A Mauser from 1886 or 1887

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Not sure if I should post this in Antiques or here, so I'm posting it in both.

I bought a "Snider .577" off a hillbilly today that turns out to be a bolt-action Mauser with a tube magazine, stamped 1886 or 1887 (I forget which).

Anybody know how I tell what round this rifle is chambered for, and if it is Turkish or German? It's stamped "Danzig" and has lots of crowns, etc., stamped on the stock.

Anyone have the remotest clue where I can find ammo for this relic, or else if I can rechamber?

I'll try to post some pix soon.
 
43 mauser, but a pict would help. You can find the amo but it is old. Most people roll there own. Do you reload?

Pete
 
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These are all the pix I have for now, I snapped them as I ran out the door for work. Sorry for the crappy quality.
 
Pics aren't much good but good enough to tell you that it has been cut down. Depending on the condition of the rifling it may be a good shooter. It will be in 43 Mauser. Not loaded any longer but you can buy brass and bullets and load your own. Some loaded Dominion cartridges come up at gun shows. It certainly would be a good deer cartridge. It is about in the class with the 45-70 for power. Because it's a repeater it will need to be a registered firearm. The first issue of that rifle, the model 1871, is a single shot and is classed as an antique. It's a long way from a 57 Snider! Good luck with it. Dave
 
Yeah, I didn't realize it was a repeater at the time or I would not have bought it, because that means the Feds are going to get involved. I thought it was one of those Sniders that the government used for training in WW1 - I assumed those training guns had been converted to bolt. I was wrong.

I'm going to look at the bore soon as possible.

It looks like Buffalo Arms sells .43 Mauser ammo...
 
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