This Classic Surplus Mauser Has a Great First Gun Story

The road to firearms collecting often begins as part of a family tradition. For Pete, that tradition started with his grandfather, who gave Pete his old surplus bolt-action Mauser rifle. More specifically, the gift was a classic German Karabiner 98 kurz – commonly referred to as the Kar98k – which was an updated and shortened version of earlier German service Mausers before World War II. To be even more specific, the gun is a "bnz 43" rifle, which puts it in a class of historical World War II German Mausers.