Hello everybody:
I went shooting today with a friend, firing a Mauser 98K, He got a bruised shoulder, I got a bruised cheekbone. It seems that anytime I pulled the trigger, the stock jumped and hit me on the cheek. After 30 rounds or so, I had to quit shooting because my cheek was swollen from the banging. I had another Mauser (sporterized, or more like butchered stock and barrel, actually) and I never had this problem although that "sporterized" rifle was much lighter and have the same amount of "drop" on the stock's comb.
There was a really nice gentleman next to our bench with a Turkish Mauser and he let me fired it. I was still having the same problem with the top of the butt stock hitting my cheek, although not nearly as bad as with my German Mauser. He told me to position my head so that it is sitting on the part of the buttstock with the lowest drop. The buttstock is so short, however, it did not really work well (very awkward) and I'm still getting kicked on the cheekbone. Can you experts tell me how to properly shoot a 98K Mauser?
I shot Lee-Enfield (three different rifles), Springfield and that sporterized Mauser of mine, never experienced this problem until I shot this particular German Mauser and that gent's Turkish Mauser.
I really really love this particular 98K Mauser (perfect Military configuration, not sporterized, bore as smooth as a baby's skin), and I want to keep shooting it, not just to look at it. But my poor cheekbone........
Thank you all for the help.
Johannes
I went shooting today with a friend, firing a Mauser 98K, He got a bruised shoulder, I got a bruised cheekbone. It seems that anytime I pulled the trigger, the stock jumped and hit me on the cheek. After 30 rounds or so, I had to quit shooting because my cheek was swollen from the banging. I had another Mauser (sporterized, or more like butchered stock and barrel, actually) and I never had this problem although that "sporterized" rifle was much lighter and have the same amount of "drop" on the stock's comb.
There was a really nice gentleman next to our bench with a Turkish Mauser and he let me fired it. I was still having the same problem with the top of the butt stock hitting my cheek, although not nearly as bad as with my German Mauser. He told me to position my head so that it is sitting on the part of the buttstock with the lowest drop. The buttstock is so short, however, it did not really work well (very awkward) and I'm still getting kicked on the cheekbone. Can you experts tell me how to properly shoot a 98K Mauser?
I shot Lee-Enfield (three different rifles), Springfield and that sporterized Mauser of mine, never experienced this problem until I shot this particular German Mauser and that gent's Turkish Mauser.
I really really love this particular 98K Mauser (perfect Military configuration, not sporterized, bore as smooth as a baby's skin), and I want to keep shooting it, not just to look at it. But my poor cheekbone........
Thank you all for the help.
Johannes