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Multiple reputable outlets reported that investigators recovered a believed to have been used in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, with law enforcement identifying the weapon as an older Mauser Mode...
Older Mauser 98 actions are widely regarded as robust, with a large receiver ring, two front locking lugs and a third safety lug, and enlarged barrel shank and receiver dimensions introduced to improv...
The Mauser Model 98 (Gewehr 98) was originally adopted and chambered for the German service 7.92×57mm cartridge (often called 7.9mm or 8mm Mauser) as its standard military chambering . Modern commerci...
Vintage have been and continue to be rebarreled and re-chambered into a variety of modern sporting cartridges, with common, safe choices being those within or close to the original 57–63 mm case-lengt...
Available reporting indicates investigators recovered a Mauser Model 98 bolt‑action rifle chambered in .30‑06 near the scene and found a spent cartridge in the chamber plus three unfired cartridges; o...
Investigators say Charlie Kirk was killed by a single, well-placed shot from a Mauser .30-06 bolt‑action rifle fired from a rooftop at roughly 150–200 yards; the weapon was later recovered in nearby w...
Tyler Robinson’s statements — as reported by family, friends, and digital messages — broadly align with the physical evidence recovered at the Kirk shooting scene: a Mauser bolt-action rifle, engraved...
The available reporting converges on a single, real-world answer: , chambered in .30‑06 with a mounted scope, is identified by multiple September 2025 news reports as the firearm used to kill Charlie ...
The preponderance of contemporaneous reporting identifies the weapon used in the Charlie Kirk killing as a , a vintage, high‑powered firearm that several outlets say may predate serial‑number requirem...
Commercial "magnum" actions are, in essence, dimensional adaptations of the original M98 to accept longer, larger-diameter cartridges and modern optics, and they differ from many actions chiefly in ov...
The question asks what new chamberings a action can safely accept given the original proof testing and the unknown variability in across manufacturers and eras; the available reporting shows long prac...
The 98 action routes overpressure and case-rupture gas through a purposely shaped receiver and locking system to and manage bolt thrust, a trait noted in historical technical descriptions and modern c...
A qualified gunsmith proofing an antique Mauser receiver for use with modern cartridges begins with a careful reading of the rifle’s proof marks and manufacture history, then conducts a methodical phy...