mauser vs. lee enfield?

[Beerhunter]

Hope this doesn`t become a political forum!
Collecting is just good sport and great fun..
Here`s something: My dad was an allied combat soldier during WWll, but for
all that he still admired his opponents` superb weaponry (K98), as do i.
I just admire Lee Enfields more!!

I agree with you and my post was an ill-advised reaction.

However I disagree about the Kar98k. (I own one of them, as well as my Lee-Enfields.) It's heavy, slow and has too small capacity. The Germans had an opportunity to produce something better in 1935 and, for what ever reasons, decided not to.

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[Homer]

I agree with you and my post was an ill-advised reaction.

However I disagree about the Kar98k. (I own one of them, as well as my Lee-Enfields.) It's heavy, slow and has too small capacity. The Germans had an opportunity to produce something better in 1935 and, for what ever reasons, decided not to.

What was that?

[NRA]

What was that?

Sturmgewehr 44?

[Patrick Chadwick]

Originally Posted by Beerhunter I agree with you and my post was an ill-advised reaction. However I disagree about the Kar98k. (I own one of them, as well as my Lee-Enfields.) It's heavy, slow and has too small capacity. The Germans had an opportunity to produce something better in 1935 and, for what ever reasons, decided not to. What was that?

A Garand?

But seriously: Mag Fed made an excellent point - you tend to place a higher value on things you understand - whether it is a painting, a piece of music - or an old gun. And there is, of course, the effect that sellers will tend to set a higher value on something that they possess themselves than on an identical object possessed by someone else.

When my Mauser 1871 needed a higher foresight blade, to hit the black at 100 yards rather than 300, I simply fitted a K98k tall blade. No problems. The Mauser V-backsight plus "roof" foresight did not change from beginning to end. So what was OK in 1871 was seriously out of date when the K98k was introduced. The regular Enfield/Swedish Mauser/other Mauser match organized by the BDMP has produced clear statistics that the order of shooting accuracy is precisely that: Enfield/Swede/Mauser.

But serious Mauser fans can get very enthusiastic about things like rare date codes, and for obvious historical reasons, a Wehrmacht K98k with a pristine barrel is very much rarer than an Enfield in such a good condition, which in its turn is rarer than a Swede - they are almost always in good condition, and a lot in what most of us could describe as an excellent state.

[browningautorifle]

But serious Mauser fans can get very enthusiastic about things like rare date codes, and for obvious historical reasons, a Wehrmacht K98k with a pristine barrel is very much rarer than an Enfield in such a good condition, which in its turn is rarer than a Swede - they are almost always in good condition, and a lot in what most of us could describe as an excellent state.

Yes, but time and space...here in Canada, it's hard to get the kind of cash the same rifle may get elsewhere in the world. We don't seem to have the cash backed collectors that you see elsewhere. Maybe it's our laws...

[enfieldman]

That`s true Jim, but here in Canada the damned long gun registry did serious damage to the
collecting of these relics. What`s being sold through retail outlets here is priced too high for
what you`re getting. People gave them away for fear of going to jail or hid them in their closets, then rich collectors gobbled them up for next to nothing.
In the U.S. you can get anything you want at a reasonable price. No cross border shopping
though!!!