Wow, it´s cool you´ve got a mauser rifle. I have used the mauser rifle on a military shooting range a couple of times and it´s a nice weapon. The one I used was a swedish version manufactured by Husqvarna and was a model 1898 (6.5mm cal). It was darn old but working like a clock. The swedish army had tons of these weapons in old storages until they sold them a couple years ago.
To bad I didn´t get the chance to buy one. They where sold for about 400-500 swedish kronor (40-50 us dollars) a piece. Some of my friends bought one or more and then customized them with new stocks/buttstocks in polymer/platics and scopes. They now use them for hunting and they all think it was a bargin to buy such a good weapon for that little money.
But, I´ve got a AK4 (swedish version of the famous german H&K G3) instead fitted with a sniperscope and that´s a hell of a weapon..
