{"id":2749,"date":"2017-05-12T05:19:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T05:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/candrdigital.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/12\/an-interestingly-manky-mauser-kar98k-how-did-it-wear\/"},"modified":"2020-07-22T16:18:54","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T21:18:54","slug":"an-interestingly-manky-mauser-kar98k-how-did-it-wear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/12\/an-interestingly-manky-mauser-kar98k-how-did-it-wear\/","title":{"rendered":"An interestingly manky Mauser Kar98k: how did it wear?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4mq9iC8iUVc?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>NB: Filmed a while ago, I&#8217;ve learned some more about this particular rifle since (see below). And I&#8217;ve since modded the extractor to work like it&#8217;s supposed to &#8211; at the time of filming, the front face was absolutely flat and had no bevel, so would NOT clip over the rim of a chambered round.<\/p>\n<p>The Bloke considers that it is often more enlightening to look at a well-worn example of a firearm rather than a shiny new one. Here&#8217;s a perfect example &#8211; a Mauser 98k that is in working order, but has clearly seen better days and has a few interesting points of wear. <\/p>\n<p>As is typical of The Bloke, he also manages to accidentally bust some of the Internet myths about the infallibility of the Mauser 98 system&#8230; UPDATE: since uploading this video, The Bloke has filed the extractor so it will now clip over the rim of a cartridge.<\/p>\n<p>And yes, he does know now that the stock is Israeli (he didn&#8217;t when filming but he does now).<\/p>\n<p>Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/BlokeOnTheRange\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/BlokeOnTheRange<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Farcebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Blokeontherange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Blokeontherange\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NB: Filmed a while ago, I&#8217;ve learned some more about this particular rifle since (see below). And I&#8217;ve since modded the extractor to work like it&#8217;s supposed to &#8211; at the time of filming, the front face was absolutely flat and had no bevel, so would NOT clip over the rim of a chambered round.&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/12\/an-interestingly-manky-mauser-kar98k-how-did-it-wear\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">An interestingly manky Mauser Kar98k: how did it wear?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":2750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14879,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749\/revisions\/14879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}