M71/84 Mauser.

[villiers]

This is an interesting photo guide to the `71:-

Disassembling the 71-84 Mauser

[Johnny Peppers]

There was a bunch of us that got together on Sunday afternoons to shoot. This was during the time that some of the 71/84 rifles were brought in in the late 1950's, by Hy Hunter I believe. The standard rifles were something like $9.95 and for a few dollars more you could get a "hand select" rifle. One of the guys ordered a dozen of the rifles with one being the hand select. The standard rifles showed use, but the bore was perfect on all of them. The hand select rifle was just brand new. The original ammunition dating from the 1880's was $10 per hundred. It was original paper patch bullet blackpowder loads, and was very accurate. We were never able to duplicate the accuracy with a handload.

[Patrick Chadwick]

Well, if you take a look at the link posted by the other Patrick, you will understand why I wrote that if any of those vital bits are missing, you need an original to copy! And the link, as good as it is and as far as it goes, does not show those bits I referred to. But you can see that if you dismantle one of these ingenious mechanismsy you really, really need a clear workbench, a compartmented tray for the bits, and a clean floor so that you can find the bits you dropped!

Patrick

[Anzac15]

OK.....went to look at the Mauser. It was filthy, it was Bubba'd, and it was $40. It was also an Amberg Arsenal, King Ludwig of Bavaria version. All matching of course, bore is good. But, and this is a big but, I think it's a carbine that has only had the wood cut down. As soon as I find my frickin' camera, I'll get some photos on here. (oh, yeah, I bought it by the way. Couldn't help it)