manual_mauserk98_en.pdf

MODEL 98

RIFLE AND CARBINE

OPERATOR’S MANUAL fl

FN MAUSER

RIFLE AND CARBINE

Mauser System

Fabrique Nationale

d’Armes de Guerre

Sociiti Anonyme

Herstal-lez-Liiqe

Bel gique

Right side vnsv 01 the F. N. rifle (Mauser System)

Left side view of the F N. rifle (Mausel System).

Description of the F. N. Rifle

(Mauser System)

The rifle Is composed of the following main parts:

1. The barrel with frontand rear sfght.

2. The lockingand firing mechantsm.

3. The repeating mechanfsm.

4. The stock with hand guard.

5. The flttlngs.

6. The bayonet.

1. - THE BARREL has a length of 569 m/m. (or 740 m/m.)

and IIS reinforced rear end is screwed into the body. The ri-

fling Is rtghthanded and consists of four helical grooves.

The sighting apparatus consists of rear sight and front stght.

The rear sight Is of the tangent cam pattern and is composed

of:

the bed and cam with spring,

the graduated tangent, and

the slide with spring pwls.

The bed Is tinsoldered to the barrel and has In its fore part

a threaded recess tn which the fixtng screw of the hand guard

IS located. This acrew engages In the barrel and rigidly con-

nects the bed with the barrel. The sides of the bed form the cam

and the hinge for the graduated tangent.

A spring located In the bed of the rear sight tends to keep

the tangent on the bed. The tangent has on Its upper and lo

wer surface graduations correspondtng to 200 to 2000 metres

fn steps of 100 metres in very legible figures, which allow easy

changes of the sight in any posillon of the dfleman. In the up

per end of the tangent is the triangular stghttng notch. The 2

rides of the tangent are provided with notches tn which the

spring pawls are retatned. BY presstng these pawls, the elide

am be moved fn order to obtafn the elevation of the requfred

range. By releasfng the pressure on the milled ends of the

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pawls, the latter engage under the effect of the paw1 springs

in the corresponding notches of the tangent. The tangent ts

secured to the bed by means of 2 small lateral bearings which

rest on the hinge. A pin running through the leaf and fastened

to the hinge prevents losing the tangent in case the spring

should break.

On the front end of the barrel is soldered the fore sight ring

and block which form the support of the fore sight. The fore

sight block and the ring are pierced by a screw which engages

in the barrel and ensures an absolute rigidity of the whole.

The milled rear portion of the fore sight block renders the

foresight prominent whilst the effect of reflection is minimized.

The triangular foresight is dovetailed into the block and can be

adjusted sideways.

2 - THE LOCKING AND FIRING MECHANISM is compo-

sed of the body, the bolt and the trigger mechanism.

THE BODY (in which the barrel is screwed) receives the bolt.

The body head is formed with 2 lugs provided with ramps

in front of which the locking lugs are placed when the rifle

is locked. A ramp ensures the regular introduction of the car-

tridges in the chamber.

The lower part of the body head carries the lug which en-

gages on the cross piece secured to the stock. This cross piece

transmits the recoil to the stock ; the lug itself has a tapped re-

cess into which is screwed the front screw of the trigger guard.

The body is cut away in its middle part in order to allow of

the introduction of the cartridges in the magazine and the ejec

tion of the fired cartridges’. The left side is further cut away to

facilitate the pressure of the thumb on the cartridges at the mo-

ment of loading them into the magazine. The left side of this

part of the body is provided with a longitudinal groove which

serves as a guide for the corresponding locking lug of the bolt.

The bottom of the middle part of the body is removed to allow

loading of the cartridges.

Besides the grooves of the bolt lugs, the bridge part of the

body has an internal longitudinal groove which serve as a

guide for the rib arranged on the cylindrical body of the bolt.

This rib ensures the guiding of the bolt when its left lug faces

the opening made in the side of the body to allow of the passa-

ge of the thumb when loading the rifle. On the left side of the

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