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General Mauser Rifle Questions / Another Rifle ID Thread
« on: May 03, 2017, 01:43:58 PM »
Hi Guys,
New to the forum, but I have several old Mausers, a 98 Sporter, a Chilean Army, and a VZ24 sporter. I just picked up this Mauser from a buddy and it has very few markings and it has been rebarreled to .300 Win Mag. Overall it's in fine shape, but with some crude machining in one or two places.
The really odd part is the safety orientation. It is moved over by the bolt handle like on a Remington 700, and is no longer on the rear of the bolt itself.
The trigger is also odd. It's generally a Mauser stock type, but it has grooves in the face and rattles around loosely after dry-firing the rifle.
My friend shot the rifle recently, so I believe it to be fully operational, but I need some help figuring out what it is so I can overhaul it.
There are no manufacturer markings, and the caliber is relatively crudely stamped on the barrel. The little crest seen on the trigger appears twice on the trigger group and once on the flat bottom of the action. It almost looks like a medieval jousting helmet facing to the right. The bottom marking on the trigger includes the number 342.
It also appears on the bolt release lever, with the number 32X (the third number is damaged/obscured.)
The safety pivots forward and backward and locks the bolt when on Safe.
The only other markings are an R on the bolt handle, and an E on the rear of the bolt by the bolt handle.
Does anyone have any ideas about the origin of this action?
I will post a few more pictures below.
Thanks,
Will
New to the forum, but I have several old Mausers, a 98 Sporter, a Chilean Army, and a VZ24 sporter. I just picked up this Mauser from a buddy and it has very few markings and it has been rebarreled to .300 Win Mag. Overall it's in fine shape, but with some crude machining in one or two places.
The really odd part is the safety orientation. It is moved over by the bolt handle like on a Remington 700, and is no longer on the rear of the bolt itself.
The trigger is also odd. It's generally a Mauser stock type, but it has grooves in the face and rattles around loosely after dry-firing the rifle.
My friend shot the rifle recently, so I believe it to be fully operational, but I need some help figuring out what it is so I can overhaul it.
There are no manufacturer markings, and the caliber is relatively crudely stamped on the barrel. The little crest seen on the trigger appears twice on the trigger group and once on the flat bottom of the action. It almost looks like a medieval jousting helmet facing to the right. The bottom marking on the trigger includes the number 342.
It also appears on the bolt release lever, with the number 32X (the third number is damaged/obscured.)
The safety pivots forward and backward and locks the bolt when on Safe.
The only other markings are an R on the bolt handle, and an E on the rear of the bolt by the bolt handle.
Does anyone have any ideas about the origin of this action?
I will post a few more pictures below.
Thanks,
Will