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help identify this rifle

situkslammersitukslammer Member Posts: 3 ✭✭
edited January 2007 in Ask the Experts
A friend brought this rifle by to see if I could help get it identified. I know someone here can do it!

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The stock is walnut, the buttplate and triggerguard are brass. The barrel is 24" long; the gun is 39" overall. The barrel is slightly over 1" across. The port in the underside of the barrel appears to be where you load it, the liner in the barrel is 7" long. The bore in the front portion of the barrel will not accept a .22 cal. cartridge. The plunger ? visible in the port has a teat in the center that I assume is the firing pin. The plunger is attached to the hammer with a screw holding it to the nose of the hammer. Cocking the hammer withdraws the plunger, pulling the trigger allows the plunger to move forward to strike the cartridge. The only markings I could find ia a 6 stamped on the underside of the barrel just ahead of the forend and on the rear of the breechplug. There is also a VI (roman numeral 6) stamped in the barrel channel of the stock. Any info as to maker, age, and value will be appreciated.
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  • situkslammersitukslammer Member Posts: 3 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I recently received a rifle form a deceased neighbors wife. He was an avid hunter and loved building his rifles. This particular rifle is a mystery to me and I was hoping someone could help. The rifle is chambered in a 7mm weatherby mag. The only markings on the barrel are the caliber. The action has the initials PV on the bolt. It looks like it could be an interarms mauser action possibly. If anyone can help identify this I would appreciate it
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  • RamtinxxlRamtinxxl Member Posts: 9,480
    edited November -1
    A picture would be helpful. Several pictures, clear and in focus, would probably get what you want from the EXPERTS on this forum.

    Just a suggestion...[:)]
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  • mrdropclothmrdropcloth Member Posts: 614 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    yeah , that's right . Touch your mouse lightly, o.k. start to hmmmm, good , I'm getting something, oh man keep it up, I SEE something!!It's,it's, blue metal and ...and it has wood... it's super rifle. O.K. already, just get us some pics...[}:)]
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  • 1KYDSTR1KYDSTR Member Posts: 2,361 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Too limited of information. One thing I CAN tell you though is not, repeat, DO NOT shoot factory 7mm Weatherby out of that gun. The Weatherbys' had a really long leade into the rifling, which most custom gunmakers DID NOT REPLICATE!!! This WILL cause excessive poressures if you have that bullet touching the rifling. When shooting non-factory Weatherby chambered guns, ALWAYS do a Cerosafe cast and determine the leaded or you could pull the trigger and go...splat instead of bang!
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  • nononsensenononsense Member Posts: 10,928 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    situkslammer,

    Welcome to the GB forums!

    The letters 'PV' are usually an indication that the action was made in Belgium. If you're stating that it looks like an Interarms Mauser then it's probably an FN Belgian Mauser.

    Take the scope and mounts off to get a better look at both the front and rear rings. Take the barreled action out of the stock and examine the sides, tang and underside of the action. FN was very liberal with their marks on the actions. You need to take some good, sharp photos.

    If the original owner "loved building his rifles" then the barrel probably doesn't have any additional markings. Original Mauser barrels have a bunch of makers marks.

    Best.
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