VINTAGE MAUSER SPORTING RIFLES
A very rare Type A .250 Savage on a square-bridge Kurz Mauser action. Kurz actions are the rarest commercial Mausers of them all.
A Type B 7x57 on an intermediate-length action. This is a very early rifle, judging by the rounded pistol grip and raised side-panel on the side of the stock.
A Type A 9.3x62 on a round-top, standard-length action. This is the action configuration that is most often encountered.
Another rare rifle: a Type A .404 Jeffery (or 10.75x73) on a square-bridge Magnum-length Mauser action. All rifles featured herein belong to Mauser collector Hubert Montgomery.
The sporting rifles produced by Mauser from 1898 until the outbreak of World War II are rightfully regarded as some of the finest production rifles ever produced. They are highly sought after by Mauser collectors, many of whom go to great lengths to procure rare specimens with unique or rarely seen features, and prices for original, unaltered rifles steadily continue to climb as time goes by.
When the M98 Mauser action was introduced, the British gunmakers immediately took notice. Unlike the falling-block single-shot and double rifles the British specialised in, the M98 was inexpensive, reliable, and most importantly, widely available. Consequently, the British themselves were quick to adopt the M98 as their own and makers such as Holland & Holland, Jeffery and Westley Richards began developing cartridges for the
