The length of pull is a bit too long for my 5'10" frame, but that is the way a rifle, chambered for dangerous game, should come out of the box. Since this is not a sheep rifle, the sling is attached to a barrel band, as is the tradition in heaver calibers. This classic stock design is effective in controlling recoil, so the rifle does not behave like a cork leaving a champagne bottle. 416 Rigby would shockingly present the rear of the trigger guard to your grip fingers. No consideration is given to the current fad of vertical pistol grips, which would be fine on a plastic. Holland & Holland and Rigby earned worldwide reputations by developing the two most desired calibers in our sport, and they both built their superb dangerous-game magazine rifles on Mauser 98s. The grip is a graceful open curve similar to what you would find on rifles built by the best English gun houses, who know a thing or two about African hunting. The comb is straight with an elegant cheekpiece. This is a rifle designed by a firm steeped in expertise with heavy recoil calibers for the planet's largest, and most dangerous game. However, it is the shape that is seductive. I miss the thumb cut, but this is admittedly nostalgic pining for cosmetics.Įven though the excitement is in the action, your attention is drawn first to the stock: high-grade walnut offered in three grades, dressed in a gloss finish, and capped with ebony. 416 Rigby is offered in two different weights.) Thank you Mauser, from a mountain grizzly hunter. Mauser realizes that not all of these rifles are headed to Africa - a fact appreciated by those of us in Alaska who hunt in weather so heinous we are tempted to carry a photo of the sun. Appearances aside, this protection is another example of foresight. It presents a beautiful classic appearance as opposed to Teflon coating that sports all the glamor of an old frying pan. The process produces a rich luster, like bluing, and is resistant to wear and scuffing. A similar process has been used on my biathlon rifle, and it remains rust-free in defiance of the years of spectacular head-over-skis crashes. It is this feature that most excites hunters. The steel is still capable of rusting, but you almost have to work at it. Today's Mauser customers benefit from the best of modern technology: precision machining with the digital input from Paul Mauser's original drawings.īesides more exact machining tolerances, Mauser has further upgraded the 98 by employing a plasma nitride treatment to the action and barrel. Mauser 98s of yesteryear were brilliantly machined from a single billet of steel, and the same is true 117 years later. When the Mauser 98 was first introduced, the gun world was making single shots and lever actions, and as it is now put back into production, the world is making guns from stamped metal and molded plastic. If God had intended gun parts to be stamped steel, Mauser would have made the 98 that way.
It's full-size rear shroud and multiple vents protect the shooter from case rupture, while a full-length claw extractor provides a dependable control feed. It has proven to be dependable in countless conflicts, including two world wars, as well as on the hunting grounds from the polar ice to the equator. The Mauser 98 is, without question, is the most copied action of all time. Even Springfield paid royalty fees until the outbreak of hostilities, in World War I ended such business pleasantries. How many mechanical devices have been manufactured in three different centuries yet are still at the top of the tree? Five years before the Wright Brothers' first flight, the Mauser Brothers introduced a rifle that became the father of bolt actions. For many of us, the world of high grade, dangerous-game bolt rifles starts and ends with one action: the Mauser 98. Rich Grozik, author of the book Game Guns, believes "we do not own fine guns, we are only their curator during our lifetime, not theirs." Rich was speaking of fine English shotguns, but this truth holds for all collectable firearms. The Mauser 98 is one of the most popular rifles in the world.
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