Anyone buy one of those Turkish Mausers at SOG?

[Guinny_Ire]

I'm thinking of picking one up I don't really want to spend 59.99 (vs. the 39.99) but should I? Any of you guys who bought have any thoughts?

[Schuetzenman]

Well I don't know about SOG's Turk 38's but if they are the ones listed as VG condition I'd get them for $60 vs. a Good for $40. Most goods have dark and pitted bores, little finish on them both steel and wood. Basically beat to hell! IMO the one you want if you're just looking for a cheap receiver to make a custom rifle with. The VG's now those usually have bright bores, 90% bluing and decent stocks.

[Guinny_Ire]

I took your advice without reading it first. I grew up around Mausers. My dad had an argentine w/all matching serials (its gone now) and my best friend's dad had 15 or so of them. I'd go over to his house just to clean the guns.

[Schuetzenman]

Originally posted by Guinny_Ire
I took your advice without reading it first.

Ok . . . how does one take my advise without reading it first? Are you saying you just went and ordered one before checking for the answer?:confused:

[Guinny_Ire]

That could be one way of interpreting my response. Actually I guess I'm saying I was thinking in line with you that you get what you pay for (hopefully). There will always be better guns I could buy but this will be a fun one to start with. Worse come to worse it will be the rifle I start my son on when he hits 10 or so (he's 3 1/2 right now but can recognize a garand from other rifles)

[RetVet]

Skip the $39 ones and spend the extra $20. I got lucky and got a pretty good one for $39, but won't buy another cheapo. Not when you can get a much better quality one for just a few bucks more.

[Tracy]

I noticed that Century doesn't have them now. Anyone know if this is just a temporary thing? Could SOG really have the last ones? :confused:

[lpspinner]

I ended up getting one of those 27.95 Cracked Stock from SOG, after they ran out of the Mosin Nagant 91/30 Cracked Stock I had previously ordered. Imagine the anticipation of waiting a whole week for the rifle, only to get a Postcard. (Ok, they didn't have my voice number)

Service was very good, I dealt with Joe there. I placed the order on Monday and it made it all the way to the west coast by Friday.

Condition of the rifle was Good AT best. The only crack I could find was the front of the handguard and it's a crack that can be ignored. The color was nice for a Turk despite being very dirty. There is rust everywhere and the barrel was dark and dirty, but the rifling looks sharp.
With a little work, this will be a good action for a project. I would say I got my money's worth. I really wasn't expecting a dirty gun, but was expecting a good gun with a cracked stock. I'm ok with it.

Anyway, I've got a MAS 49/56 arriving on Monday anyway. :) (Not from SOG)

Here we go with the pictures.....

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