about Mitchells Mausers

[Devil Dog]

I'm sure your Mitchel's Mauser is a nice gun. The complaint is about their advertizing, description and especially their price. They are not a good value.

[billt]

I'm sure your Mitchel's Mauser is a nice gun. The complaint is about their advertizing, description and especially their price. They are not a good value.

The problem I see is the people who are doing all the complaining, (advertising, price, value, etc.), are usually the ones who don't own them.

[gandog56]

Maybe it's the people that weren't taken in by their misleading advertising which is why they don't own them.

[billt]

If a customer is satisfied with the product they have purchased, how have they been misled? Remember, and this is important, I don't give a damn that my rifle didn't shoot a sniper in Budapest. It's clean, accurate, and doesn't look like Hitler hid it in his garden during the rainy season. Bill T.

[Devil Dog]

To each his own, but I would like to have a rifle that Hitler hid in his garden.
Most people are "duped" when they buy a M.M. They may learn the truth later, but I don't think they received what they thought they were buying.
I guess it all depends on what they thought they were buying.

[Claven2]

FWIW, I have lots of yugo Mausers in mint unissued condition. I never paid anything close to the MM price, usually less than 50% the MM price, all from legit dealers with solid advertising.

YMMV.

[billt]

Most people are "duped" when they buy a M.M.

That's nonsense. Most who buy from Mitchell's are no different than I am. We simply wanted a nice, clean, accurate Mauser rifle. That's it. That is all Mitchell's customers are looking for. They are not purchasing for historical significance. They want a clean rifle, and don't envy those who show up at the range to shoot their, "Historically Correct Tomato Stakes". Bill T.

[Claven2]

Bill:

Let me be very succinct:

Nobody is saying there is anything wrong with the M48's that Mitchell's is selling. Many of their M48's are just fine, though some people have reported some (but certainly not all) of them to be humped up a little. (e.g. serial numbers re-matched by the importer, stocks sanded and refinished, etc.)

What is wrong with MM is that they advertise these guns as being WW2 K98k's which they are NOT.

What's more, they creatively write their ad copy to justify their asking prices. While I am glad you like your rifle, you almost certainly paid at least twice what it was reasonably worth. Nearly every other major milsurp dealer out there has sold the exact same unissued Yugo Mauser rifles for less than half the price.

Then we get into the "snipers" and "SS rifles" mitchell's is peddling. Be afraid - be very afraid of these "creations".

[billt]

While I am glad you like your rifle, you almost certainly paid at least twice what it was reasonably worth. Nearly every other major milsurp dealer out there has sold the exact same unissued Yugo Mauser rifles for less than half the price.

I hear that all the time. I will say this. First off they are most definitely NOT "the exact same". I know because I've seen both. Second, here in Phoenix we have per ca pita, more gun shops and gun shows than anywhere. The Small Arms Review show is one of the largest, biggest attended shows in the entire country. I attend most of them. I have yet to see anyone selling ANY kind of Mauser as nice as what Mitchell's offers. I've seen a lot of these so called "unissued" Mauser's, and most don't look anywhere near as nice. Many look like crap, pure and simple. Rusty accessories, horrible looking wood, missing cleaning rods, missing front sight hoods, name it. I don't make a habit of throwing money away, and if there were such deals out there to be had, I would have jumped at the chance. I bought from Mitchell's sight unseen, which is risky. But was totally satisfied with both of my rifles. I've seen plenty of Mauser's for more than I paid. I simply shook my head and walked away. I understand the importance of historical significance to those that care about it. But my priority was a nice clean shooter. I accomplished that twice with one phone call. Hard to beat that in my book. Bill T.

[Claven2]

Well, FWIW, here is a non-mitchell's M48 I purchased for less money. About 50% less. It's unissued. Period.