Mitchell Mauser's

[oldhorse50]

Originally Posted by Mooseman684

I have an M48 Mitchells Mauser and it is Beautiful...
It is as New as you will find...All matching serial Numbers, Beautiful wood, It was NOT refinished, Not Reblued, it was cleaned of Cosmoline and inspected...
Cost 299.00 for the rifle, and I bought the Bayonet and cleaning kit to go with it... While not a K98 German Mauser, it is a great gun just the same !
http://mauser.org/reviews/Press%20Re...%20OF%2021.pdf
Rich

I looked up mitchell's mausers BBB, they have a ..double rating AA, REALLY NO COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE...........I WILL STILL BUY THEM

[bigbadf250sd]

Originally Posted by lefty o

if a k98 mauser from mitchells looks like new, its been refinished.

I bought one in May 2007 and had my gunsmith look at it. He said he could not find anything wrong, he used the go nogo gage. He said it was cleaned but not refinished. I paid 299.00 for the collectors with the NRA discount.

[Sarge]

oh50
If by "looks like new" you mean the finish & stock looks new and the bolt is nice & shinny then you have a wunderfull mitchels rebuild of a russian capture K98k. The stock is new made with NO German markings, just the rifles ser nr, the rifle has been refinished and the bolt polished so it shines like an M48 - the German bolts were blued! They also renumbered a half dozed or so parts so they matched the receiver.
As a shooter there is nothing wrong with mitchels rifles, it's just that they stretch the truth so far they are almost lying about the WW 2 rifles origins and originality.

bb250
Your rifle is one of the original condition rifles that mitchels was advertising some while back. Those rifles had not been dicked with by mitchels.
However you could probably have bought a comparable rifle else where for a bit less $.
The discussion here is the ones they advertise as being original and in new condition - the rifle they show in their adds. These are totaly reworked with new stocks so NOT at all "Original!"

As far as shooters, I would expect everything they sell to be good shooters. Their wunderful WW 2 K98k rifles however are NOT collectable and won't be for probably 100 yrs.
Sarge

[win39]

I'm glad I read this, I have been looking at them for a while now. Something always kept me from buying one.