While there are many that reflect master craftsmanship with regard to caliber conversions, trigger work and handmade stocks the majority were put into the cheapest stocks that could be found or had the original military stocks cut and altered. The older sporterized rifles were often converted and housed in stocks of questionable origin. These rifles were popular and chief alternatives to newly manufactured domestic made hunting rifles. 5305109 - 06/05/11 Re: how to identify model and age of Mauser Rifle Re: Plateau Hunter. Your first Amendment won't protect itself.-me Bravo. why is it recommended to not disclose the full serial number I've seen several posts with the full info XX'd out. Typically, the barrel was replaced and the stock either modified or changed out to what is known as a sporter stock. Husqvarna made m/1938 were normally produced as m/38 with the handle down from the beginning (like the picture above).
The action made for an economical sporting rifle build when compared to sporting rifles built by Remington, Winchester, and Savage. While many were preserved in their original military configuration, a great number were sporterized for hunting and target shooting.
Founded in Oberndorf, Germany, in 1874 as Königliche Waffen Schmieden, the company was an effort started by the Mauser brothers, Peter and Wilhelm, several years earlier when they designed and produced rifles for the Prussian military.įrom the end of World War II through the late 1990s, many thousands of Mauser rifles hit American shores via the surplus market. The name Mauser is one of the oldest names in firearms.
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