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    Red face 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.
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    Photo needed!

    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 Czechoslovakiaicon 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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    Quote Originally Posted by courtney1999 View Post
    I purchased a 8mm Mauser at an auction. The weapon is not dated and has no crests.

    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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    In fact...

    ...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.

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