Oberndorf Model 96?

TULAver · 06-04-2005, 06:33 PM

I can't seem to find any info on these Oberndorf Model 96 rifles that sarco is selling. Every search I do ends up in a page about Swedish M96 Mausers. Are these rifles not derivative of a Mauser military rifle or what? Actually, the only place I've found that says anything about them is the Sarco page itself.

Anyone know anything about them? They look interesting with the straight pull bolt, much more expensive than a Swiss K31, but available in some nice caliber choices.

Snakebite · 06-04-2005, 08:06 PM

I dont know of a straight pull bolt on a model 96. I have a Swede that is marked

Waffenfabrik Mauser
Oberndorf
1899

lefty o · 06-05-2005, 01:28 AM

several years ago mauser came out with a new rifle , straight pull bolt called the model 96, in a variety of calibers and these rifles were short lived and did not sell well. these rifles should not be confused with the model 1896 swedish mauser.

TULAver · 06-06-2005, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by lefty o

several years ago mauser came out with a new rifle , straight pull bolt called the model 96, in a variety of calibers and these rifles were short lived and did not sell well. these rifles should not be confused with the model 1896 swedish mauser.

Exactly^ they look like high quality sporting rifles, but for the life of me there's no information about them to be found on the internet. All my Mauser model 96 searches only turn up the Swedes. You have any insight as to why they didn't sell well? I can imagine that the straight pull mechanism didn't appeal to the Mauser purists, but if it's of relatively modern design, is it a strong action? I assume it must be if they're offering it in .308, 30.06 and .300

I guess I shouldn't be asking about this in the military forum?

Big Dog · 06-06-2005, 03:55 AM

I remember seeing these straight-pull commercial Mausers in the older Gun Digest books - seemed a nice enough rifle, but as was said, the Mauser purists didn't go for it.
This was before we became enamored of the Swiss K31 and the Austro-Hungarian M95 straight-pull rifles. They were seen as an abberation.

TULAver · 06-17-2005, 11:30 PM

Gotta say, after checking one out at a local pawn shop, with a none too discounted price tag of $850, I don't think it's as refined a design as the K-31 seems to be. The bolt handle on a straight pull, in my mind, should be designed like the K-31, rather than just putting a conventional style bolt arm on it, that just doesn't move vertically. That was why I wasn't as impressed with the SIG Blaser as everyone else seemed.

06-04-2005, 06:33 PM	#1
TULAver Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Southeast Texas Posts: 372	Oberndorf Model 96? I can't seem to find any info on these Oberndorf Model 96 rifles that sarco is selling. Every search I do ends up in a page about Swedish M96 Mausers. Are these rifles not derivative of a Mauser military rifle or what? Actually, the only place I've found that says anything about them is the Sarco page itself. Anyone know anything about them? They look interesting with the straight pull bolt, much more expensive than a Swiss K31, but available in some nice caliber choices. __________________ It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that any people you meet from time to time are merely the product of a deranged imagination.

06-06-2005, 03:55 AM	#5
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,219	I remember seeing these straight-pull commercial Mausers in the older Gun Digest books - seemed a nice enough rifle, but as was said, the Mauser purists didn't go for it. This was before we became enamored of the Swiss K31 and the Austro-Hungarian M95 straight-pull rifles. They were seen as an abberation. __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.

06-17-2005, 11:30 PM	#6
TULAver Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Southeast Texas Posts: 372	Gotta say, after checking one out at a local pawn shop, with a none too discounted price tag of $850, I don't think it's as refined a design as the K-31 seems to be. The bolt handle on a straight pull, in my mind, should be designed like the K-31, rather than just putting a conventional style bolt arm on it, that just doesn't move vertically. That was why I wasn't as impressed with the SIG Blaser as everyone else seemed. __________________ It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that any people you meet from time to time are merely the product of a deranged imagination.

06-04-2005, 08:06 PM	#2
Snakebite Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tucson, Mexico Posts: 1,839	I dont know of a straight pull bolt on a model 96. I have a Swede that is marked Waffenfabrik Mauser Oberndorf 1899

06-05-2005, 01:28 AM	#3
lefty o Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn Posts: 4,806	several years ago mauser came out with a new rifle , straight pull bolt called the model 96, in a variety of calibers and these rifles were short lived and did not sell well. these rifles should not be confused with the model 1896 swedish mauser.