Mauser vom Hofe Super Expreß

SCHÜLER

Rifles

Category : C

Caliber : 5,6x61 Super Expreß

 

This excellent rifle was built by August SCHÜLER [1] in Suhl in 1938 on behalf of WAFFEN SCHERELL [2] in Berlin.

The action is a 98' Mauser equipped with five shot magazine with a locked by key opening floorplate and a German double set trigger specific to the manufacture of Suhl and Zella-Mehlis.

The superb 24½" Krupp steel barrel adopts a semi-octagonal semi-round profile with integral machined rib.

It sports a traditional two-leaves rear sight regulated on a fine silver bead as well as the front claw mount base.

This barrel is chambered for the then very recent Ernst August vom Hofe cartridge, the 5.6x61 Super Expreß [3] and the original proof mark admits a maximum 86 grains weight for a copper jacket bullet "Kupfermantelgeschoss ".

This excellent cartridge, propelling a 77 grains bullet at 3500 ft./s bullet, developed in 1937, is intended mainly for light mountain ungulates long range shooting.

The rifle construction is of high quality, and the ornamentation is limited to a discreet engraving typical of the Thuringian armory.

The 14½" LOP stock, made of fine straight grained oil finished European walnut, retains the classic lines of the rifles produced before the war with its oval cheekpiece and elongated forearm finished by a beautiful black horn tip matched to the buttplate made of the same material.

A SCHMIDT & BENDER Biebertal, Wetzlar, 4-12 × 42 R4 scope replaces the missing original one without any alteration to the beautifully executed claw mount.

The functioning as well as the accuracy of the whole assy doesn't call for any reproach.

The weapon, in perfect state of conservation, weighs 7lb 11oz alone and 8lb 16oz scoped.

 

[1] Gewehrfabrik August Schüler GmbH, Roschstraße 13, Suhl, founded in 1835

[2] Waffen Scherell, Friedrichstraße 29, Berlin, founded in 1835 by Otto Scherell

[3] The 5.6x61 Super Expreß cartridge is currently available from many cartridges manufacturers including the excellent "Labor für Ballistik" in Bad Überkingen, Germany