Mauser asked themselves why not put those collective decades of technology into a rifle that retains MauserвЂ™s DNA, yet is simple. Instead, company representatives tell me that Mauser asked themselves why not put those collective decades of technology into a rifle that retains MauserвЂ™s DNA, yet is simple. ThatвЂ™s not to suggest German engineering is cast aside on the M18 in favor of inexpensive production - quite the contrary. With the M18, though, all thoughts of designing it with complicated components were set aside in favor of a rifle the company endearingly refers to as the volkswaffe - the peopleвЂ™s rifle - that competes for market share against such basic guns such as RugerвЂ™s American and MossbergвЂ™s Patriot.

For example, there was the Model 66 that had a вЂњtelescopingвЂќ action, the more recent Model 96 that is a modern straight-pull and various other models with вЂњslide-boltвЂќ actions. Since those early days, Mauser has made top-of-the-line rifles and also dabbled in ones that are arguably вЂњcomplicatedвЂќ and thus more expensive. The вЂњmagazineвЂќ rifle dispensed with all of that necessary attention, making them economically more in reach of вЂњaverageвЂќ hunters, either as commercially produced hunting rifles or sporterized military ones. Regulating sights for a specific load or multiple barrels to hit the same point of impact were time consuming and expensive endeavors that generally only the rich could afford. Mauser has returned to its commercial rifle roots with a simple and robust modern bolt-action hunting rifle designed and priced for the вЂњeverymanвЂќ - the M18.ДЄt the time the Mauser company came of age, double rifles and even some single-shots were the tools of elite hunters.

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