Mauser M71 cavalry carbine at the range

[gunner]

Attachment 27090 NO! I´d never use nitro in it. I got someone to load 60 rounds with BP and I´ve only got three left to last me to the end of next month. Went to the Wannsee range this morning, set up two targets (one above the other) and got it all worked out for 100 metres. It´s still too high. Great fun turning the range into a battlefield with smoke. What I really need is something to go over the front sight to increase its height. Otherwise am greatly please to have worked my way into the black. Just hope the Werder works even better. If it does, the Mauser `71 will have to go. The 33/40 Gebirgsjäger is on Hermann Historica today (I´ll never be a collector).

Would fit fine in my safe!

Great Thread!

[villiers]

Pity about that Ulrich! I can´t recommend Herm.Hist. The 33/40 didn´t achieve anything like the one on eGun (just a few days left and the price is going through the roof). Think I´ve got the front sight problem finally worked out and can now find out how accurate the M `71 and the Werder are.

[gunner]

Thats the problem with the Auction houses. I´m sure that the M`71 will be a good shooter! They normally are.

[jon_norstog]

I've never heard of a Mauser that wouldn't shoot the eye out of anything you could see. That carbine will shoot closer than you can hold it!

jn

[villiers]

Attachment 34287Attachment 34288Attachment 34289I´ve come to terms with the Werder cav. carbine in the meantime. I´ve fitted it with a higher front sight and worked out my own re-load (cast the barrel with CerroSafe and had a mold made). Can´t say that it´s spectacularly precise ... but ok. (the target is standard 10 inch at 100 metres).

Can´t say that the M `71 is any better. But have sent in the CerroSafe cast and am waiting for the mold. It´s got a new front sight blade but I´m not satisfied with the re-loads and I can´t yet get satisfactory results on the target so will have to wait till I can make some bullets.

The Werder mechanism is a source of great joy. It comes out for cleaning, comes apart and looks like something from a jigsaw puzzle but is easy to do once it´s understood.

Suppose you can´t expect too much from either of them (the Werder´s not much more than a stocked pistol)