Persian Mausers

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I've lately taken an interest into the obscure Persian Mauser. Internet says they're one of the best-built of all the Mausers. Reading up on some history on CGN, it appears they've floated around the EE time-to-time back in the 2010s. They seem to be quite available stateside, yet scarce up here nowadays. I haven't seen one in years aside from the odd marked-up unit.

Anyone got any leads on this gem?
 
mephisto002 said:
There is one for sale on GP for $5100

They are one of the best Mauser rifles.
I was lucky to find this one in close to new condition with serial # matching bayonet.

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Looks incredible! Matching bayonet is a MUST.

That one up on GP for $5100 is steep, especially for the condition. Similar rifles go for over half $$$ down south.

I would love to pick one up, but they don't pop up here often. Especially one of those Carbine versions. If anyone has a line on one, shoot me a message.
 
Millennium said:
Looks incredible! Matching bayonet is a MUST.

That one up on GP for $5100 is steep, especially for the condition. Similar rifles go for over half $$$ down south.

I would love to pick one up, but they don't pop up here often. Especially one of those Carbine versions. If anyone has a line on one, shoot me a message.
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the US market is very different.
To find a good example here in Canada you will look at $4000 at least.

The carbines are not as nicely finished, as most were manufactured in Iran.
The last carbine I saw went for close to $4000 in an auction, three years ago.
 
Are they seriously that much better made that they're any more accurate than other non-wartime made Mausers?
 
They aren't any better built than other Mausers of the era, however, when they were first put onto the surplus markets, many of them were still new in the crates, with all accessories

They are beautifully finished, and maybe that's why people say they are "one of the best made?"

The Iranians didn't cut corners when they ordered those rifles, just like the Brazilians. They wanted them to shoot well and stand up to some extremely harsh conditions.

I prefer the front sight, with the "protecters" over the Brazilian standard Barleycorn.

I was lucky enough to get a crate of these beautiful Mausers that was opened for inspection in the UK, before being shipped to the International warehouse in Canada, where customs inspectors opened the crates again but were more meticulous about checking off serial numbers and opened the wrapping around the receivers.

I sold my crate of rifles to soon, but I had a divorce to pay for at the time sooooooooo.

They came in two versions, the rifle, with the 29in bbl and Carbines with 20 inch? barrels. There may have been standard length rifles as well with 23.5in bbls, but I didn't see any at the time.

They came in several grades. New in wrap to junk.

Just like the Brazilian Mausers, many were put into storage after the order was received for emergency purposes. The rest were mostly ridden hard and put away wet.

When these rifles first came out, many of them went to the US, however, Canadians got the best of the best, because we got first pick.

I really miss having International as a receiver/distributor of surplus firearms in Canada, something else to thank the BLOC, Liberals, NDP for and even the PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVES, under Mulroney and Campbell.

Bill C68 ended all of that.
 
bearhunter said:
They aren't any better built than other Mausers of the era, however, when they were first put onto the surplus markets, many of them were still new in the crates, with all accessories

They are beautifully finished, and maybe that's why people say they are "one of the best made?"

I was lucky enough to get a crate of these beautiful Mausers that was opened for inspection in the UK, before being shipped to the International warehouse in Canada, where customs inspectors opened the crates again but were more meticulous about checking off serial numbers and opened the wrapping around the receivers.

They came in two versions, the rifle, with the 29in bbl and Carbines with 20 inch? barrels. There may have been standard length rifles as well with 23.5in bbls, but I didn't see any at the time.

They came in several grades. New in wrap to junk.

Just like the Brazilian Mausers, many were put into storage after the order was received for emergency purposes. The rest were mostly ridden hard and put away wet.

When these rifles first came out, many of them went to the US, however, Canadians got the best of the best, because we got first pick.

I really miss having International as a receiver/distributor of surplus firearms in Canada, something else to thank the BLOC, Liberals, NDP for and even the PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVES, under Mulroney and Campbell.

Bill C68 ended all of that.
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You answered the question I asked a millisecond before posting this lol. Thank you.

Every near unissued Mauser I've ever seen blew me away in terms of fit and finish and how well they shot. I never saw how these could be better.
 
Joel, it really depends on which nation ordered them and the level of fit/finish they were willing to pay for, or what was feasible/available at the time of production.

Many nations bought Mausers in socalled "bare bones" condition, new from the factory.

The stocks were inletted well but with only minimal finishing after leaving the duplicators, many weren't sanded and the ridges were very visible, some didn't even get minimal preservative.

Depending on who built them made a difference in the metallurgy as well.

This meant some of the rifles didn't need to have their receivers blued, etc.

I've seen thousands of surplus rifles, in warehouses from Canada, US, Mexico, South America, Europe and Africa. The one thing I can say about surplus Mausers, no matter how crudely they were finished on the outside, the internal specs were always excellent.

Conditions at the time of build have more to do with how well finished they are than anything else, but some nations wanted the rifles to be as utilitarian/cheap as possible.

There has been a lot of hype out there about Mausers with mismatched barrels having "headspace" issues. I've only had a couple, which wouldn't pass the "guage" test, and both of them had "set back" in the lug recesses.
 
Last time the Iranian Mausers were available in large amounts was when Samco in Florida bought out what left in Iran. The rifles were in Excellent condition. My friend Dennis Kroh of Empire Arms sold several hundred of those. He gets them once in awhile when he buys collections from former clients who sell off their guns. They usually sell below $2,000.00 US. Over the years I have sold a few of the short rifle made by Brno, but you rarely see any of those anymore.
 
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Another reason for the wonderful quality of some of these Mauser variants is that it was common for countries acquiring them to send QA and acceptance teams to Germany where they stayed while monitoring the production run at the factory.

Iran had lots of money once the British Navy converted from coal to oil…and had no problem spending it on arming its military with the best that was available … a practice that extended right up to the last Shah who happily purchased F14 Tomcats as soon as he saw them.

The ‘Persians’ have always had a love for German machinery … even today most of them living here prefer drive MB (God knows why?!?!)
 
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