Thread: Damn I do love a good controlled feed mauser action

Especially when they're chambered in 6.5 dinosaur!



Feel free to share yours.

Is that s CZ527? what 6.5 is that? 6.5x39?

Carl Gustav Swede?

Magazine looks like a brno one, dinosaur could be the x55 the one that got everybody excited by the 6.5.

Two of my dinosaurs!



A 6.5 and a 6.8

Originally Posted by Tentman

Two of my dinosaurs!

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A 6.5 and a 6.8

I want the one on the left

You have good taste sir. An Oberndorf Mauser "original sporting rifle" in 6.5x47, kurz action. Manufactured 1923, I got it in a completely stuffed state and no bolt . Rebuilt by Dave Ward. 3.1 Kgs.

Do you find the mauser action too noisy? I have a cz527 and I wonder if the action is too loud for bush hunting.

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I wouldn't say so, no.

It's more clunky. But run it fast and it's still very slick. I'd say the sound of the round popping up out of the mag on a Tikka/Howa/whatever is probably a bit louder if you go slow.
@timattalon, close, 6.5 Grendel.

Originally Posted by Rn-85

Do you find the mauser action too noisy? I have a cz527 and I wonder if the action is too loud for bush hunting.

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cant get head around HOW it would be too noisy unless you hunt with no round in chamber........
most folks will either have safety on or have bolt with round on extractor and not shut completely....

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

cant get head around HOW it would be too noisy unless you hunt with no round in chamber........
most folks will either have safety on or have bolt with round on extractor and not shut completely....

Yeah, that makes more sense. Cycling a round in my 527 will scare anything away.

My 308 has a standard action and can be done slowly and very quietly.

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Originally Posted by Micky Duck

cant get head around HOW it would be too noisy unless you hunt with no round in chamber........
most folks will either have safety on or have bolt with round on extractor and not shut completely....

.....Respectfully suggest that you shouldn't have a round in the chamber until you are ready to shoot.

I tend to leave the action completely open. With a round under the extractor, it'll slide back and flick the round out into the tussock when pointed upwards.

And I rarely rely on the safety with that particular rifle. I use the set triggger on it and it has actually gone off before when the set trigger is engaged and I've flicked the safety off.

It's a bit of a faff when the animal you're lining up on ducks into cover then you have to de-cock, un-set, re-cock, apply safety, wait for the animal to re-appear, remove safety, re-set, fire. Easier to just keep the chamber empty until ready to shoot.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

cant get head around HOW it would be too noisy unless you hunt with no round in chamber........
most folks will either have safety on or have bolt with round on extractor and not shut completely....

@Micky Duck you, or some other old school hunter, should teach these boys how to hunt safely on half cocked, so they don't go off half locked!

Originally Posted by Pommy

I tend to leave the action completely open. With a round under the extractor, it'll slide back and flick the round out into the tussock when pointed upwards.

And I rarely rely on the safety with that particular rifle. I use the set triggger on it and it has actually gone off before when the set trigger is engaged and I've flicked the safety off.

It's a bit of a faff when the animal you're lining up on ducks into cover then you have to de-cock, un-set, re-cock, apply safety, wait for the animal to re-appear, remove safety, re-set, fire. Easier to just keep the chamber empty until ready to shoot.

just remind me never to hunt with you after 55 years of hunting you are scary