a mauser98k (karabiner 98 kurz) or a mosin nagant 91/30. both open sights.

which one should i buy for deer hunting and why?

I prefer the Mauser, I have had lots of them in 8x57.
I have also had several Israeli Mausers in 7.62 (308 Win).
My most recent K98 is a Norwegian barrelled K98 in 30-06.
The 8x57 amo will probably be easier to find at Crappy Tire, if you find an Israeli 7.62 Mauser, ammo will be everywhere.

open sights · #4 10-10-2010, 04:05 PM

thanks both

albertacowboy · #5 10-10-2010, 10:36 PM

303carbine, what is the finish like on your Norwegian K98? Mine has a crappy-looking and patchy varnish on it and I'm wondering if it is the Norwegian finish. They did varnish the stocks, but I would expect their work to be better, which makes me wonder if this is a bubba job.

catnthehat · #6 10-11-2010, 08:06 AM

Mauser all the way!
The Nagant is not as good a rifle for hunting IMO, simply because of the cartridge it is chambered in, the safety, and the bolt system ......
Cat

open sights · #7 10-11-2010, 12:40 PM

thanks all! i think ill go for the mauser, but once i get enuf cash ill buy the nagant as well (im planning on starting an old gun collection)

sirmike68 · #8 10-11-2010, 07:43 PM

I bought an M48 Yugo MAuser from Marstar about 4 years ago and have used it exclusively for deer hunting. It is heavy to haul around and the trigger pull is quite heavy but it is a laser. I sighted it in once and every year the test shot for accuracy is done and it is always bang on, the best $199 I have spent.

wolf308 · #9 11-06-2010, 06:27 AM

i have both and handload them both because the factory ammo you buy herre is underpowered. the mauser is from 1939 swastika and everything and ive put a replica ww2 german war scope and mount on it , but its too nice of a rifle to take in the bush, heavy too. mine will only shoot 150 gr bullets as well. the moison nagant is my bush gun , carbine 1944 model with hammer and sickle ive loaded 220 gr bear busters with it for justin. 2260 is velocity so not ideal but better than a 30-30 for hiking in the mountains. there is a safety factor too though , if you hike with a round chambered like i do the MN is messed up you pull back the bolt and twist it to lock it which is extremely unpleasent and i dont do it cause by then youll be bear food. you dont have to have one chambered though but feeding is sometimes an issue and i have to slap/slam the bolt shut sometimes. they are both control fed so they are both more reliable in a dangerous game situation. for deer hunting or something either one would be good i guess. the 98k is heavy though but factory ammo is wimpy

Grizzly Adams · #10 11-06-2010, 08:33 AM

Buy a REAL hunting rifle and save the other two, for your collection.

I think if I had to go with the Nagant, I'd find a M 38 carbine. Nice handy little piece and doesn't have that awkward folding bayonet of the 44.

Grizz

Dean2 · #11 11-06-2010, 09:07 AM

For a deer gun, like Cat says "Mauser all they way".

Wolf308, if you have to SLAP/SLAM that baby, controlled feed or not, that is not the rig I would be using for dangerous game, until I had it feeding smooth as silk. A Thuddy thuddy that feeds well would be a better bear gun, and a short barreled Marlin 45-70 would be better than either for that job.