BRNO 98/22, 8mm Turkish Mauser

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Added another piece of vintage military weapons to my little arsenal. This is a BRNO Mauser rifle, made in the Czech Republic for military use and later sold to Turkey. According to some forums, the markings in the receiver that read "E(LION)23" are the Czech Army acceptance mark, and the 23 would stand for 1923. After checking other marks in the bolt, I noticed that it does not match with the receiver serial number, and after doing some research, I noticed the bolt came from a German Gewehr 98. I concluded this because the bolt has the Imperial German crest below the bolt handle. Apparently, this is a pretty common thing to find, mixed bolts and rifles, especially after a lot of these rifles were captured during ww2 and they were refitted by the Germans or the bolts would be taken out of the rifles by the allies and thrown in a separate pile of parts. When soldiers grabbed one to bring back, they grabbed a rifle and whatever bolt they could find.

According to history, these rifles were made originaly for the Czech Army, and after they equipped with the later versions of the Mauser rifle, they sold the old rifles to turkey. That is why the rear sights and a few other parts have Arabic numerals and the Turkish Crescent symbol.

Ordered a vintage sling, an ammo pouch and the cleaning kit for this beauty. More pictures soon.

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