▁in ▁the ▁long ▁line ▁of ▁M aus er ▁ 9 8 ▁military ▁rif les ▁of ▁World ▁War ▁II . ▁V agu ely ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁latter ▁rif le ▁in ▁appearance , ▁the ▁M ▁ 9 8 ▁is ▁offered ▁in ▁many ▁different ▁hunting ▁chamber ings , ▁not ▁like ▁the ▁original ▁service ▁rif le . ▁ ▁Design ▁details ▁As ▁a ▁modern ▁civil ian ▁off spring ▁of ▁the ▁Kar ab iner ▁ 9 8 k ▁service ▁rif le , ▁the ▁new ▁M aus er ▁M ▁ 9 8 ▁series ▁offers ▁several ▁features ▁and ▁factory ▁options , ▁that ▁are ▁also ▁typical ▁for ▁sp orter ised ▁M aus er ▁Kar ab iner ▁ 9 8 k ▁ex - service ▁rif les , ▁r anging ▁from ▁various ▁technical ▁depart ures ▁from ▁the ▁basic ▁M aus er ▁service ▁rif le ▁it ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁to ▁lux ury ▁wood ▁gr ades , ▁gold ▁in l ays , ▁eng rav ings ▁and ▁surface ▁treat ments ▁like ▁pl asma - based ▁nit rid ing ▁to ▁protect ▁metal ▁parts ▁against ▁cor ros ion ▁in ▁ag gress ive ▁environmental ▁conditions ▁or ▁color ▁case ▁hard ening . ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁available ▁options ▁were ▁originally ▁developed ▁and ▁introduced ▁by ▁John ▁R ig by ▁& ▁Co . ▁on ▁R ig by ▁M aus er ▁hunting ▁rif les . ▁ ▁Oper ating ▁mechanism ▁The ▁M ▁ 9 8 ▁controlled ▁round ▁feed ▁b olt ▁action ▁system ▁is ▁a ▁simple , ▁strong , ▁safe , ▁and ▁well - th ought - out ▁design ▁that ▁was ▁originally ▁pat ented ▁by ▁Paul ▁M