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An Israeli Mauser

TESTING THE MAUSER M18 for the Jan 2019 edition brought back many memories of pleasant moments in my life inspired by the iconic Mauser company. While pondering this, I realised that few of these memories related to fancy or expensive Mausers; on the contrary, some of the best memories stem from my use of an old Israeli military K98 that was converted to 7.62x51.

According to the marks on the rifle, which included several eagle proofs, the Israeli Mauser was manufactured in 1942. When I

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