
It is muzzle heavy by nature of the military design and the constraints of fitting an air rifle into that. The rifle was long and relatively heavy, in keeping with the replication of the original rifle. The wood had good grain and was well finished with a nice sheen. My first impressions were of a design faithful to the German army rifle predecessor. The Australian distributor, Nioa, provided the air rifle, along with a Simmons ProTarget 3-12×40 scope, SportsMatch T03C ring mounts and a generous supply of pellets. That stalwart of air-gunning, Diana, has brought out a faithful Mauser 98K lookalike and the SSAA Australian Shooter/Hunter was given the opportunity to review this product. Here is an air rifle that will have enormous appeal to aficionados of military firearms. This review was first published in the SSAA Hunter edition 66 in October 2018.
