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    Quote Originally Posted by Ovidio View Post
    Thanks all. I talked to the guy on the phone. It is a German issue, not Portuguese. The guy lived a few years in Germanyicon and bought it. I’ll look at it sometime in the coming few weeks. I had a good gut feeling with that guy, I think he’ll tell me how things are or how he thinks they are. But I’ll certainly take a good look.
    Yes, even if it was one of the original batch for Portugal which were diverted from standard German military production, it would still have the Portuguese crest with 1937 under it stamped on the side of the butt behind the take down disc.

    As said by others it has been refinished, because of the blueing and the white highlighted codes etc., which was not done in the Mauser Oberndorf factory in 1937.

    However, the codes and stamps look good, and as SInger B wrote, the matching capture screws are what stands out as being a good sign.

    You really need to see how good the the stock markings are in comparison which will so how refinished it is or not. If the stock has been heavily sanded it will be a huge shame if all the metal is matching and genuine.
    Remove the butt plate and see if there are any ink stamps on the butt end, should have makers code and date, although not all are thus marked.
    If you remove the stock, the serial number should be stamped into the barrel channel, plus makers codes and date made.

    For that money, if all matching metal parts and not heavily sanded original stock, its an absolute bargain.....
    Just the thing for putting round holes in square heads.

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    I'll go pick up this rifle Tuesday.
    That guy is really ok.
    Worked on the AWACS in Germanyicon in the 80ies, and bought the rifle from a collector.
    Almost never used it since.
    He told me he can't swear about it, but the rifle might be 100% in original conditions.
    I'll see soon.
    I add the pictures again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ovidio View Post
    I'll go pick up this rifle Tuesday.
    That guy is really ok.
    Worked on the AWACS in Germanyicon in the 80ies, and bought the rifle from a collector.
    Almost never used it since.
    He told me he can't swear about it, but the rifle might be 100% in original conditions.
    I'll see soon.
    I add the pictures again.

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    Capture screws matching which is a good sign, bluing looks almost too good, but not impossible to be this good.....there are similar condition rifles in similar near perfect condition in collections.
    Only question mark I would put is the white infill to the markings, which isn't factory, but was commonly done by old collector types decades ago, so the numbers would stand out in b&w photo's etc.
    Check the stock though, it looks quite light in colour for a walnut stock, which most still were in 1937, prior to the introduction of the laminate stocks. It could have been sanded, and if the stock markings and numbers don't match the rifle, or are very faint and stampings are not commensurate with the blueing and rest of rifle, then maybe a question mark over it.
    Just the thing for putting round holes in square heads.

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    I would buy it in a heartbeat these rifles are harder and harder to come by with that price tag. Even if it was refinished, only the collector cares about that. The rifle will always sell for more than you bought it, its not a bubba job..
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    A UKicon deactivated K98icon in not nearly such good condition would cost more, from a dealer, in the UK.

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