BM454
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My son got a Belgian mauser from his uncle for Christmas,I'm out of town on a job and won't be back until next week.
I want to make sure he has,number one,the right ammunition,number two,a collectors piece that doesn't need to thrash around the woods deer hunting.
From the somewhat blurry pictures he took with his cell phone,these are the markings I could make out.
Left side of the receiver rail, "FAB. NAT. D'ARMES de GUERRE HERSTAL - BELGIQUE"
That makes me think it's a converted military Mauser,I know what "GUERRE" means.
The markings,from what I can see in the picture,from left-right assuming it's on the left side of the chamber.
7 m/mM,the letter "T" ?,crown and letter "R" underneath,lion?,letters "PV",star with letter "S" underneath,what appears to be,and I can't tell because of the glare something shaped like a handgrenade,a pineapple or the US Army ordnance symbol.
Questions,I read somewhere that the letter underneath the crown is for the king,some rifles have the letter "L" for king Leopold,I googled belgian kings,couldn't find any who's name started with the letter "R"
Is this rifle a 7x57mm?
Is it a collector's rifle?
http://i887.photobucket.com/albums/ac80/Collin1994/Collinsrifle2.jpg
or
http://s887.photobucket.com/albums/ac80/Collin1994/?action=view¤t=Collinsrifle2.jpg
http://i887.photobucket.com/albums/ac80/Collin1994/Collinsrifle1.jpg
http://i887.photobucket.com/albums/ac80/Collin1994/Collinsrifle.jpg
http://i887.photobucket.com/albums/ac80/Collin1994/Collinsrifle1.jpg
Maybe I don't have enough posts to create Albums of images,I hope it's not against any rules to post these links,I just want to make sure he gets the right ammo,I've seen the results of people using the wrong ammo,it's not a pretty sight.
Thanks for any responses
I want to make sure he has,number one,the right ammunition,number two,a collectors piece that doesn't need to thrash around the woods deer hunting.
From the somewhat blurry pictures he took with his cell phone,these are the markings I could make out.
Left side of the receiver rail, "FAB. NAT. D'ARMES de GUERRE HERSTAL - BELGIQUE"
That makes me think it's a converted military Mauser,I know what "GUERRE" means.
The markings,from what I can see in the picture,from left-right assuming it's on the left side of the chamber.
7 m/mM,the letter "T" ?,crown and letter "R" underneath,lion?,letters "PV",star with letter "S" underneath,what appears to be,and I can't tell because of the glare something shaped like a handgrenade,a pineapple or the US Army ordnance symbol.
Questions,I read somewhere that the letter underneath the crown is for the king,some rifles have the letter "L" for king Leopold,I googled belgian kings,couldn't find any who's name started with the letter "R"
Is this rifle a 7x57mm?
Is it a collector's rifle?
http://i887.photobucket.com/albums/ac80/Collin1994/Collinsrifle2.jpg
or
http://s887.photobucket.com/albums/ac80/Collin1994/?action=view¤t=Collinsrifle2.jpg
http://i887.photobucket.com/albums/ac80/Collin1994/Collinsrifle1.jpg
http://i887.photobucket.com/albums/ac80/Collin1994/Collinsrifle.jpg
http://i887.photobucket.com/albums/ac80/Collin1994/Collinsrifle1.jpg
Maybe I don't have enough posts to create Albums of images,I hope it's not against any rules to post these links,I just want to make sure he gets the right ammo,I've seen the results of people using the wrong ammo,it's not a pretty sight.
Thanks for any responses