The original Spanish CETME was not made to use NATO ammo. That design was adapted to use 7.62NATO by H&K and became the G3 and HK 91. I don't have the numbers handy, but the Spanish round is lower pressure than the other two, and was developed for their CETME rifle. 308 Winchester, despite having the same case dimensions. I do need to mention the Spanish 7.62x51mm is NOT the same as 7.62NATO or. No guarantees it will be the 'right' one and fit, but if you get the right length for your action, it should work. If you get a firing pin and it fits, odds are it will work. I'm not familiar with the exact dimensions of the FR8 action, so I can't say more than that there are several slight variations of 98 Mausers, and a few major ones, some parts will interchange, some won't. IF that extractor is the right one for your bolt. 005' difference in thickness, and that those are max dimensions, and manufacturing tolerances, it is likely an unmodified 8mm extractor will work with. 308 Win rim thickness as 0.054', and 7.92x57mm (8mm Mauser) rim thickness as 0.049'. Will a standard 8mm M98 Mauser firing replacement pin work for a quick swap?

To this day, after over one hundred-twenty years, the Mauser rifle is still one of the world’s most popular bolt action rifles.Will the 8mm standard extractor work on the FR8? Among those are the M1903 Springfield, Winchester Model 70, M1917 Enfield, Savage Model 110, Remington Model 700, and the Ruger Model 77. The Mauser rifle design has inspired some of the most popular firearms in the world. By 1944, the number of employees at Oberndorf had skyrocketed to an amazing 12,000 people with production being concentrated on the Models 98K, Luger, P-38 and HSC. This may have been the end of the Mauser legacy, if not for the rearmament of Germany in the 1930’s. The Mauser plant at Oberndorf, which had produced so many of the military weapons used in WW1, was greatly scaled down after the war to approximately 750 workers who were engaged in the production of sporting rifles and pistols.

Turkey, China, Serbia, Mexico, Costa Rica, and numerous South American countries ordered rifles of the Mauser design. This would also prove to be a highly successful design and just one of many models to follow.įollowing the development of the Model 98, the Mauser name began to receive worldwide recognition. It was twenty some years later that the Mauser Military Model 1896, commonly referred to as the Broomhandle Mauser pistol, was introduced. The long and fascinating history of Mauser rifles began with the acceptance of the Model 1871 by the Prussian War department. Paul and Wilhelm Mauser couldn’t possibly have known the impact their simple yet effective turn bolt design would have on the future of firearms.

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