Unknown mauser and markings?

I purchased a 8mm Mauser at an auction. The weapon is not dated and has no crests. The only markings on the bolt and parts is a circle with 4 leafs inside it. They kind of look like propellers. The stock has an inlet on the left side with a metal bar in it for the strap. The inlet does not go through the other side of the butt stock. The middle band has a side swivel on it. There is a serial number on the outside rail of the slide E6751 the bolt is a straight bolt. Butt plate is steel. The barrel has 2 step ups on it one about about 6.5 from the muzzle and the next one about 8 inches from the first one. any help on this one would be great! Thanks.

I can't find anything like that in Terence Lapin's book. A photo would be a VERY good idea! - Marking details and an overall view please! There are a couple of hundred different versions of Mausers. The strap and barrel sound like some kind of carbine type - but there are dozens of those as well.

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The only reference I see for a E prefix is Czechoslovakia VZ 24E-series rifle. I looked for the 4 leaf (like a propeller but struck out so far). they did not know the purchaser but all e's were observed with 1937-38 date crest on receiver rings and standard Brno address on side rails.

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Originally Posted by courtney1999

I purchased a 8mm Mauser at an auction. The weapon is not dated and has no crests.

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Without a photo, I am taking this very cautiously. So the first question is: how do you know it is a Mauser? No joke - there have been enough instances of false identification on these forums. A 91/41 Carcano, for instance, with the markings scrubbed and converted to 8mm would fool a lot of people who had never seen a 91/41. And it could have such a number.

As, indeed, could a ciuple of hundred thousand Mausers. The numbering system went from 1 to 9999 and then started again with A1 to A9999, then B...C...D.. etc. So a number E6751 only tells you that it is one of the 50-thousands series.

The sheer lack of markings indicates that it could be a rifle that has been around, and may have been altered from its original configuration.

Enough speculation! We need photos.

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Spanish Mod 43,??

...how do you know it's in 8mm. Did you check it yourself? And which flavor of 8mm?
Again, no joke, there are such things as Siamese Mausers in a caliber 8x50 rimmed. Or 8x52 rimmed. Bad news for reloading!

I apologize if this sounds picky, but not all dealers will recognize these differences (note how I am trying to be polite, writing "not all" instead of "hardly any";)).

So check it out and ....how about some pictures?

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Yes photos are the best way or we are just groping in the dark.