Without a specific stamp of who did it, your best bet is to track down the other stamps on the barrel or any non military stamps on the receiver. In the 50's, 60's, and 70's, there were many cheap 98 rifles that were rebuilt as sporters by many different companies. Most likely any crest on the front or rear ring was ground off at the same time the stripper clip guide was ground down so it could be drilled and tapped for scope mounts. The checkered shield proof mark on the barrel is one in use since 1968 in Munich. The stepped front ring makes it a 98 action, the stripper clip guide has been ground down and it has a thumb cut as well as capture screws for the trigger guard, numbered floorplate and bolt stop which are all military features not found on commercial actions. Still going with a 98K military mauser that was sporterized.
(Would have been easy to source for a W German company after WW2.) And it's probably safe to further wager that it's a pretty standard Mauser K98 receiver because there would have been a bunch of those floating around Germany after the war. I don't know that there would have been too many 96 actions floating around Germany after the war. Lots of possibilities here.īut I would wager that it's a large ring Mauser 98 action. 30-06 in West Germany after the war, and then imported into the US at some point. Entirely possible it was a WW2-era rifle that was commercially converted to.
It's hard to tell from the photos, but I'm guessing there isn't any sort of crest/marking on the top of the receiver ring? (Would be easily viewed with the barreled action still in the stock.) If that one stamp in particular reads "Made in W-Germany" then it's clearly a post-WW2 rifle (the Mauser-Werke AG Oberndorf factory also made rifles for the German military in WW2, WW1, and earlier) and it may just be a commercial replacement barrel. They may look like nonsensical abbreviations, numbers, figures, etc., but they can quickly help identify a given rifle. If you remove the barreled action from the stock you should be able to find all sort of interesting proof marks, factory stamps, etc. Sorry to ask but what are the proof marks? I didn't think of it of it being reworked into a sporter, Thanks.
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