Mauser Picture Thread
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I agree, nice old rifle, but highly unlikely it was German issued. The 1941 batch of these were made in three block, F/G/H/. It appears that the vast majority of F and H blocks were shipped to the Portuguese (digged's rifle is an F block), and that the rifles the Germans did reconnoiter came mostly from the G block. But besides that, it is highly unlikely that any intact Portuguese contract guns in Canada today were actually German issued. These rifles would have been taken during the 1942 German 'rifle crisis' and were primarily sent east. Pretty much all the confirmed German used Port contract rifles today are Russian Captures. And despite what some people believe, the Portuguese did use many of these rifles quite extensively.
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Here is another one of mine.
K98k byf44 ZF41. Its from the f block of production and and dates from about midsummer 1944. Rifle itself it all matching and original, optic is mismatched. However, the optic is from another byf44 from the same letter block, which is interesting. Rife is duffel cut under the rear barrel band.
K98k byf44 ZF41. Its from the f block of production and and dates from about midsummer 1944. Rifle itself it all matching and original, optic is mismatched. However, the optic is from another byf44 from the same letter block, which is interesting. Rife is duffel cut under the rear barrel band.
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Agreed, absolutely beautiful rifles.
I dug this one out of the pile last night. Pics aren't the greatest, but here she is in all her glory. Wood is kind of banged up, but the rest is excellent. Shiniest barrel I've seen in a while. I'm going to run my bore camera down it. All matching. More pics second post.
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I have two Mausers, both with known history, but I can't post images here. Both are in 7x57 Mauser.
1. Is a Boer War Mauser made on 1897 as one of a lot of 2000 sent to ZAR in August of that year. Those who watch Forgotten Weapons will have seen one just like it in the Forgotten rifles of the Veldt episode. Mine, #6691, is three digits away from the example Ian shows. Thanks to the Anglo-Boer Museum in Bloemfontein, and to local historian Peter De Jaeger in Korannafontein Farmstead where it was surrendered, I've traced much of the history of the owner, Piet Huijsen, a diamond washer from Klipspring, and whose name is carved on the butt.
2. Is a Model B Sporter, made in 1912, and sold from the Army & Navy Cooperative Store in Great Victoria Street, London. It was taken to Rhodesia by the Price family, who split up in 1990 having gotten pi$$ed off with Mugabe, half going to Tanzania, the others coming back here to England. I bought the rifle at auction in 1991. About seven years ago, a fellow shooter in our club, also from Tanzania, advised me that he had been to boarding school in Harare with a guy called Price, and further investigation revealed that he had learned to shoot with it as a yonker.
Small world, eh?
I have a couple of little movies about them on Youtube - just look for tac's guns - Mauser - and don't forget the apostrophe.
Pics to anybody who can post them, of course.
1. Is a Boer War Mauser made on 1897 as one of a lot of 2000 sent to ZAR in August of that year. Those who watch Forgotten Weapons will have seen one just like it in the Forgotten rifles of the Veldt episode. Mine, #6691, is three digits away from the example Ian shows. Thanks to the Anglo-Boer Museum in Bloemfontein, and to local historian Peter De Jaeger in Korannafontein Farmstead where it was surrendered, I've traced much of the history of the owner, Piet Huijsen, a diamond washer from Klipspring, and whose name is carved on the butt.
2. Is a Model B Sporter, made in 1912, and sold from the Army & Navy Cooperative Store in Great Victoria Street, London. It was taken to Rhodesia by the Price family, who split up in 1990 having gotten pi$$ed off with Mugabe, half going to Tanzania, the others coming back here to England. I bought the rifle at auction in 1991. About seven years ago, a fellow shooter in our club, also from Tanzania, advised me that he had been to boarding school in Harare with a guy called Price, and further investigation revealed that he had learned to shoot with it as a yonker.
Small world, eh?
I have a couple of little movies about them on Youtube - just look for tac's guns - Mauser - and don't forget the apostrophe.
Pics to anybody who can post them, of course.
Please correct me if I'm wrong – this is a difficult subject to navigate.
The Germans called these 98 mausers the G24(t) even if the rifle was only VZ24 marked.
As I recall VZ24/G24t's were issued to the Germans out bone stock, semi-modified, fully modified and factory made G24(t)’s.
G=rifle, 24 is the model, t=Czech origin.
If memory serves the Germans accepted the Czech firing proofs and did not add others unless (for example) it was re-barreled.
This appears to be a parts gun (no numbers match) that was greased and placed into storage.
To quote Claven:
The Germans called these 98 mausers the G24(t) even if the rifle was only VZ24 marked.
As I recall VZ24/G24t's were issued to the Germans out bone stock, semi-modified, fully modified and factory made G24(t)’s.
G=rifle, 24 is the model, t=Czech origin.
If memory serves the Germans accepted the Czech firing proofs and did not add others unless (for example) it was re-barreled.
This appears to be a parts gun (no numbers match) that was greased and placed into storage.
To quote Claven:
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Love .22 trainers. Don't have that one.
