August327, You have an Original Oberndorf Sporting Rifle made by Mauser, not a remodeled military rifle. Commercial proof marks Crowns over BUGN. Looks like Sporting Carbine Type M pattern 720 (pg. 126 Jon Speed Original Oberndorf Sporting Rifles). Serial # 118197 places it pre-war 1936-37. There were only 127,000 Commercial Mausers produced and many have been altered or destroyed. Mr Speed evaluates the Model M carbine between $1000.

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Depending on condition and extras. Its a pretty keeper for people who like fine commercial mausers, but if you must sell get Mr Speeds book and educate yourself on what you have and not get cheated on price. Good luck, wish it were mine.

August327, You have an Original Oberndorf Sporting Rifle made by Mauser, not a remodeled military rifle. Commercial proof marks Crowns over BUGN. Looks like Sporting Carbine Type M pattern 720 (pg. 126 Jon Speed Original Oberndorf Sporting Rifles). Serial # 118197 places it pre-war 1936-37. There were only 127,000 Commercial Mausers produced and many have been altered or destroyed.

Carl Gustafs 1896 Mauser 6.5 Swedish caliber rifle. Swedish Mauser made in 1899. Serial numbers are matching, except for upper and lower barrel band. Bore is excellent. Very good overall condition.&nb.Click for more info.

Mr Speed evaluates the Model M carbine between $1000. Depending on condition and extras. Its a pretty keeper for people who like fine commercial mausers, but if you must sell get Mr Speeds book and educate yourself on what you have and not get cheated on price. Good luck, wish it were mine. Bob So when did they quit using the full crowns over BUGN? And everything I've read said serial numbers are generally meaningless in Mausers.

Is this not the case with commercial sporters? August, A little more info on the proof marks, 1924 German commercial proof laws changed and in addition to Crown over B (rifle proofed in assembled form), Crown over U(final inspection proof), sporting arms were stamped with a Crown over G (indicating a weapon with a rifled bbl). The BUG proofs were applied from 1924-1934, a fourth mark, Crown over N was applied from 1933-34 to late 1939 (to signify the rifle was proofed with nitro-based powder, Crown N was also used on military contract guns for export.) The BGN marks on your rifle look washed out from being polished, with a distinct Crown over U. Maybe it was reblued at the Mauser factory? Your barrel does not snap on/off its most likely the scope is removeable with quick detatchable mounts. Bob - 06/04/11 Re: how to identify model and age of Mauser Rifle Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,112 Campfire Guide Campfire Guide Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,112. I sold a well used but all original model M 30-06 a few years ago for $1000.

It was not in as good of condition as the one you have. I visited Fred Wells in Prescott ( his son Rube has one of the best Mauser sporter collections in the US) later that year and told him.

At that time he said I had sold if for less than half of it's worth! This past year I picked up another model B in 30-06 here in Alaska and I don't plan on letting it go. Rifle magazine will have a seperate magazine out this October specificly on Mauser sporters. The script on the side of the action matches my commercial Mauser 98, and it is dated to mid 30s production. I was not aware of any post war production of Mausers in the 50s (German arms companies were disbanded, the machines and tooling sold or confiscated). The Brevex Mauser was reportedly manufactured in France on machinery confiscated/bought from the German arms industry closure.

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Post your serial numbers here or e-mail me privately. I am starting this out using serial numbers from a study published in the August, 1997 KCN (KCN Database). In addition to the KCN study, I have included serial numbers from my collection as well as serial numbers I have observed. If you know details like import marked or not, type of metal finish, Kriegsmodell or not, French features or not, or anything unusual, please include this information and I will post it also. Concerning the numbers listed, unless a rifle is noted as 'French' it is thought to have no French features (i.e.

Thought to be a German WWII production rifle). Obviously, studies like this are limited by the knowledge and experience of the individuals collecting and submitting the information. Still, I believe it is worthwhile and believe that it will help explain more about late Mauser Oberndorf production.(2/14/06) I am expanding this study to include Mauser Oberndorf assembled rifles from 1944. As with the 1945 dated rifles, I'm starting this using the serial numbers from the August, 1997 KCN. Notice that many more serial numbers are listed in the no letter block category. I am suspicious that this is due to individuals submitting their serial numbers who did not have an appreciation for the use of letter blocks.

For similar reasons I am suspicious of the 'i' and 'l' block rifles listed. I have included the 'o' block and 'r' block rifles from that study;however, understand that their existence is controversial. It is possible that these rifles had letter suffixes which were poorly struck and mistaken to be 'o' and 'r'. byf44/ar44 serial numbers: first series no suffix 'hand stamp' block second series no suffix 'hand stamp' block 45 (ar44) NIM, matching, #ed E/WaA135 stock marked '2 28 44' under gqm 43 CBP, #ed SUB/SLB, #ed STGWLS/SFP, FN bolt, 'i' marked cleaning rod 115 (ar44) RC 285 (ar44) receiver only 602 (ar44) matching, blued, E/WaA135 white glue lam. Non-Km, no# byf 135 135 STGWLS, '602' #ed lengthwise byf 135 SFP, 44N123 bbl code, #ed SUB/SLB, no# ejector box 669 (ar44) 4067 (ar44) NIM, matching, blued, #ed red glue lam. Non-Km, gqm 43 CBP, #ed (lengthwise) byf 135 SFP, no# byf 135 135 STGWLS, #ed SUB/SLB 4358 (ar44) 5270 (ar44) 7342 (ar44) RC, GunBroker 7453 (ar44) RC 7668 (byf 44) NIM, m/m bolt, white glue lam. Non-Km, #ed SUB/MLB, STG, #ed (lengthwise) '7668' byf SFP, late type stock lug 9552 (ar44) NIM, matching metal, m/m stock/bands, '44D893' barrel ring markings 9881 (ar44) 10022 (ar44) humped/renumbered bolt 12601 byf 44 NIM, matching, lam.

Non-Km, #ed SUB/SLB, no# byf 135 135 STGWLS, byf 135 SFP #ed lengthwise '12601' no suffix regular production block 15 heavily sporterized 159 NIM, matching 961 NIM, GunBroker, blued, matching bolt body, SpSt, #ed MTG, e/135 #ed MFP, #ed matching rear sight leaf, slider, ejector box, safety, bolt sleeve;missing bands, foreend, and HG. 1942 NIM, GunBroker, blued, matching metal, m/m replacement stock w/unnumbered bands, #ed STGWLS (4 digits), #ed SFP (2 digits perpendicular to bore) 1263 2043 2096 2530 2875 3277 3342 7579 NIM, GunBroker, SpSt, complete mismatch, blued 7978 NIM, matching, #ed red glue lam. Non-Km, gqm 44 BP, SFP, STG, #ed SUB/MLB 8113 8171 10726 RC 12453 Import marked, GunBroker 13171 RC, Empire 14045 RC, Empire 14531 NIM, GunBroker, matching except no# byf STG/SFP, blued, walnut non-Km, #ed SMUB, #ed MLB 18972 NIM, GunBroker, matching except bolt, #ed white glue lam. Non-Km, #ed red glue lam.

HG, #ed SUB/MLB, 135 135 STGWLS #ed '8972', 135 SFP #ed '72' 2 NIM, AA, described as matching except bolt, #ed SUB/MLB, #ed STGWLS 23584 NIM, lam. Bought a sporterized k98 @ auction last weekend. Matching serial no. 2935 on bolt, bolt handle and barrel side. Barrel code of 44D980. Sporterized stock appears to be off an original k98 and has 716 stamped in channel of stock. Byf 45 and MOD 98 are stamped on top of barrel and no serial # on safety has lead searches to conclude this was a 'Kriegsmodell' made by Mauser in Obendorf, Germany.

Person who 'sporterized' replaced original sights with a Lyman rear peep sight and a Redfield front. Rifle will no longer accept stripper clips due to overhang of rear sight base.

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Hope this info is useful and any additional info someone may have would be appreciated. Last edited by mdavison; at 05:09 PM. Reason: additional information.