Thread: Mauser M18 l, any good?

Has anyone had any first hand experience with the M18? It's one of very few rifles I'm able to buy in 30-06 brand new. Reviews seem to rate them well above average, but what's your thoughts? As a general carry around rifle

Nothing wrong with them. Great stock. Excellent trigger. Well made. Accurate. On the heavy side. No after market stocks available to lighten them up (trigger guard is part of the stock and the bedding system makes it tricky). Mine in 6.5prc was excellent. Only moved it on cos I was disappointed with the caliber.

Hi,

I like mine. It's in .308. Seems to shoot well. Like the last guy said, there's minimal aftermarket mods for it. I'd buy another. I've watched a fair few reviews on it and they all are pretty fair. Mine feeds and cycles really smoothly.

If you do have any issues, not many people know much about them. Also, m18 is a really common metric thread size, so googling m18 bolt for example doesn't bring back relevant Info

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Originally Posted by Jamesyd

Has anyone had any first hand experience with the M18? It's one of very few rifles I'm able to buy in 30-06 brand new. Reviews seem to rate them well above average, but what's your thoughts? As a general carry around rifle

Love mine in .223. Its one of two plastics I have. I use it as a hack, the trigger is very very nice and is comparable to the best German stuff I have. I have found a nice load that works well. The only gripe I have is the mag been a bitch to reload.

Yup as other's have said, great rifles for the $$$, I'd be more than happy to have one again but yes as Wayne pointed out the mag in 223 is by far their worst feature, but in med - long action no worries at all, go for gold

There are no perfect women in this world yet we all(apart from you know what I mean)want one.

Originally Posted by SmokeyJason

There are no perfect women in this world yet we all(apart from you know what I mean)want one.

Unless your a creedmore guy

Originally Posted by SmokeyJason

There are no perfect women in this world yet we all(apart from you know what I mean)want one.

There are perfect women out there but before you make your play for them you have to ask yourself - am I the perfect man?

Also I thought we were talking about rifles?

Is there something you need to share with the group? (please don't)

i had one, liked it, zippy sound from the bolt when worked, not a lot of after-market options tho. for the price i'd recommend it. cheap n cheerful

I've got 2 of them in 223 and 7mmRM.
Big fan of the factory trigger, rate them on par with my tikkas.if not slightly better
Wouldn't hesitate in buying another

I have one in .308 and I love it. It shoots very well and with Lapua match ammo I have achieved almost one hole, three shot groups. Even with 80’s vintage ADI F4 ball I was getting 3/4 inch groups. I don’t run exotic optics on it. Just a Bushnell Engage 3-9x40 with the deploy reticle in Talley mounts. I wanted a rifle that I might use once or twice a year so did not want to drop a lot of cash on the whole package. I opted for a Sonic 45 can for it which has proven to be a very nice bit of kit.

So for me I was able to put $1040 across the counter and walk out with a bare rifle that had the following features:

Factory threaded m15 x 1
Cerakoted
Blaser barrel
Remington 700 LA scope mounting footprint
Fully adjustable trigger
Three position safety
Five shot detachable magazine
Cocking indicator
60 degree bolt throw
Enlarged bolt knob
Variable length butt pads available for lop adjustment
Factory ten shot mags available
Butt trap for storing bore snake
Sling studs
Field strippable bolt
Sling swivels
Five shot 1 MOA guarantee
10 year warranty

So yeah for a rifle that I will not use that often, I rated it as possibly the best value I could find and as stated I really like it. The only observations I have are that the safety catch, depending on the proximity of game, may need to be ridden into the fire position or it can make an audible click if just flicked forward. The safety is a good size so riding it forward with the thumb is easy. The twin ejector plungers need an ever so slight forceful closing of the bolt in the last 5mm of travel to compress them but the trade off of this is that spent brass is ejected very forcefully by those plungers. After the first 20 or so rounds you don’t notice it any more so it’s not really an issue.

Originally Posted by 308

There are perfect women out there but before you make your play for them you have to ask yourself - am I the perfect man?

Also I thought we were talking about rifles?

Is there something you need to share with the group? (please don't)

when dating in search of the perfect woman...if and when you do actually find Mrs Right triple check as her first name will probably be Always.and we all know how that turns out.

but yeah smokey is correct...just like women..or men....rifles is a personal choice..what is the perfect rifle for me will suck for someone else and vice versa...... EG a T3 in 6.5costmore gives me the screaming shits...others spoof over them.

Thanks for the feedback! Ended up getting a blued M18 flin 30-06 for $899 new! Will be getting it cerakoted, and will keep posted on how it goes!

I would imagine that their blueing will be ok if its looked after a bit.

well there are many mausers floating around the show at or over a cantury old with origonal blueing still doing the job after all.....they might have learnt a thing of two over that time LOL.