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old mauser

hosssshossss Member Posts: 5 ✭✭
edited April 2002 in Ask the Experts
I have recently aquired a mauser rifle, and I would like some help in finding out when and where it was manufactured, and what caliber it is. There are several numbers on the gun. There is a number(1062) on the handle for the bolt, with a B under it. the same number is also on the safety on the back of the bolt. It has a number of 66 stamped on the release for the bolt. The reciever is in fairly bad shape, but from what I can see it has the number 40 stamped on it close to the bolt. on the barrel there are several markings. One of them is the number 6701 with a K stamped under the number. There is a code of CXM12 41bys is also stamped on the barrel next to the reciever. The gun also has what appears to be a bird of some kind samped next to the number 6701 on the barrel. On the side of the reciever it has a number of 2381 stamped on it( I think this is the serial number). Further back towards the butt of the gun on the guard for the bolt it also has a number of 98. On the stock about one inch above the recoil pad there is another number of 274 stamped into the stock. Any information you can give me on this gun would be very much appreciated.


Thank You
Josh Abshier
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  • hosssshossss Member Posts: 5 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    i have a 1943 mauser with a rudiger scope. if anyone has any info on scope would be greatly appreciated. cant find anything on it. or any info on gun. i love the history this gun represents, just dont no much about it. has nazi eagle stamps all over it. could this scope have come on rifle? [img][/img]img2959jpg1.th.jpg
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    Well a picture would be worth a thousand words here, especially of markings, if possible. Some sort of bird? Could be the German war Eagle. Tell us, what is weight, overall length, barrel length. Does the stock look like it is made of solid wood or is it full of lines the length of the stock, in which case it is a birchwood composite? Is the bolt handle straight or bent? How many handguards? Barrel bands? How does the sling attach? With metal loops or a hole through the stock?

    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conf
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