" Nazi Guns Saved Israel " Said UK historian Mark Felton

[Litwin]

many say that The mauser action is the best bolt action , do you agree ? whats your favorite bolt action r. ?

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According to an episode of Tales of the Gun (Guns of Israel), thousands of WWII Czech Mausers were notoriously inaccurate. After a series of testings, the Israeli gunsmiths finally discovered the problem: the sights were misaligned. Turns out the Czechs, who hated the Nazis, sabotaged the rifles deliberately, knowing they will be sent to German forces. The Israeli fixed the sights and the guns worked perfectly.

 

[JGalt]

Throughout the years, I've owned one Argentine Mauser, two Gewehr 88's and 98, a 98k carbine, Mauser models 1902, 1904, 1908, a Siamese Mauser, five Turkish Mausers, two Vz. 24's, 7 Japanese Arisaka Types 99 and 38 in 7.7 and 6.5 Jap, an Italian Carcano, seven British Enfields including two jungle carbines, two US Springfield 03A3, four Enfield P-1917, six M1 carbines, one M1 Garand, and six SKS rifles. They're all good rifles except for the cheap Turkish Mausers and the Carcano. The most accurate one was the Type 38 Japanese Aisaka in 6.5 Japanese, and with handloads. The only two WW2-era battle rifles I have now are a bubba'd up British Enfield that I got at a garage for $10, and this Springfield 03A3. The 03A3 is cheap to shoot because 30-06 is cheap to handload.

 

[whitehall]

Moving sights on a rifle doesn't rise to the level of industrial sabotage. It's a B.S. story.

 

[JGalt]

Moving sights on a rifle doesn't rise to the level of industrial sabotage. It's a B.S. story.

It is a BS story.. The rear sights on most all WW2 battle rifles have no adjustment for windage (left or right). That's accomplished by drifting the front sight left or right with a punch and a hammer, which they might have conceivably done. But that's an easy fix, all it would take is to drift the front sight one was or the other, until it was back on target.

The rear sights on most all battle rifles of that period were only adjustable for elevation and aside from some major modifications, they couldn't be altered to put them very far off the target.

 

[Litwin]

It is a BS story.. The rear sights on most all WW2 battle rifles have no adjustment for windage (left or right). That's accomplished by drifting the front sight left or right with a punch and a hammer, which they might have conceivably done. But that's an easy fix, all it would take is to drift the front sight one was or the other, until it was back on target.

The rear sights on most all battle rifles of that period were only adjustable for elevation and aside from some major modifications, they couldn't be altered to put them very far off the target.

agree