Thread: Oberndorf Mauser

Originally Posted by stug

Yep it will have a few stories. It came from a Zimbabwean farming family. I got it off tentman had some Norma solids with it. Probably took Cape buffalo and a variety of African game.

I got it from the original owners son, who emigrated here. His Grandfather and Dad both used it. He told me his Dad used to go off on 6 week hunting marches. On one such trip they stayed with the folks in a African village, who were morning the loss of a child taken at the water hole by a croc. They stayed long enough for his dad to shoot the croc with the 9.3. Just by chance they happened to pass back by the same village. The villagers gave them a very "cool" reception. seems shooting the one big croc allowed several smaller ones to move in and as a consequence the waterhole was much more dangerous (than when just one big fella was in it) and another couple of kids/people had been taken. It had a replacement bolt, sourced from Nairobi (from one of the very famous outfitter store Chas. ?? ), the original bolt was ruined in a house fire.

So yes, these old chaps are real hunting rifles with very real pasts. Frodo its bloody rude to be flippant about such things, no-one is slinging off at your rifle(s)