Argentine Mauser 1909 model questions

You should be able to pick up an original stock if that is the way you want to go. You will have to do some searching but I'm sure you can find one. Maybe down at Kittery. They get ALL kinds of stuff brought in all the time. Look at Numrich gun parts , they are massive! Aftermarket stocks are easy to find. Just google and you will find several suppliers like Boyds. It looks like a nice Argentine. How is the metal. Did you get for collecting , tinkering , shooting or hunting?

It's a Mauser 98 action which opens a bunch of stock options. You may have to inlet a bit depending on your barrel profile, bolt choice, and the bolt release. Occasionally, someone has done something funky with the magazine and trigger guard but overall with a spot of woodworking (or polyworking whatever you call it on plastics/fiberglas/polymer type stocks) you can fit almost all Mauser 98 stocks to that rifle.

Wow, as my college roommate would have said, that is a you gully stock.

Barrel looks like a commercial profile. That's good, some number of 7.65s were simply rechambered. Good enough for a gate guard or such while the regulars got M1s and FN49s. The handloader can deal with it as a .31-06 but you are better off with a replacement .30 barrel.

I see no sights.

the photo show a mosin receiver in the stock here but you can order it to fit a mauser if u want to go sporter way with pistol thumb hold grip
145$
https://www.etsy.com/listing/543038536/mauser-hybid-stock-design?ref=shop_home_active_42

FROGO207 said:

It was just one of those things. A friend purchased it for a good price a while ago at an auction to use. He could not tell what it was chambered for and left it in his closet. I helped him with a project for a couple hours and when I was leaving he gave it to me as a thank you. Still had the tag on it from the auction LOL. He said it would probably sit there until he died otherwise and to have fun with it. Guess I should keep him as a friend I believe.

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heres a project one for yah on ebay about 55$ and u can get it i bet bid ends in 2 days
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mauser-98-...507325?hash=item2adb750b3d:g:X5oAAOSwc5Jd6EdA
shows good grain pontental here in the but end

Liberty Tree has complete stock sets for $135 plus shipping:
https://www.libertytreecollectors.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=257&idcategory=39
Boyd's sporter stocks don't cost much more:
https://www.opticsplanet.com/boyds-hardwood-gunstocks-brand.html
-Just Google it.

FROGO207 said:

It already has a 30-06 tapered barrel so I would dislike ruining an original stock just to make it a shooter so if there are no used sporter stocks I will spring for a new one. Just don't want to spend a ton if the rifle is not a shooter that's all.

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There are a lot of used std. M98 sporter stocks around that you might have to do some barrel inletting or possibly for a turn down bolt. If the Mauser has a Timney or some other trigger, those usually have to be inlet also with a bit more for those with trigger blocking safeties.

Ebay has quite a few of them with everything from a cut military to a true sporter stocks sprinkled with some new ones. You can also see some composites and poly stocks--Hogue makes a decent one for example. Expect anywhere from $50 on up depending on how much work you want to put into it.

I have two of these - one as-issued, the other a period sporter.
(This is the pattern for most of my collection.)
The flag safety should only rotate when rifle is cocked.
Almost any '98 Mauser stock should work after a little inletting to allow for the different barrel and any added accessories.
I would have enjoyed the gun as is, as I tend to shoot bolt actions left-handed.
The carvings would just be an added amusement... .

FROGO207 said:

I have handled examples in LGS and can not get the safety to rotate on mine.

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If the safety doesn't rotate it is probably because the sear engagement has been messed with attempting to lighten the trigger pull and/or remove the first stage of the pull, which is consistent with amateur, do-it-yourself projects.
The '09 Argentine is one of the best of the Mauser family and deserves special attention. Since you already have a new barrel, you are well on your way to a classy upgrade. the same action has been used on some of my best rifles, including the one shown here. Which may give you some idea of the possibilities..

The big attractions of the 1909 in the days of sporterizing were its good peacetime construction and its commercial style floorplate latch.

I read about them being set up in .280 Remington which could be overloaded to near-magnum levels without the cost of bolt face and magazine alteration. Left more of the gunsmith's time and your money to make it look nice.