The Turkish Mauser Forum

A mechanical question.

feeds@yuku.com (marblemason1) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:25:09 GMT

Greetings Everyone.
I have a question which I'd like to humbly submit to the forum members.

When I fire more than 3 rounds out of my 98 Mauser I have to ratchet the hell out of bolt handle to get it in the vertical position to extract the spent casing and chamber a fresh round. To the best of my knowledge the bolt assembly is properly lubed so I can't see why this is happening. It appears to be a heat issue due to the fact that once I let the rifle cool off the...

Price Check on Turked 1888 Gew

feeds@yuku.com (mrupe) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:31:30 GMT

Hi All,
I'm looking at an old Turk Gew 88 with a bayonet, I think its a M1903. The rifle looks to be in good condition with a barrel that still has some rifling but is a little frosty. The bayonet looks like one of the Spanish bolo style with cross hatch pattern on the handle. I'm going to go by and look at it again and see if I can get a few pictures. So whats something like this worth on today's market?

Please help!

feeds@yuku.com (marblemason1) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:00:05 GMT

I recently purchased a 1943 Turkish Mauser. Serial number 23118

My question is this: Do I have an S or a J Bore rifle? Is it a .323 bore or a .318? Should I have a bore cast done to determine what it is? Were the .318 bores only used in the early Mauser rifles (Pre 1905) ? I really don't want to spend the $45.00 to do a bore cast if I don't have to.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Newby question on a broken sear spring on a M1893/38

feeds@yuku.com (xlerb) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:48:02 GMT

Found a nice 1893/38 Turkish Mauser for $75 at a show this weekend. As is typical it needed a good cleaning to remove old grease and dirt. While cleaning the grunge out of the sear spring with a Q-tip the spring broke - I should have known better than to use something as dangerous as a Q-tip on a fragile old Mauser
All the old Mausers, (mainly M98's but a few M93's like this one) I've cleaned up look like the...

turk feed ramp angle

feeds@yuku.com (beltfedarmorer) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:52:07 GMT

I have turk mauser with Bell and Carlson stock ,Adams and Bennet 1/9 barrel, and turned bolt, in 6.5x55. I noticed that the feed ramp is very steep. This seems to deform certain bullets that I reload and feed in the gun (nosler ballistic tips) but not noticeably the Sierra HPBTMK. The gun will stil shoot under .5 MOA.with the Sierra and under 1 MOA with nosler. I understand it was designed for ball military ammo and was just wondering if anyone has modified their feedramp to be a bit more...

Old ammo

feeds@yuku.com (yankee patriot) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:07:22 GMT

I have some old 8mm rounds for a Turkish mauser from 1947. The brass is cracked on most of the rounds. Can I reload the same bullets and powder into new brass?

'89 Turk?

feeds@yuku.com (Buckskin) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:15:25 GMT

I read the Turks had some 1889 type Mausers similar to an Argentina '91. Has any one ever seen one? Were they the 7.65X53 chambered?

Is this gun worth keeping?

feeds@yuku.com (dchadpage) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:21:58 GMT

I have what appears to be an 1893 Turk, roll stamped 1933. I picked this up at flea market around 15 years ago because I liked it for some reason. I knew nothing about them then and only tonight am I learning about it.

Sights and receiver serial #s match, but the bolt does not. My pictures are not great, wish I had a better camera set up. The gun would be cleaner but I've had trouble getting the barrel bands off, so the cleaning is on hold until I can get a soft sided clamp...

K. Kale

feeds@yuku.com (GreenMachine79) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:28:14 GMT

K. Kale vs 1893/33 accuracy

feeds@yuku.com (Mizzou55) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:39:13 GMT

Hi,

I would like to hear any opinions on these two guns. Is one more accurate than the other. (The 1893/33 is obviously older and thus less accurate than the K. Kale? But then I've heard K. Kales were thrown together from spare parts and thus a poorer quality gun? )

Say you remove the gun 'condition' variable, will there be any consistent difference in accuracy? If this is an age old discussion on this forum - sorry, it's new to me.

Safety on Turk 1903

feeds@yuku.com (wlb1006) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:22:17 GMT

Just got a new turk 1903 and can't get the safety to turn. Any suggestions?

So I bought this bayonet.....

feeds@yuku.com (I Shoot Things) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:54:49 GMT

I bought a bayonet for my turk on Ebay. It has "AS FA" on in so I thought it was right. I got it and it would fit but as you can see in the pictures there was a piece of metal welded to the original part of the barrel lug. The hole in the extra part though is about 1/16th inch smaller in diameter so it wont fit over the barrel. Does anyone have any idea why this would have been done? I was going to either bore out the hole to match the original part or mill the extra piece off...

Turkish Sling

feeds@yuku.com (I Shoot Things) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:38:14 GMT

I was hoping someone could give me some advice or point me in the right direction to find an original sling for my turkish mauser. I did some research on it and found out what it looks like but I've looked everywhere and cannot find an original sling for it. Does anyone have some advice? Or perhaps does anyone here have an original sling that they would sell to me?

interchange of bolt

feeds@yuku.com (kwikarl) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:14:36 GMT

can i use a vz24 czech bolt in my turk k.kale receiver?

Turk 1934 (1893) Mauser 8mm ???

feeds@yuku.com (Mizzou55) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:43:03 GMT

Hi,

I read a post that says my 'new' 1934, 1893 convert to 8mm, takes 7.92X57R, rimmed, and not regular 7.92X57. Is this true for sure? The rimfire is unavailable correct? Cool wallhanger if true.

Thanks.

Is this a rare year Turk?

feeds@yuku.com (high speed cruise) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:26:55 GMT

I saw one in a local pawn shop (over-priced though) and it was dated 1948. Is that a rare year?

Thanks,

hsc

Time for some pics of my 'new' M93

feeds@yuku.com (Palimino Stripe) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:46:01 GMT

Howdy all. I got this lovely specimen at the gun show a few months ago. Haven't posted pics until now.

Really nice condition in & out. Got it for $150. Plus the guy threw in about 40 rounds of 7mm mauser ammo. I think he thought that's what this gun was chambered for. Either way he told me to check with a professional to be sure (I'm well aware that it's 8mm though- but at least he didn't insist that it was 7mm). In the end, not the cheapest Turk out...

Barrel interchangeability question

feeds@yuku.com (eagle7) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:16:40 GMT

I'm confused about what rifle barrels are compatible with the Turk M1903/38 receiver. I know the 1903/38 is a large ring/short shank receiver and has an intermediate length action. I have read that the Swede M96 barrel can be used to rebarrel a '03/38 without too much trouble. My question is this; are all Mauser pre-1898 barrels also compatible? I have a M1903/38 with a badly pitted bore and I am contemplating a barrel change. I'd like to find a nice K.Kale Model 38...

1903 matching low serial number question

feeds@yuku.com (SgtPppr) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:46:58 GMT

I sent a email to Doc AV about my question, but he may not have gotten it. I acquired a 1903 Turk at a gunshow that actually has matching bolt and receiver, 229. On the left side of the receiver ring is a small serial # IF229 engraved in those little dots. No other matching numbers or import marks. Receiver ring markings are TC ASFA ANKARA 1938. Is it rare to have a matching Turk? I will try to get some pics up later. Thanks for any help.

New Guy Needs Some Help IDing an Old Rifle

feeds@yuku.com (arahoyt) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:22:08 GMT

Hey, this is my first post. I'm looking at getting a rifle that I believe is some type of Turkish Mauser and was hoping to get some more info about it. It looks like a Mauser action and I'm told that it's a 8MM, but the guy has never shot it and doesn't know for sure. It is stamped AS.FA; ANKARA; 1935; and the serial number appears to be 17113. Can anybody tell me what I've got here? I've got some pics that I'll try and get posted up.