WHEN you carry a Mauser M98 Magnum on a hunt, it is impossible to ignore the history, craftsmanship, quality and beauty of the rifle. They become part of the hunt. The rifle is so heavily imbued with these characteristics that your mind can morph it from hunting equipment into hunting partner. Shooting the Mauser to take game is as much a prize as the game itself.
Much of the appeal is the fact that the M98 is the original. The Mauser Model 1898 is the grandfather of modern bolt-action rifles. That statement is a simplification of the whole evolution of firearms but true enough. The current M98 is a subtle evolution of the original, built by Mauser in Germany to a design that’s close enough to the first that no one can seriously deny its authenticity.
“The five-round magazine capacity in .375 H&H is outstanding”
That’s 125 years of history, some of it rocky and large chunks of
