Mauser M2...Any Comments

Greyhound Dog

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I read about a dozen posts but most were first impressions

Looking for long term input.

Have a chance to buy one new in .45 for $350.00 or used in .40
for $275.00

Any comments???

TY
Greyhound Dog
 
Had one. Felt very nice in my hand despite the grip being wide due to the double stack. The very deep web of the hand curve of the top of the grip along with the narrowing of the fat portion of the rear of the grip I think helped make it comfortable. Overall, IMO, the fit and finish were above average although other posters would disagree. Although I have my doubts concerning the accuracy of rotating barrel actions, the gun felt too good and low enough in price to try out.

The gun did not shoot as well as a P220 I shot it against. This however, could be due to my inexperience with it's trigger feel. The trigger was longer and heavier than I am use to as it is striker fired. My Glock G34 and P99 are much better in trigger feel.

The reasons I traded it in:

1: At best average accuracy.
2: Goofy safety location.
3: Additional steps for disassembly. (Lever on left side must be rotated upward to lower the sear so as to get it out of the way when the slide is removed.)
4: Barrel must be in a certain position for reassembly so that the barrel lug will fit into the camming raceway that rotates the bolt under normal operation.
5: Very wide slide. Unusual non-identical cosmetic relief cuts on the sides of the slide.
6: High amount of force necessary to retract the slide, particularly the final ¼-½".

Spent quite a bit of time figuring out to raise the slide stop when pulling it out for disassembly. This isn't mentioned in the manual. It just says to pull out the slide stop.

The gun did not fail in any way with the 200 rounds of UMC ball I fed it.
 
Shot one at the range as a demo. It felt comfortable in the hand but the trigger was terrible. I couldn't tell when the darn thing was going to fire. I'm picky about triggers therefor I know I would never buy one.
 
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