![]() It would be interesting to find out what kind of failure is being described, though, for a dangerous game rifle, I would probably baulk at taking a Mauser 66 along on a hunt purely because of the age of the rifle and the difficulty of getting parts. bolt action…they in fact are a short as a double rifle.”Ī writer named Rod Cockerill from an African web forum () suggests that the rifles are beautifully made but that they “ can fail horribly when exposed to the dusty conditions of the African bush”. 375 H&H… I view them as butt ugly in appearance, but that is where it stops, they are smooth as silk, they feed like a poop through a goose, I doubt that you could make one jam, triggers are good, and they are bench rest accurate, It just can’t get any better than that, not to mention they are shorter by about 6 inches than a std. “I have had two of them, one a high dollar custom rifle by a top of the line Custom gun guild gunmaker, and the other was a std. A comment from an owner listed as “atkinsonhunting” on the forum is typical of what owners tend to report. ![]() The smoothness of the action and the quality of manufacture pretty much guarantee that owners will tend to be satisfied and content to keep their Mauser 66. The two lug front locking bolt locks directly into the barrel assembly.
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