Mauser M03 - Opinions / Experience

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I am interested in hearing from anyone who may own / have experience with the Mauser M03. What are your opinions? Impressions? Any known issues? Pros & cons?

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Solid rifle, unfortunately it is discontinued now. Very hard to find parts for it to use it the way it was meant to be used (various barrels, QD mounts, magazines, different size bolt heads etc.)
If you plan to use it just as a take down rifle it’s still as close to perfect as you can hope for. Accurate, great trigger, smooth action, reliable, safe - manual cocking instead of a safety. Ideal in powerful cartridges as it is built on a long action and the rifle has a good weight to it absorption the recoil.
There are not many for sale on the used market. People who own them tent to keep them.
I have several and took them twice to Africa. Did not let me down yet.
 
Solid rifle, unfortunately it is discontinued now. Very hard to find parts for it to use it the way it was meant to be used (various barrels, QD mounts, magazines, different size bolt heads etc.)
If you plan to use it just as a take down rifle it’s still as close to perfect as you can hope for. Accurate, great trigger, smooth action, reliable, safe - manual cocking instead of a safety. Ideal in powerful cartridges as it is built on a long action and the rifle has a good weight to it absorption the recoil.
There are not many for sale on the used market. People who own them tent to keep them.
I have several and took them twice to Africa. Did not let me down yet.
Thank you! I am looking at one and it is a beautiful gun in a desirable heavy caliber. I was just not familiar the series. Much appreciated!
 
Hello,
I had one in 8x68s caliber. A good gun, with good performance and excellent groupings (shots taken at 100m), but with some drawbacks:
It was a bit heavy: 3.8 kg in a magnum caliber, without a scope, sling, or ammunition.
The scope was mounted on the action and not on the barrel, so the zeroing changed when the barrel was assembled and disassembled. I did tests shooting from a shooting bench, and the shots varied by about 3cm at 100m. If you're going to shoot at long range, you'd have to re-zero the sights before hunting.
Regards
 
Hello,
I had one in 8x68s caliber. A good gun, with good performance and excellent groupings (shots taken at 100m), but with some drawbacks:
It was a bit heavy: 3.8 kg in a magnum caliber, without a scope, sling, or ammunition.
The scope was mounted on the action and not on the barrel, so the zeroing changed when the barrel was assembled and disassembled. I did tests shooting from a shooting bench, and the shots varied by about 3cm at 100m. If you're going to shoot at long range, you'd have to re-zero the sights before hunting.
Regards
Thank you. That is great information. This rifle will never be reconfigured with another barrel. You are absolutely correct, it is heavy.
 
Wonderful rifle, but parts are really problematic and usually unobtainium in the US. The factory flat out lied about post discontinuation support.
 
Wonderful rifle, but parts are really problematic and usually unobtainium in the US. The factory flat out lied about post discontinuation support.

Thank you. That’s my one real concern….. What happens if something breaks?
 

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