Blackpowder Mausers were also produced for China, Serbia, and Turkey.įrance adopted the Lebel smokeless-powder magazine rifle in 1886, and Germany kept pace with this important development by adopting a 7.9 mm. These early Mausers were produced by the Mauser factory at Oberndorf a./N., Germany, Austria, and German government arsenals. Developed by Paul Mauser and his brother, Wilhelm, this single-shot blackpowder arm was superseded by a tubular-magazine repeater, the German Model 71/84. The first successful Mauser rifle was the Model 1871 made principally for Germany. While they undoubtedly proved a headache for arms manufacturers who had to maintain an extensive assortment of marking dies, they now provide considerable fascination and delight for arms students and collectors. But then again, I really have nothing to lose.From the January, 1971 issue of American RiflemanĬoats of Arms and other markings on Mauser turnbolt rifles and carbines are extremely varied. Pretty brave with thin evidence and so-so recall. So I’m going to go out on a limb (a thin and creaky one) and call this a Borsigwalde barrel, bolt and receiver. Again, IIRC, it’s like 1935 through early 1937 then again in ‘39 and/or ‘40. IIRC, the Waffenamt E/211 proofs were mostly used on Mauser Borsigwalde made K98s - and on non-K98 weapons. The Weimar proof marks on the barrel are the same as on two ‘38 Mauser Borsigwalde K98s in my collection. The stamped floor plate is Mauser Oberndorf made and from a much later rifle than the parts that can be identified. The “Mod.98” seems consistent with several German military manufacturers including both Mauser Oberndorf and Mauser Borsigwalde. However, you can kind of make out the last numeral of the SN, I would say it’s a “5” or “6”. Receiver seems to have been scrubbed of SN, year, manufacturer code and proofs.then reblued. Can’t see the TG so can’t speculate on its origin. You should check the bolt shroud, safety, ejector/bolt release to see if they match as well. Not an expert by any means and there are not, truly, enough photos to say much more but.here is what I see. I've got an album linked below with pictures of some of the markings I've found, but I'm not exactly sure where to start going to decode these. This one has a double claw mount installed, which has destroyed that stamping. I've looked at a couple of websites, and most seem to get information from an intact stamping on the top of the receiver. Hey, my fiancee's had her Mauser for a couple years, and I was curious about the meaning of its markings.
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