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The older sporterized rifles were often converted and housed in stocks of questionable origin.

These rifles were popular and chief alternatives to newly manufactured domestic made hunting rifles. Typically, the barrel was replaced and the stock either modified or changed out to what is known as a sporter stock. Used to clean the barrels in field use, a cloth, brush or jag was connected to the end and pulled thru the barrel. German Military Surplus chain pull thru original to the STG44 and MP44 rifles, also used with 8mm Mausers such as the 98 and K98. The action made for an economical sporting rifle build when compared to sporting rifles built by Remington, Winchester, and Savage. STG44 MP44 Mauser Chain Pull Thru PAR-MAU001.

While many were preserved in their original military configuration, a great number were sporterized for hunting and target shooting. Founded in Oberndorf, Germany, in 1874 as Königliche Waffen Schmieden, the company was an effort started by the Mauser brothers, Peter and Wilhelm, several years earlier when they designed and produced rifles for the Prussian military.įrom the end of World War II through the late 1990s, many thousands of Mauser rifles hit American shores via the surplus market. It will fit the Model 1916 Spanish Mausers with recoil lug and the FN Herstal 7mm x 57 Venezuelan short. The name Mauser is one of the oldest names in firearms. This mount fits the majority of 8mm mil surp Mauser variant designs with K98 type recoil lug and rear sight blocks (K98k, M24/47, M48, etc.).