1945 Mauser

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I just got a Mauser with a half Moon Cresent with a star above it. it also reads 1945 ANK ARA K.KALE. I remember seen these for sale some time ago, I could use any info on it. price, country of origin, and caliber, it does not show any caliber info on the reciver. all numbers match, and the rifle looks in real good shape.

 

[351 WINCHESTER]

Sounds like a Turk, but I'm no mauser expert by any means.

 

[brian923]

it would be best to post pics, and then go over to

http://www.sporterizing.com/index.php?showforum=6

this part of the sporterizing forum is stricktly mauser info. lots of men who know tons more than i do about these rifles.

as to what i know:

you have a k. kale turkish mauser. most of these have no matching numbers, so yours having matching numbers is a good find. most re-arsonaled turk mauser go for around $100.00-$150.00. as to what caliber, i would not know because they can be rebarreled to anything that will fit. most likly, it is either 6.5x55 sweed, 7x57 mauserm or 8x57 mauser. it probably is a larg ring/ small shank mauser action.

heres where you can find a lot of info on the turkish mauser.


http://www272.pair.com/stevewag/turk/turkmain.html

if you read this, you will learn alot about small ring, and large ring mausers , and what i mean about large ring, small shank. i hope this helps, brian

 

[jkingrph]

Ank stands for Ankara, the capital of Turkey, K. Kale the arsenal.

 

[cracked butt]

Its almost certainly a m38 turk mauser rifle (will have a 29 1/2" barrel) or even short rifle (with a 24" barrel). k.kale = kirikkale which is the city or arsenal where it was manufactured.
The chambering will be 8x57 if it hasn't been rebarreled after importation- usually there is a import stamp near and under the muzzle that says something like '7.92 turk' or '7.92'

 

[cracked butt]

all numbers match, and the rifle looks in real good shape.

That's a pretty rare one as far as turks go. Very few of them have matching parts as they've been rebuilt many times over. about 8-10 years ago they sold for about $40-100, now they are upwards of $150. My first mauser is/was a turk that cost me about $50.

 

[brian923]

my turk says 7.91 on the barrel, on the opposite side of the bolt handle, right under the rear sight. its a m38 1940 k.kale also.

 

[dstorm1911]

The rifles were rematched when they were converted to 1938 configuration all parts numbers were matched to the reciever number and I don't know why an all matching would be considered rare........ they are not that uncommon at all out of 1200 we had there were only 215 that were not all matching. the non matching ones were generally sold at a slightly lower price while the matching ones were usually sold as hand pick, Century had em presorted and the end of the boxes were marked as matching or non matching as well as if it had brass acc. in otherwords bbrass cleaning rod and screws again this brought a slight premium over standard matching guns......... the turks did the same thing at rearsenal that the Yugos and the bulgarians etc.. did which was to scrub all old numbers and restamp everything

 

[az_imuth]

I picked up a couple of the 38's about five years ago. At that time they were $39.95 with free shipping. The 8mm Turkish ammo (although corrosive) was only $3.99 for 70 rounds packed on stripper clips in bandoleers. Needless to say, I stocked up on the ammo and am now very glad I did.

The Turks are a real blast to shoot and are quite accurate if you can see that front sight though the incredibly small notch in the rear. Regardless, they are one of my favorite shooters.

azimuth

 

[Vaarok]

It's a Turk, it's 8mm, and matching numbers rifles in good shape are worth upwards of $250 nowadays.