Reworked WW2 German Mauser?

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I inherited a few weapons 10 years ago or so and there's 1 rifle I wish I asked more about before people passed away.
Here's a far away picture and I can take closer ones of certain areas if you think it would help,
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The little bit of information I have is that I was told it was a custom made(reworked) Mauser. My uncle worked on the railway for awhile and I think it was customized in the states. There's bolt work,stock and there is the name WIER stamped in the middle of the barrel.There German writing on the barrel as well as a few other stampings, has a peep sight (thinking aftermarket) and a Weaver K25 scope on it now. Just looking for a little more information formation...thanks
 
Well, it's a Mauser 98 with an altered bolt handle and a Beuhler safety. It's been rebarreled and restocked. The stock work looks to be decent, though I don't care for the Schnabel forend. To be able to tell you any more than that, you would need to post pics of whatever markings are left on the action.
 
9.3 has given you about all the info you can from one photo. If it was a German military rifle originally there should be markings on the left siderail and on top of the receiver ring. Looks like a side mounted scope which was popular as you could remove the scope and use the open sights in a pinch. If it is WW2 production there should be a few WaA's on the action, floorplate, trigger, bolt stop etc. depending on how late in the war the rifle was made. I don't see a step in the barrel(two different diameters, smaller toward the muzzle) so the barrel may have been turned down in a lathe as well. A pile of mauser 98's were modified into hunting rifles from WW1 up until the 1960's in the US.
This one looks like a better quality job except the schnabel forend(that bump in the wood at the end of the forend) is a little overdone for my liking.
 
The schnabel is interesting, likely the stockmakers only saw an example in a book with no measurements. Pretty rifle, please post the markings.
 
Mike Webb said:
9.3 has given you about all the info you can from one photo. If it was a German military rifle originally there should be markings on the left siderail and on top of the receiver ring. Looks like a side mounted scope which was popular as you could remove the scope and use the open sights in a pinch. If it is WW2 production there should be a few WaA's on the action, floorplate, trigger, bolt stop etc. depending on how late in the war the rifle was made. I don't see a step in the barrel(two different diameters, smaller toward the muzzle) so the barrel may have been turned down in a lathe as well. A pile of mauser 98's were modified into hunting rifles from WW1 up until the 1960's in the US.
This one looks like a better quality job except the schnabel forend(that bump in the wood at the end of the forend) is a little overdone for my liking.
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It would be a commercial sporter barrel. You can't turn down a stepped Mauser barrel to a smooth even contour.
 
Lots of mausers (surplus rifles in general) were turned into sporters. Some mind numbingly beautiful in workmanship, some just hacked. A buddy brought over his Father in Laws Sported Springfield 03. I had heard about it for over a year, but was completely unprepared for the "Bubba'd" gem he brought over. An absolutely gorgeous rifle (like OP's: sporting a different safety, stock, deeply blued, bolt handle altered, bolt release changed, scope added, and a different barrel) that he thought might be suitable for a trapline because of it's "sported" status.... Too nice for that, and I loaned him a beater.

I haven't seen a Weir, nor found anything with my google-fu. Would be nice to see how well they changed this one. Lacking JB weld, duct tape, and tool marks suggests it wasn't "bubba" who did this one, but a talented person or company.
 
gunsaholic said:
Nice rifle. I have a rifle as well using the Mauser K98 action. Mine has a custom stock and has been rebarreled in .270. Quite a nice rifle for the low value.
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You need a custom bolt handle....

Santa Barbra actions are only to fill a need not filled by surplus slayers. Some of F.N. too... lol Finns reworked Mosins and we covet .303s(Parker Hale again), but those durned '98s...
 
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Thanks for all the replies, lots of knowledge here for sure.
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Not that it matters but the butt plate reads BISHOP and the sling is Canadian made GSI, Bob Cameron, Cooper Weeks ltd.
For all I know it may just be a bunch of different pieces put together...guessing it was built late 50's early 60's.
I like the old style scope with the "pin" ... solid rifle...I like it
 
It appears to me to be a WWI vintage DWM action ( Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken). The action has been heavily buffed and rebarreled to .30-06. The "56" stamped on the receiver ring may be the date of manufacture.

The scope mounts are Pachmayr Lo-Swing. It can be swung off to the side to use the iron sights, or if you unscrew the little silver knurled wheel, it can be removed altogether.

Bishop was a company that made semi-finished gunstocks, sort of like Boyd's of today.
 
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