Calling all German Mauser experts...help please?

bladerogers

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Can anyone give me any further information on this rifle, and let me know if what I think I know is wrong? By no means am I a Mauser expert, but am curious if this is just a russian capture they forgot to peen the eagle/swastika on, or if it's something more.

so far this is what I have gathered:

Receiver marked 'ar' '93' indicating Mauser Werke A.G. Berlin-Borsigwalde built in 1943. only numbers that match are the stock and reciever that I can see. The bolt is a frankenbolt, marked with different stamped numbers and electropenciled. same with floor plate, not matching. But eagles/swastikas intact, missing cleaning rod and front site hood (russian capture no?). Anyhow, I'll shut up now and let the pictures explain the rest. Thanks!

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ar 43 (arsenal code and year), 3292h (serial number)

Missing cleaning rod and front site hood - yup, one of the less well equipped Russian capture rifles too. The stock repair also says fixed for storage, but not by Germans.

BTW, I have seen a similar Waffenampt code (WaA 280) on the cross stock recoil lug on a Russian capture rifle.
 
bladerogers said:
thanks maple, curious by what you mean by less well equipped russian captures though. what else is missing?
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The usual shortages are the cleaning rod, the front sight hood and the two stock-takedown screw locking screws. If someone has all these, they got lucky. You, on the other hand should not buy a lottery ticket tonight.
 
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