Enjoying Black Powder Episode 8: Mauser 71/84 (Ad-free)
Added 2025-02-22 12:00:04 +0000 UTCFor the full episode with the hand loading instructional section, click here:
https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/ep-8-71-84-app
Black powder military rifles of the 1860s-1880s are a really enjoyable group of guns. A lot of them are relatively reasonably priced, and they are actually pretty easy to reload for. The unavailability of factory ammunition (for most, although not so much for the Trapdoor) makes them seem like a daunting prospect, but for a pretty simple investment in tools and time one can make up ammunition and have a lot of fun with rifles like this.
That's the idea behind a new series here on black powder military rifles. Each month, my friend - and handloader - Tom and I will take out a different model to have some fun at the range and compare how they handle. And then we will show you how to make the ammunition for them. So grab your pickelhaube, pause "Zulu" and join us! Today is Episode Eight: Mauser 71/84!
Comments
Am I forgetting- I thought the 71 did not have an ejector?
Matthew Stanchfield
2025-02-24 18:49:34 +0000 UTCIt’s amazing how much Paul Mauser technology is still in use today. A brand new Winchester Model 70 isn’t that much different from an 1890’s era Mauser. Even new cartridges like 6.5 CM are just copying the ballistics of old Mauser cartridges.
Plan9fromkansas
2025-02-23 01:53:23 +0000 UTCwith a Pickelhaube?! uh that would get you trouble in germany these days... who cares about winning at a match. fun is everything.
Guido Schriewer
2025-02-22 21:03:21 +0000 UTCHad one of those. Wish I hadn't sold it(kind of what I think about every gun I've sold). I had mine in the 80s when one could still find C-I-L loaded ammo. When I tried reloading the CIL brass, I had several case head seperations when trying to withdraw the case from the sizing die. It turned out the cases were not a regular 'solid head' case.
Dana Arbeit
2025-02-22 18:17:24 +0000 UTC
