![]() Still, all said from what I see quite a nice rifle and I certainly wouldn't mind owning it. Unfortunately that non-originality will substantially decrease the value. The first of the Swedish Mausers to be chambered for the new cartridge was the m/94 carbine produced initially by Waffenfabrik Mauser at Oberndorf, Germany, for the Swedish cavalry. ? Further speculation possible, yet the bottom line remains. The new load hit the accelerator a bit and delivered 2,362 fps in the carbine, 2,592 in the m/96 rifle and 2,510 fps in the m/38 short rifle. Perhaps the bolt is Belgian or small ring 98 German WWI military. The bolt is almost certainly not original and of the wrong handle design. I have just included a photo of the genuine flat bolt design for comparison. The associated rifle action is included which again reflects the characteristic Oberndorf bolt. (The other is the flat so-called "butter knife" configurations almost exclusive to their type "M" Mannlicher style stock carbines.)įurther questions might ordinarily be of the markings atop the bolt and, under the circumstances, of the bolt components which should be serialed to the rifle in the last two or three digits.Ī photo below reflects the nomenclature which should be found atop a genuine Oberndorf sporter bolt (and some Oberndorf military products as well). It is one of two styles unique and defining to these rifles. Above I particularly included a photo of a genuine "pear shaped" Oberndorf bolt handle. I believe there is no chance that the bolt body itself is original. I do have a disappointing opinion for you however. I especially like the stock which is a beauty! A bit nicer design in the forend than I've noted before on most type "A" models. Thanks for the interesting photos of your rifle which for what is shown seem quite clear (at least to aged eyes). "Is this the party to whom I'm speaking?" (For interest the rifle shown is an all original Obefrndorf "Intermediate" action in, of course, 7x57. Good luck!Ī few pix showing a representative “B” model and the ‘pear shape’ bolt handle characteristic of the commercial Oberndorf genre. If original and priced right you might consider moving on it soon. Yet as you remark, the non-tapped receiver is primo in 'suggesting' originality! Pushing a century in existence, unfortunately alterations are more likely than not. As you are likely aware, slight alterations or damage can remarkably depreciate value. I do suggest that you (or someone qualified) look at it closely. “Unmolested’, likely it is a highly desirable gun. If it is a Stoeger number, the almost certainly type “B”. Likely the later, but a photo would be good to assist in determining the exact model. It may be either a Type “A” (higher grade ) or Type “B”. In that vintage, the rear of the receiver ring is probably notched for the longer 30-06 cartridges. ![]() Such is the so-called Standard Length action and unless the chamber has been altered, it is just as it is marked, in standard 30-06. Your rifle is not a “K” type, which was the shortest action length and intended therefore for short cartridges. There were a number of these rifles within a hundred serial numbers or so of yours that came into the States as Stoeger Imports. The property marked rifles were largely destroyed, the numbers held by the German military before August 1920 were vastly in excess of treaty limits, they surely figured prominently in the destruction totals through 1923.I believe that your Oberndorf Mauser is very early post WWI manufacture. he, Röhm, said most early nazis, SA types, came from the down & out and communists because the pay was better.) He point blank admitted many of the early nazi, SA types, were recruited from the communists, which makes perfect sense if you read the early nazi platform, Hitler's 1920's "25 Point Program" and many other statements on profit and business, they were radically anti-capitalist, hardly differing from the communists they hated & fought. ( Read up on Röhm, he was an interesting character, far more interesting than Hitler, he was a key player early on in Bavaria, an arms smuggler, and probably one of the more "honest" of the early nazis. They clearly were never turned in and probably were hidden away or part of some clandestine smuggling operation. ![]() You can find "original" EWB's today, rifles that are "Imperial" but have the brand. Some rifles (EWB) were turned in, some "lost", some surely destroyed. The brand can vary (orientation) but is generally in the same location. Of course we do not even know if this stock matches the action, whether it dates to an wartime rework or an interwar addition. ![]()
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