First time shooting Turkish Mauser

[BIBM502]

Picked up a Turkish Mauser last year and finally got around to shooting it to for the first time.
The front sight is pretty loose so the groups weren't great but it was an absolute blast to shoot!
Ammo was some old Turkish surplus. I've heard bad things about it but I figured why not run some old Turkish crap out of an old Turkish gun

I give it .

 

[A34]

Do you have other mausers? If so, how does it compare? I have a K98 that I've never shot.

 

[BIBM502]

Do you have other mausers? If so, how does it compare? I have a K98 that I've never shot.

This is my only one and full disclosure I've never shot another milsurp to compare it against.

 

[Hayata]

I'm assuming corrosive ammo? Be sure to clean accordingly.

 

[BIBM502]

I'm assuming corrosive ammo? Be sure to clean accordingly.

Yep. Going to clean it real well this weekend.

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

Two my friends bought Turkish Mausers
20 years ago when they were $69 each and the corrosive 1930s Turkish ammo was five cents per round, plus shipping-- may be 7 cents total.

I only shot them in the woods at targets no more than 50 yards away all from the unsupported standing position ( well maybe also leaning on a tree).

They seemed plenty accurate to me the ammo was 95% reliable.
corrosive, yes, and we cleaned the guns' bores using boiling hot water first, alcohol second, and then regular gun oil third.

 

[landsknecht]

Nice! Looks like you’ve got one of the older ones that was actually made in Germany. The date on the receiver isn’t the date that it was originally made, but the date that it was rearsenaled. There’s a bit of the history here: https://www.turkmauser.com/03/

 

[BIBM502]

Nice! Looks like you’ve got one of the older ones that was actually made in Germany. The date on the receiver isn’t the date that it was originally made, but the date that it was rearsenaled. There’s a bit of the history here: https://www.turkmauser.com/03/

I knew about the date being when it was rebarreled but I had no idea that it may have been made in Germany!

 

[landsknecht]

I knew about the date being when it was rebarreled but I had no idea that it may have been made in Germany!

From what I understand, they didn’t make any domestically until the 1930’s. Over the years they had acquired a bunch of different styles, and then went on a modernization program. That’s when yours got worked over and had the new markings on the receiver put on. You’ll sometimes see references to the “Model 1938” Turk Mauser. That’s more of a standard than a specific rifle. Some (like mine) were new production made in Turkey, while others (like yours) were old German made rifles that they updated. They had a lot of stuff like the Gewehr 1888, which was obsolete by the time WWI rolled around.

 

[enfieldguy]

This being a model 1893, I wouldn't shoot too much surplus Turkish ammo out of it. Commercial 8mm is the way to go with these.