Hello,
I just purchased a mauser in a mannlicher stock on an impulse buy. I was wondering if anyone can provide me with some info on the rifle and the prospective value (so I know how much I overpaid). The rifle is chambered in 9x57, is full stock and has double set-triggers. The action to me (not being a mauser expert) appears to be of the commercial type (no war-birds) but is round below the scope bases (I understand some are flat). Rifle has a swing out floor-plate that is lever operated (lever on floor-plate). Condition is very good with some minor marks on the wood, a small chip between the receiver and the barrel mounting surface and what appears to be filler below the front scope mount (visible in picture). Bore is bright. Barrel is approx 18" long. Safety is the original bolt-mounted flag type and does not clear scope. Action reads "Made in Germany" and "Mauser Werke Oberndorf". Based on the caliber and the action reading "Germany" vs "West Germany", my uneducated guess would be that the rifle must have been produced in the late 40s or early 50s. It is topped off with a 2.5x scope which reads "Kollenberg, Massachusetts"??. On the bolt side of the action are two filler screws that appear to have retained an aperture sight at some point in the past. I can't find any other spot where a rear sight would have been mounted anywhere else on the rifle. Rifle is drilled and tapped, of course, although I have no idea if this would have been done at the factory. All of this is from memory, as I don't have the rifle in my hands yet. Sorry about the crappy pictures - it is all I have for now.
Any info from all of you much wiser in the way of mausers than me would be very appreciated.
I just purchased a mauser in a mannlicher stock on an impulse buy. I was wondering if anyone can provide me with some info on the rifle and the prospective value (so I know how much I overpaid). The rifle is chambered in 9x57, is full stock and has double set-triggers. The action to me (not being a mauser expert) appears to be of the commercial type (no war-birds) but is round below the scope bases (I understand some are flat). Rifle has a swing out floor-plate that is lever operated (lever on floor-plate). Condition is very good with some minor marks on the wood, a small chip between the receiver and the barrel mounting surface and what appears to be filler below the front scope mount (visible in picture). Bore is bright. Barrel is approx 18" long. Safety is the original bolt-mounted flag type and does not clear scope. Action reads "Made in Germany" and "Mauser Werke Oberndorf". Based on the caliber and the action reading "Germany" vs "West Germany", my uneducated guess would be that the rifle must have been produced in the late 40s or early 50s. It is topped off with a 2.5x scope which reads "Kollenberg, Massachusetts"??. On the bolt side of the action are two filler screws that appear to have retained an aperture sight at some point in the past. I can't find any other spot where a rear sight would have been mounted anywhere else on the rifle. Rifle is drilled and tapped, of course, although I have no idea if this would have been done at the factory. All of this is from memory, as I don't have the rifle in my hands yet. Sorry about the crappy pictures - it is all I have for now.
Any info from all of you much wiser in the way of mausers than me would be very appreciated.
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