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Mike Webb

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I'm new to the surplus thing and recently acquired a mauser rifle I would like to find a ballpark value on. It's marked swp 45 on the receiver ring( Czechoslovakia, i guess) and is as new with all the parts having matching numbers. Appears to be 8mm calibre and bore is perfect. Would there be much interest in this even though it's not German manufacture?
 
swp45 is Waffen Werke Brunn and is a fairly desirable code. If its all original its most likely a semi kriegsmodell. Again, quite desireable to collectors. We need pics.

By the way, the Germans considered Czech made weapons to be as good as their own. VZ24 receivers are reputed to be the strongest 98.
 
Nothing wrong at all with your toy, friend. You have a genuine Brno-built Mauser 98k and yes, it does eat standard 8x57 ammo. Built at the very end of the war, too.

With the 150-grain bullet, you can actually load this hotter than the original .30-'06, and without hurting the gun. It's what they were designed for. The later 196-grain load was the anti-Tank load in WW One and so is more than a bit hot. It also really hurts at the buttplate. Try handloading with the 150 and you have a sweet-shooting rifle which is ALSO a significant chunk of history, right in your own hot little hands.

DO have fun!
 
Mike Webb said:
I'm new to the surplus thing and recently acquired a mauser rifle I would like to find a ballpark value on. It's marked swp 45 on the receiver ring( Czechoslovakia, i guess) and is as new with all the parts having matching numbers. Appears to be 8mm calibre and bore is perfect. Would there be much interest in this even though it's not German manufacture?
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For Serial Numbers: Electropencil Numbers? Stamped Numbers? Or Both?

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