Price check, Polish wz29e SCW Mauser

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Gentlemen, my Mauser-Fu is non-existent... Wondering if anyone has an idea of what this rifle I ended up with is.

Scrubbed action, only mark I could find is a Z within a circle on one side of receiver. Stamped "3006" on other side. Mismatched straight bolt, stock looks to have been sanded. Can anyone make an educated guess on where it was made? German, Chech or Yugo? I personally have no idea.

Is there any value to the individual parts or just a sporter/truck gun? Any idea of rough estimate on value?






 
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There were a number of countries that captured or received German Mausers, and used them for a few decades until their economies and armies were capable of greater standardization. The Norwegians for instance converted Mausers to 30-06. The regular troops had good semi-automatics, and the reserves had less capable firearms in common cartridges. There were Brazilian new-build rifles in 30-06 too which had Springfield-like features.
 
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There were a number of countries that captured or received German Mausers, and used them for a few decades until their economies and armies were capable of greater standardization. The Norwegians for instance converted Mausers to 30-06. The regular troops had good semi-automatics, and the reserves had less capable firearms in common cartridges. There were Brazilian new-build rifles in 30-06 too which had Springfield-like features.
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Horilka said:
I just wonder when and who rechambered her.
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Perhaps it was rechambered postwar by the Spanish themselves for reserve use? The job looks too complete (retention of the original wood) to have been completed by a North American gunsmith as a sporter.
 
Why would they do it? They had 7.92x57 (8mm Mauser) and then switched to 7.62x51 (.380). I'm not saying they didn't do it, as I simply don't know, just pointing it's unlikely.
 
It doesnt appear to have been re-arsenaled anywhere else. Maybe converted by a smith on this side of the pond? The font doesn't look familiar at all. Like said, Spain had no use for 30.06.....perhaps other than testing.
 
Philthy1 said:
It doesnt appear to have been re-arsenaled anywhere else. Maybe converted by a smith on this side of the pond? The font doesn't look familiar at all. Like said, Spain had no use for 30.06.....perhaps other than testing.
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Front sight definitely does not look original, what throws me off is the fact that the original wood looks to be intact. Wouldn't a smith just go full bore and ditch the handguard and shorten the stock? Again, just a Mauser novice's point of view.

Edited to add: The owner also gave me a box of cartridges that came with it, they are 8X57's... I took out the bolt and dropped a cartridge in the chamber, it fit. If it is indeed rechambered to 30-06 can this happen?
 
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yorgi said:
Front sight definitely does not look original, what throws me off is the fact that the original wood looks to be intact. Wouldn't a smith just go full bore and ditch the handguard and shorten the stock? Again, just a Mauser novice's point of view.

Edited to add: The owner also gave me a box of cartridges that came with it, they are 8X57's... I took out the bolt and dropped a cartridge in the chamber, it fit. If it is indeed rechambered to 30-06 can this happen?
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perhaps its not a 30-06 ???

that might be a serial number ?

if the 8x57 chambers you better check your bore.
 
Ha-ha. Never looked at the all pictures, just the first one. This IS serial number. Original WZ29e had no markings and serials were located under the receiver and barrel, need to remove stock to see. So Spaniards serialized them on the left side on top. That's it, rifle is in its original caliber, that is a big deal for any collector.
Funny that I haven't seen SCW WZ29e for quite a while and now two turns up on CGN...
 
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By the way, I've also got one of these and its a very well made rifle and a great shooter. In terms of value, anything with Spain ties gets penalized for some unknown reason. They seem to go for about 400$ or less but there is no reason they shouldn't be on par with the czechs, swedes, south americans etc.
 
Thanks to the advice of Horilka, Philthy1 and woodchopper I now know what I have! It's a Polish wz29e SCW Mauser.

Took the action out of the receiver and guess what? Original barrel! Barrel, receiver, stock and hand guard all share the same serial number, man... that 3006 threw me for a loop. Furthermore, found a circle Z marking on the bolt handle too, so it's from the same factory, only other number is a two digit one on the bolt release.
 
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