Mauser Identification

[Aussie48]

Hi learned Folk, I am new to the world of the Mauser as I'm an Enfield collector/shooter.
Chance came up to acquire this one and seemed to good to be true. It's for shooting Military Service Rifle Competitions not as a collection piece. It has been refurbished and all marks scrubbed from the receiver and re-barrelled in 7.62 x 51 Nato. It has all matching serial numbers (T11754( and I think it is a YUGO 24/47 or YUGO 24/52? Am yet to pick it up as I'm waiting on approval from the Licewnsing Branch here in Aus. Have had a fondle in the gun shop and it is a straight 98 Mauser bolt with the correct 3 lugs and large gas ports.
Some crappy phone photos attached.

Cheers

Dick

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[Eaglelord17]

It is not a Yugoslavian M24/47 or a Yugoslavian 24/52 as the hand-guard doesn't run all the way to the end cap. I don't know what specific Mauser it is other than some sort of M98 based action. Maybe Spanish or South American?

[Aussie48]

Thanks Eaglelord,

Back to square one then trying to work out it's lineage, have it home now and will strip it and see if there are any marks hidden beneath the stock that i can identify, nice piece though bright shiny bore with crisp clear rifling, should be a good shooter. Now I just need to scour the country side for a front sight hood for it.

Dick

[CINDERS]

Have had a fondle in the gun shop

OOOhhhh errrrr I do not think I want to go to that gunshop unless there is a blonde 38 24 36 caliber serving Mausers

[Aussie48]

There is she is called Tez John Miall's daughter, nice piece of eye candy

Dick

[303tom]

That is indeed a Spanish Mauser, probably a reworked 1916, a nice looking one too !................

[vintage hunter]

That is indeed a Spanish Mauser, probably a reworked 1916, a nice looking one too !................

Don't think it's of Spanish origins and it definitely ain't an M1916. Those were built on small ring 93/95 actions. This one has an M98 large ring. To me it has the outward appearance of an FN Model 1930 short rifle.

[Calif-Steve]

I would guess a Chile re-work of the Steyr M98's they had. Should have a crest and Steyr markings. So, really not too sure.

[Aussie48]

Could it be one of the original Mausers made by FN for the Yugoslavian Government pre WW2 1930 model and was caught up in the refurb program?

Dick

[Eaglelord17]

No Yugoslavia never adopted the M1930 rifle so it wouldn't be Yugoslavian. They also never adapted 7.62 NATO so it wouldn't be converted by them either.

I am leaning towards the South Americans (someone like Chile) because they were big into converting the previous Mausers into 7.62 Nato.