Oberndorf Mauser

Chris, very nice! Wood work is great as always, who put the metal work together and blued/blackend the metal?
I think we have to have a conversation about my 404 still in pieces😞
Cheers Dale!
 
Here's an odd ball Commercial Mauser that was sold along side Oberndorf's Pre WWI. Happy to have added this to my collection and will get field use as these guns were intended.

Imported by Tauscher of New York- See the advertisement and the statement.

"Manufactured by DWM of Berlin Germany, controlling Waffenfabrik Mauser Oberndorf"

If you see his 1906-1913 catalogue's it is known as the "Spitzer bullet" rifle and has the same features as the type C, it is also priced the same as the oberndorf base model (type C). As pictured below.

Mine is marked "Spitzer bullet" on the receiver and comes with period correct #48 lyman sight. The floor plate has bluing loss from being carried and sadly the previous owner's SIN # electro penciled on it, other than that cant complain. This one is a keeper, not many around.

See the link for the full catalogue.

https://germanhuntingguns.com/mauser-h-tauscher-circa-1913/

Also a link to compare the "oberndorf type C" with the same sight as mine.

http://forums.nitroexpress.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=87989&an=0&page=6



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Early deluxe version of the Mauser ES 340 with a "duffle cut". Mauser serial number date c. 1924. British proofmarks c. 1958. Windage adjustable rear sight. Grooved for scope. Mauser Banner on Trolit buttplate, right side of butt stock and on the front receiver ring.
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Rob said:
Recently picked up this Oberndorf Mauser Model M in 30-06. from Reliable.. They were asking too much for it, but I negotiated with the actual owner of the rifle and managed to get the price down to something a bit more reasonable.

I have a Model M, also in 30-06, with a serial number only four numbers later. (So probably made the same day in 1922 or 1923.) However, that one has a more conventional Lyman #35 sight. (See the last photo.) The "new" Model M, has a receiver peep sight that also mounts on the bolt stop like the Lyman #35, (no drilling and tapping), but it does not resemble the Lyman in any other way. I can find no manufacturer's markings on it. There is also no indication that any open rear sight was ever installed, so it may be a factory installation. I know Mauser kept a supply of Lyman sights on hand for installation, per customer request, but this sight is different.

Has anyone ever seen this particular peep sight? I have not.

As an unexpected bonus, it came with a brass cleaning rod stored in the buttstock. Hard to remove, it seems to have been stuck in there for quite some time. Each section of the 5-piece rod has a number, and it is the correct length for the short barrel.

Another interesting feature is the factory-installed steel recoil cross-bolt.

The rifle is in overall VG+ condition with great wood and an excellent bore.


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One other thing about the Mauser factory-installed "German" peep sight on the bolt stop is that it has a long finely threaded machine screw under the bolt stop...I believe it was intended to take any slight movement out of the sight.

This is similar to the (British?) practice of putting two screws, one on either side, under the Mauser bolt shroud to eliminate movement in the shroud when using a cocking piece peep sight. (see last two pictures below of these paired screws in a Gibbs Mauser 98 sporter.)
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