Replacement front sights...

[amadeus76]

So I hate the triangle front sigh most Mauser rifles are equipped with. How this front sight was ever approved is beyond me. My 1912 Chilean Mauser has a blade front sight that I've found to be so much easier to use and for a while now I've been on the lookout for similar front sights to little avail. The only thing I've found is this front sight here...

https://www.brownells.com/rifle-part...k-prod341.aspx

It says it's compatible but I've heard different. Can anyone verify that these would work with a K98, M48, and M96 Mauser variants?

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[Doco overboard]

I used one of those some time ago on a 7x57m98 I had.
Once I adjusted the sight blade I wound up nearly right back to the original height of the one that was on there.
The dovetail however was a perfect fit.

[Patrick Chadwick]

How this front sight was ever approved is beyond me.

The front sight blade appears to have been unchanged from its introduction on the M1871 rifle. When I needed a higher blade for my 1871, I simply put in a K98k replacement blade.

Your link doesn't work for me, but you can be reasonably sure that the dovetail is the same for all military Mausers.