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#Spanish mauser markings serial numbers#
#Spanish mauser markings serial number#

Cap, that's just it, aside from the serial numbers and small spanish crosses, there are no markings on this thing at all! I don't think it is a carbine, i think it is a short rifle, as the barrel measures around 22' rather than the 17-18' i've read the carbines to be. I assume it was the original sling mount. The buttstock has a long slot cut in the left side of it but there is nothing in it. Hk, thanks for the link, i assumed the swivel studs and sling were not correct for this rifle.

#Spanish mauser markings serial number#

Thanks for the input guys! Mauser Rifle Serial Number Identification As in the straight neck, the high comb and the placement of the front sight. As you can see it shares some of the traits of your rifle. Here is a pic of my Spanish Mauser Carbine. It has not letters or numerals in front of or behind the number which is found stamped just above the stock line on the right side of the receiver ring. I've got what I think is an early production post-WWII FN commercial mauser action, serial number 106XX. Rifles have been imported since then, I have seen dou.45 serial numbers all the. The old KCN ran a serial number study for 1945 Mauser Oberndorfs in 1997. To me it looks like a Spanish Mauser Carbine thats been bubbaed.

Also could you tell us the overall length of the rifle. Even better if you highlight them with a lil white greese or white crayon or liquid paper. Makes it a lot easier to identify if you would include a pic of the receiver markings. Sometime in its past, someone made it a sporter, which is a shame, but it is what it is.Īnyone know anything else about this thing? And just for fun, one with a few of my other guns. Anyways, there are no markings on it anywhere other than the serial number (barrel and receiver match, bolt and floorplate do not) and small spanish crosses on everything. I cleaned up the metal and threw some cold blue on it to help protect it some, replaced the broken follower spring, had a gun smith clean up the odd threaded receiver holes, got some new screws to replace the stripped ones, cleaned it up and put it back together. It was in pretty rough shape no blue on it at all and surface rust all over it. Other than that, i don't know anything about it, not even the model. He thought it to be german, but after doing a bit of research on it, i found out that it is actually a spanish mauser.

He didn't know anything about it other than that it is a 7mm mauser. This has been sitting in my dad's safe for decades until he told me he had it, so i gladly took it off his hands.

Mauser Rifle Serial Number Identification.

it was added after the gun came into this country as per federal regs in the 80's.guns with matching serial numbers are #1 in collectors eyes and this will increase the value over mis matched serial numbers,spain made rifles with longer barrels and carbines and short rifles ,(rifles with shorter barrels)if your rifle has a front site with ears protecting the site it's proably a 93 type ,if no ears it could be a 98 type rifle ,but alot of times people remover the ears so ya just have to know which action ya have ,heres a couple pics of my 98 and 93 bolts for ya to see the differences,the bolt on top is a 93 spanish and the one on the bottom is a german k98 bolt,you will notice the 98 bolt has an extra locking lug near the handle and also the shroud behind the handle has a rim whereas the 93 doesn't,your's i'd bet is the 93,there the most common spanish mausers out there. Hello,basically the spanish mausers were made in 2 action types ,the 98 and the 93or 1916,the 98 is a beefier action and usually will be found with a straight bolt,the 93's action is smaller and usually has a bent bolt,some spanish mausers will have a crest on the top of the receiver along with the arsenal oveido and a date,these markings are usually on the 93 actions and are usually chambered for the 7mm mauser caliber,there were some special rifles chambered for the 308 or 762x51 caliber ,if your rifle may be import stamped ,look on the exposed part of the barrel ,near the front site for very small stamped markings ,if you find any markings they will usually have the model number and the country from where it was made ,it may say something like this m93 7mm spain,then the importer like CAI and virginia something like that ,if theres no import stamp thats a good thing and collectors will buy non import stamped guns more over import stamped ones ,just because the stamp isn't an original stamping.