Mauser Infanterie Gewehr M71

[collection]

New video of shooting my Mauser Infanterie Gewehr M71.
good luck guys.

[BBvideo 425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwWYzstSnbE[/BBvideo]

[redspoon]

Wow, very nice shooting Haven't seen many of those here on the forum.

[desdem12]

Gorgeous rifle.

[Junk Yard Dog]

Nice rifle, I have the 71/84, nicely made weapons

[audadvnc]

You can see where Mosin got some of his ideas from.

[Junk Yard Dog]

The Mosin borrows design ideas from the French, the bolt design is very similar to the Lebel/Berthier bolt.

[charles45]

Hi there,
I am also a long term IG71 and 71/84 fan.
I have been using a Model 71 and 71/84 Repeater since the 60's, absolutely great guns.
Now have 2 x 71/84s and they are great to shoot once you work out the bullets and as well as Black Powder they shoot a dream using accurate 5744.
The different bore sizes mean different moulds as the repeater has different rifling and needs an RNFP as opposed to a conical/ round nosed for the 71.
Bayonets are another hard to get item over here, but again managed to get a couple of saw- tooth 71 bayonets.
Still trying to find a 71/84 knife bayonet- it was also used on later Mausers up to the First war and beyond.
I'll bang off some photos and put them up.
regards,
Charles

[Junk Yard Dog]

Welcome to the board Charles, I am currently cleaning up a nice 71/84, Amberg , matching numbers, spotless bore, but minor surface rust on the outside that I am dealing with one inch at a time.

[charles45]

hello there,
Sorry so long coming back, re cleaning off surface rust etc, try the fine coiled pads that you get from ironmongers for cleaning stainless pots etc. There are different quality grades but the fine copper ones are great and do not mark the surface. My last 71/84 was a box of rusty bits though I was luckly it was all there and I bartered for a spare unissued stock to go with it. Those pads really work and leave a lovely finish without removing bluing or browning.
As with a lot of these old Mauser 71s and 71/84s the bores seem to stand the test of time better than some of us!
Bore should be about .446 in the 78/84 so there is a fair choice of bullets for them and they shoot well.
I look forward to hearing how you get on with it.
Regards from Snowy Scotland
Charles

[desdem12]

Welcome Charles. Can't wait to see the 71/84 mauser. They are a fine weapon. I have yet to get one.

[charles45]

Hello there,
The blizzards have just hit us here on the west coast of Scotland badly, roads impassable, snow ploughs missing in action etc, our cottage looks like a Christmas postcard!
Re the 71/84s there are a few out there on your side of the pond.Bag one before they all vanish. A load filtered up to the U.S from South America years ago. THe Prussians supplied Bolivia, Chile and others with thousands in sealed zinc containers which lay unopened for ages. Just think a 9 shot 45 calibre rifle in service at a time when both the British and American armies were still equipped with single -shot rifles.
For some good reading on them Wolf publishing over your way has had several good articles over the years in both Rifle magazine and also Handloading magazine, one by Ross Seyfried the well known pistoleer.
Beware of a lot of erroneous info out there on them especially as regards to loads and bullets. Buffalo Arms are a good supplier of quality cases for reloading at nice prices, I get mine sent over from them every time.
Any way I can help drop me a P.M or e-mail
Regards,
Charles

[Junk Yard Dog]

Yes, I recall that load hitting the US market in the mid 90's, they are still popping up on Gunbroker from time to time, some of them were in unissued condition. My own was supposed to have been dragged home from France in 1918, a trophy of war. No documentation came with it but the lack of a US government mandated import marking, and it's extremely dusty condition both point to it's being in the US for a very long time. The GI's had a mania for collecting enemy weapons and equipment during both World Wars, and because of that as they pass on some odd things show up on the market.