Comments on: Mauser 18 Named American Rifleman’s 2020 Rifle of the Year

By: js

js — Sun, 16 Feb 2020 01:40:57 +0000

It went click for sure. I can’t attest to whether the firing pin protruded ahead of the bolt face.

My original thought was that this might be a dandy donor receiver to be rebarrelled. It still might. But I can’t be sure without knowing more. I had not seen a bolt gun whose trigger would break without the bolt being so far from fully locked down.

I really like the receiver otherwise and think it has a lot to offer. The three-lug bolt head is awfully nice. The bolt throw is short and pretty smooth.

As to why one would be concerned about this – humans do human things. They get excited and sometimes do things – like depressing triggers – without being fully aware of all the things going on around them. Call it tunnel vision. I mostly worry about someone not having the bolt all the way down and breaking the trigger. If the interlock SMB describes isn’t working properly, then a shooter can get injured. If it can be avoided, then I want it to be avoided.

By: SMB

SMB — Sun, 16 Feb 2020 00:08:36 +0000

Possibly I’m thinking of the Sauer 100

By: SMB

SMB — Sat, 15 Feb 2020 22:12:08 +0000

Fired? Or went click? I believe there is a physical firing pin interlock and even if decocked buy mechanical failure (sear) or out of battery firing that the pin does not protrude

By: Viper65

Viper65 — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 12:51:56 +0000

Why fire it if the bolt is not closed anyway ?

By: Viper65

Viper65 — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 12:48:26 +0000

The People’s Rifle? Kind of a Volksgewehr? @js, why would you fire your rifle without the bolt being in the proper position anyway?

By: js

js — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 01:59:09 +0000

Cool rifle.
Right up until you notice that the rifle fires without the bolt being fully in battery. I picked one up and was tinkering around with it and found this out.
Then I picked up two others right beside it and they did the same thing.
It spooked me. I was looking to buy one before that.

Your mileage may vary.

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 01:18:30 +0000

American Rifleman selecting it as much of anything means little at this point.

Nothing against the rifle; it might be everything and then some. But a gunrag article doesn’t do a rifle any good beyond showing staged pictures on glossy paper to move units. Add a little citation of some ‘performance’ in one of the three value sectors, sprinkle a little history, and voila: sales.

I value my fellow Shooter’s honest opinions a hundredfold that of a single word coming from any of the popular magazines, very much including A.R.

The forum of this website, or a few others, is as far as a person need go to find out what a new rifle is really about.

Support your local grassroots web developer with your dollars…you can see where it goes.