Austrian sporterized M1903?

[Michael Petrov]

Recently a site displayed a set of drawings for a Mauser manufactured Springfield 1903 actioned Sporting rifle.
Apparently some US shooters had tried to interest Mauser in producing these rifles for the US market.

The drawings show a very nicely done rifle mixing European and American styling.

I'll have to check on the details but I think Townsend Whelen was mentioned as being one of those who'd tried to get the ball rolling on this.

Kind of like fighting a forest fire, put out out one and another jumps up.

In 1929 A. F. Stoeger got Townsend Whelen to design a custom sporting rifle for them as they were entering the custom rifle market. Because Stoeger had a working relationship with Mauser it seems they sent a copy of the blueprints to Mauser, Mauser converted the measurements to metric, end of story.

Back before WWI Mauser made at least one rifle using the 1903 Action, this had NOTHING to do with the later Stoeger drawings.

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[Alfred]

Kind of like fighting a forest fire, put out out one and another jumps up.

In 1929 A. F. Stoeger got Townsend Whelen to design a custom sporting rifle for them as they were entering the custom rifle market. Because Stoeger had a working relationship with Mauser it seems they sent a copy of the blueprints to Mauser, Mauser converted the measurements to metric, end of story.

Back before WWI Mauser made at least one rifle using the 1903 Action, this had NOTHING to do with the later Stoeger drawings.

Where would I find information on the pre WW1 Mauser/1903?

There was a Mexican Mauser that combined elements od 03 Springfield with the basic Mauser action. Mostly cosmetic and ergonomic additions.

PS
One of the finest commercial Mausers was the "Special Range Rifle" a competitor of the Springfield at least up to the 600 yard mark, not many of those made.