Unknown Mauser

[jt1323]

i recieved what i believe to be a mauser stock that i would like to rebuild it but i dont know what it is exactly. Any help would be awesome.

also Im not to picky about it being an authentic rebuild, if i can use other parts to complete it im up for that too!

 

[GBExpat]

Welcome to THR, jt1323!

That "sporterized" K98k stock looks like thousands that were sold (still attached to their original rifle assys) during the '60s. I have one just like it around here ... somewhere.

A cutdown old milsurp rifle stock is not the best way to begin a "rebuild".

 

[jt1323]

Welcome to THR, jt1323!

That "sporterized" K98k stock looks like thousands that were sold (still attached to their original rifle assys) during the '60s. I have one just like it around here ... somewhere.

A cutdown old milsurp rifle stock is not the best way to begin a "rebuild".

thanks for the info!

Just starting to get into this world so i appreciate the tip!

 

[GBExpat]

Welcome!

Wait one ... there is no inletting for the sling, so not a K98k but another flavor of Mauser (at least, I have never seen a K98k that wasn't cut for the sling). Hmmm ... I will now head downstairs to locate my stock like that. It is an from a WWI Oberndorf Mauser 98, but I cannot for the life of me recall if it sported the takedown rivet and no cut like yours ...


EDIT: Whoa! Long time since I looked at that pup. No takedown rivet ... a space that housed a unit ID disc, instead ... and no sling cut, but a sling swivel underneath just aft the grip bump.

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One time I "rebuilt" a Wz-29 (a Polish flavor of the large-ring 7,92x57 Mauser) by starting with a beeeooootiful barreled receiver + matching bolt that I acquired thru sheer serendipity.

That left me with the difficult task of finding correct "furniture" for the thing. I lucked out twice because Richard at Springfield Sporters had what I needed in-stock but unlisted and sent it to me for a pittance.

It usually is not that easy, though ... but, for me, it has been, on several occasions, fun.

Enjoy!

 

[jt1323]

Welcome!

Wait one ... there is no inletting for the sling, so not a K98k but another flavor of Mauser (at least, I have never seen a K98k that wasn't cut for the sling). Hmmm ... I will now head downstairs to locate my stock like that. It is an from a WWI Oberndorf Mauser 98, but I cannot for the life of me recall if it sported the takedown rivet and no cut like yours ...


EDIT: Whoa! Long time since I looked at that pup. No takedown rivet ... a space that housed a unit ID disc, instead ... and no sling cut, but a sling swivel underneath just aft the grip bump.

===

One time I "rebuilt" a Wz-29 (a Polish flavor of the large-ring 7,92x57 Mauser) by starting with a beeeooootiful barreled receiver + matching bolt that I acquired thru sheer serendipity.

That left me with the difficult task of finding correct "furniture" for the thing. I lucked out twice because Richard at Springfield Sporters had what I needed in-stock but unlisted and sent it to me for a pittance.

It usually is not that easy , though ... but it, for me, it has been, on several occasions, fun.

Enjoy!

Very much appreciated!

 

[BigBlue 94]

Looks to be a German proofmark on the buttplate...

 

[boom boom]

Your stock appears to be beech, as BigBlue 94 said, it appears to have a German proof on the buttplate. My guess is a mid to late war GEW 98 cutdown stock which is when the Germans mostly quit using walnut for stocks. It is not a kar 98AZ stock as it has no inletting for the bolt handle which is turned down (like the k98 WWII rifles). Since the inletting for the buttstock appears to be decent to the stock, I would say the weight of the evidence is that the stock was German in origin.

Where it gets complicated is that postwar, German Mauser 98 parts and rifles, even machinery for making such, were a dime a dozen and were distributed all across central Europe due to surrender by German army and postwar reparations.

New nations such as Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, etc. were often recipients of these and parts and sometimes cobbled them together with new stocks made in those countries, usually following a German pattern. Later, a lot of these were exported, here and there, to raise cash for standardizing arms.

Here is a similar example on Armslist--note that it still has the Vizier sights. You can check the barrel channel on yours as the Vizier (looks like a sleigh) sights require different barrel channel inletting than the less obtrusive tangent sights which replaced them (again about midwar for the Germans).

 

[Mowgli Terry]

Boom-Boom is right on.Right, it is a GEW98 stock with imperial mark on the butt plate. Enough of the hardware has been removed to make ID harder. The GEW98 bolt handle was straight. The KAR98 carbine did have a low bolt handle with wood removed under the bolt handle. There were imperial marks on this stock that were possibly sanded away, A large rear sight, AKA the Lang sight, is a give away for a GEW98. I have a GEW 98 stock only that is marked for the WW I German Army. Also marks for Wiemar use and later by the Nazi regime. These rifles did get around.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Very much appreciated!

Barrelled K98 actions and hardware aren't exactly cheap or all that common anymore, and that stock has been cut and sanded so badly it wouldn't be cost effective to use that as the basis for a build unless you already had all the other parts on hand.

Complete Mauser's are still around at reasonable prices, so recommend you find a style/caliber you like, save up, and buy a nice example off Armslist or Gunbroker. Lots of Mauser's still show up at gun shows too, at least around here anyway.

After owning and shooting dozens myself, this is my favorite-

The Spanish FR8, combines postwar build quality with common ammo (.308/7.62x51), and neato styling. They also use a straight bolt handle, which I greatly prefer.

Good luck in your Mauser hunt, and welcome to the forum!