This video showcases a highly customized Gebert Mauser 71 sporting rifle, highlighting its advanced features for its era. The rifle, built on an 1871 Mauser single-shot action, has been modified with a fixed box magazine (3-4 rounds), a magazine cutoff, double set triggers, a receiver tang sight, and express sights. Chambered in .50 caliber, it represents a premium build from the late 1870s or 1880s, designed for someone seeking the best available firearm.
This video showcases a unique custom combination rifle and shotgun, a testament to pre-WWI gunsmithing artistry. Built on a Mauser Model 98 action, it features a fancy 8mm rifle barrel and a secondary shotgun barrel mounted on a pivoting mechanism, operable with a second trigger. The proof marks indicate its production shortly before World War One, highlighting the craftsmanship of Georg Knaak of Berlin.
This video demonstrates the installation of express style iron sights on a large caliber safari rifle. Larry Potterfield of MidwayUSA guides viewers through the process of attaching an island style rear sight and a banded front sight. The demonstration utilizes common gunsmithing tools such as a drill and solder, highlighting the straightforward nature of this modification for rifles.
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