Colombian Mausers

[Patrick Chadwick]

Digger, your Columbian is well traveled!

On the last photograph, on the left side of the receiver ring you can see the "Perron" mark of Liege, Belgium, lying on its side. It is the object that looks like a pillar on a stepped pedestal. That is to be expected on an original FN rifle proofed in Belgium.

What is unusual is, that below the "Perron" you can see a Federal German proof eagle stamp, followed by 784 and an antler symbol This tells you that the rifle was imported into Germany and proofed by the Ulm proof house in July 1984. That, in its turn, means that, by law, there must also be an ID mark from the importer + caliber on the system somewhere - and there it is! Athough not clearly visible in the photo, you can make out (just above the perron) the caliber designation .30-06 on the barrel, followed by a stamp that looks like a fir tree standing on its head - this is actually a logo of FWW, used by Frankonia Waffen in Würzburg.

So your rifle has come a long, long way - Belgium, Columbia, Germany, Canada - and still looks good. Congratulations!

Patrick

[45120]

I have a nice Columbian 4 groove 30-06 and will be shooting it this weekend for the first time. Action is like butter. Does yours prefer a certain grain bullet or does that not matter?

[45120]

My rifle is similar, but it does not say 30-06 to the left of the breech, it only has the -star X and arrow- marking. The top of the action states .30 and the top of the bolt arm has what looks like a Lowenbrau lion over the letters "P.V" S/N is 03256. It does have the columbian circle mark at the top of the breech and the wording "3006 spr spt pn rn pa" under the barrel between the sight ring and the bayo lug. Can anyone shed some light as to the history of my rifle?

[Calif-Steve]

Is that .30-'06, Springfield Sporters, Penn Run, Pennsylvania? Just my guess. I think they may have been the US importer in the 1960's.