Fabrica de armas oviedo is the maker and underneath the name is stamped 1931.there are no other real markings on the rifle aside from another stamp that says A 1963 and the serial number underneath,also the barrel is only 18-20inches long. So the bottom line is I am yet to find anything conclusive to confirm the final customer of the rifle however I am enjoying my time with it.I just purchased a 7x57 Spanish Mauser.
(MAN) Who did produce K98 parts so the FP was probably swapped out at some point.
The bolt appears to be standard Mauser G98 type in that it has a straight bolt handle and the length of the bolt body is 161,8mm/6.370″ with a barrel shank of 35,6mm/1.100″ Stripping the bolt revealed a firing pin with Waffenamt WaA53 which denotes Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg A.G. So the stamps tell me the action was proofed for Nitro somewhere between 19 Time to look at the receiver for markings.Ī) Inspectors mark, this one tells me the inspector was Reignier Alfred who was at the Liege Proof House from 1937 to 1964ī) Rampant Lion which indicates the receiver has a Nitro Proof.Ĭ) The Perron, used to indicate inspection or proof of rifle action. If only the receiver ring had not been scrubbed.
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However some sources also suggest the M24 was full length… One indication of model is the length of receiver, the M1924 is reported as having an intermediate length receiver and M1930 had an 8.5″/216,9mm long receiver and is a large ring so another tick for an M1930. It has a combination of black and blued metalwork with a straight bolt handle. The appearance is always a good start and this rifle is very reminiscent of the M1924/30 trainers certainly as far as the woodwork goes. One early indicator is the text font on the side of the receiver which is upright which might just point to a pre-war build and the lower case ‘de’ means in theory that it cannot have been built before 1937/8 as ‘DE’ was used prior to this year. One easy way of identifying the rifle is the crest on the front ring however this one is missing its crest so it has been scrubbed off at some point, in fact it would appear the whole rifle has been given a good tidy up and re-finished in some areas so the history is lost in that respect. 308Win as far as I know so, not an M1950, while we are on the subject of not, it does not appear to be an M1935 as it has a full length hand guard (Upper front wood section) Why have I assumed this? Well the first give away is this stamp on the left hand side of the receiver which does rather confirm it is an FN build 🙂 The problem is which model, is it an M1924, or M1930? At this stage all I can say is it is an M1930 style FN Mauser.įirst sign is the ‘de’ in the San Serif font so in theory this excludes the M1924 which uses the Serif font so that narrows it down to the M1930 or M1950 however the M1950 was chambered in 30-06 and. This rifle has been sitting in the armoury for the last 15 months, un-fired and for the most gathering dust and attracting spiders (If indeed spiders can get into the cabinets) So I took a few minutes to take a closer look and see if I could find out a bit more about it.įirstly I have to admit I am not a true Mauser man, I have a huge respect for the Mauser action and its clones however I have never felt the need to delve deeper into the models and have always assumed this is a M1930 chambered in 7,92×57 and built by Fabrique Nationale in Hertsal. Some real ramblings for this article which is a bit of the background of the Mauser I am working on.
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