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NEED HELP TO IDENTFY UNKNOWN MAUSER
IDRACCA
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Can any one tell me what kind of Mauser this is and the approximate value?
Thanks for your consideration
http://tinypic.com/a/az6nom/2
Thanks for your consideration
http://tinypic.com/a/az6nom/2
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Added Looks like it was made to be a semi-fancy '98' 'German/European' sporting/hunting rifle. Sling stud on a ribbed barrel, double set triggers, engraving, better sights.
Appears to be in good condition - well carried/used. Caliber - no clue from the pic's. I'd say its a shooter not a collector piece.
Countries over there, were real strict about proof marks. The only exception. Were the rifles made shortly after the war, for American G.I.'s The German gunsmiths would fix up/sporterize a Mauser. With parts that they had on hand, without any of the required commercial proof marks. It was off the economy, under the table work. That the G.I.'s paid for, with cigarettes and coffee, from the PX. The Germans figured that the rifles would be just shipped back to the States. And nobody would be the wiser.
Pictures brought along one of those fake virus warnings.
But I eventually got a look at them. The faint markings are not familiar.
One thing that stands out is that the front guard screw does not have the lock screw of a military Mauser.
+1 Charlie