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Mauser Identification help needed.
redbiker
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I just bought a Mauser carbine. I don't know much about them, but remember having one around as a kid and thought it was a really neat gun.
Anyway, this one appears to be oriental in origin. Don't know the exact language of the characters on the receiver but they look Chinese, Japanese, Korean. On the top of the receiver there are the 3 oriental characters, under the is 1955 and under that is 26, then the receiver #33330499. To the right side of the receiver across from the 26 is a 'K'in a circle. (Kosher????) and on the same side opposite the reciver # is a circle with a dot in it.On the side of the reciever just above the trigger is stamped 'ridgefield, NJ'There is a swing-away bayonet attached to the right side of barrel that is a stab only type, no sharp edges, just 4 blunt edges in a 'X' design. The stock is grooved/carved to accept this swing out bayonet. It's chambered in 7.62x54R. The bolt has the type of safety that pulls back and twists counter clockwise to engage 'safe' mode, bolt # 3309214. The trigger housing (?) where the unloading swing door is the number 3314902. On the underside of the receiver there are three '1's stamped. There are some other various partial numbers stamped into the under side of the receiver. Bayonet measures 12" and the barrel is 20 3/8" long as measured to where the rim of the cartridge fits in the bore. There are grooves etched or something into the barrel that encircle the barrel, closely together. These grooves are where the wood stock and forearm cover the barrel. On the top of the brass buttplate where it comes over the top end of the butt to the top of the stock is the # L018322.
These are all the numbers/marks that I could find.
Next question, how would I mount a scope on this gun? Not sure what kind of scope I would use, but since the rifle should be capable of fairly long range (several hundred yards), I want a decent magnification scope.
Ok, this gun does not have matching numbers, even if all of them have 3's in them, but I don't really care about that. Please don't flame me for buying an unmatched gun. Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance
Myles
Gunnison, CO
"panic, chaos and mayhem, my work here is done"
Anyway, this one appears to be oriental in origin. Don't know the exact language of the characters on the receiver but they look Chinese, Japanese, Korean. On the top of the receiver there are the 3 oriental characters, under the is 1955 and under that is 26, then the receiver #33330499. To the right side of the receiver across from the 26 is a 'K'in a circle. (Kosher????) and on the same side opposite the reciver # is a circle with a dot in it.On the side of the reciever just above the trigger is stamped 'ridgefield, NJ'There is a swing-away bayonet attached to the right side of barrel that is a stab only type, no sharp edges, just 4 blunt edges in a 'X' design. The stock is grooved/carved to accept this swing out bayonet. It's chambered in 7.62x54R. The bolt has the type of safety that pulls back and twists counter clockwise to engage 'safe' mode, bolt # 3309214. The trigger housing (?) where the unloading swing door is the number 3314902. On the underside of the receiver there are three '1's stamped. There are some other various partial numbers stamped into the under side of the receiver. Bayonet measures 12" and the barrel is 20 3/8" long as measured to where the rim of the cartridge fits in the bore. There are grooves etched or something into the barrel that encircle the barrel, closely together. These grooves are where the wood stock and forearm cover the barrel. On the top of the brass buttplate where it comes over the top end of the butt to the top of the stock is the # L018322.
These are all the numbers/marks that I could find.
Next question, how would I mount a scope on this gun? Not sure what kind of scope I would use, but since the rifle should be capable of fairly long range (several hundred yards), I want a decent magnification scope.
Ok, this gun does not have matching numbers, even if all of them have 3's in them, but I don't really care about that. Please don't flame me for buying an unmatched gun. Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance
Myles
Gunnison, CO
"panic, chaos and mayhem, my work here is done"
Comments
Corrected typo type 53 not 56 (56 is and SKS)
SOLD MY COW SO I DON'T NEED YOUR BULL
A Grumpy Old Man
Myles
Gunnison, CO
"panic, chaos and mayhem, my work here is done"
then maybe We can discuss a Scope....Till then........lets do one thing at a time.....
Captain Kirk, Tech Staff
Myles
Gunnison, CO
"panic, chaos and mayhem, my work here is done"
http://members.skyenet.net/~freese/chinese M-53.htm
There are lots of Mausers out there.
Better than a K98? no
Better than a Turkish? Probably
If I were to buy a another M44 it would be Russian I have a Romainian one.
Yours should be a ok shooter value around $100
If it is still in cosmoline clean it good incluing disassemble the bolt
http://www.mosin-nagant.net/
SOLD MY COW SO I DON'T NEED YOUR BULL
A Grumpy Old Man
Lots of cheap military surplus ammo available, it is all corrosive so you have to clean the rifle every time you shoot.
Lots of modern non corrosive hunting ammo out there.
This guy makes a scout mount for it. You do not have to bend the bolt or drill and tap the rifle for a scout mount. It mounts on the rear sight and you use a pistol scope. It is a good short range setup, and the M53 is a good short range rifle.
http://www.armscenter.com/parallax/crhomepagepics/newscoutpage.html
Captain Kirk, Tech Staff