one of these Mausers is not like the other...

Vergeltung · February 13, 2009, 07:54 PM

hey guys. I just scored a great "original" Mauser, with matching serial numbers. I was posing it with my first Mauser purchase, a mutt RC (but still a nice piece), and I noticed a size discrepancy!

the "original" Mauser is longer. looks to be about 3/4 of an inch. if I match certain parts (butt to butt, trigger to trigger, etc) it becomes very visable. what do you guys think? the RC is a 1941 Steyr manufacture, and the original matching serial number one is a 1942 Oberndorf manufacture. pics attached.

thanks for any advice/responses.

James K · February 14, 2009, 12:24 AM

Sorry, those huge blurry pictures are not much good.

Where do the rifles actually differ? Butt stock length? Barrel length?

It is not very surprising that two rifles made a year apart by two different factories in what had been two different countries are not perfectly identical, but I don't recall seeing that before.

Jim

Scorch · February 14, 2009, 01:15 AM

I'm sorry, I can't stand far enough away from my computer to see the pics.

Vergeltung · February 14, 2009, 09:00 AM

sorry guys. I am still learning the digital camera thing.... I will delete and repost.

Edit: ok, pictures fixed. sorry!

Edit2: the difference in sizing can be seen at the butt stock, and then at the barrell. the other parts are lined up pretty close. Just wondering if anyone has encountereed that before....wierd.

the rifleer · February 14, 2009, 08:50 PM

take them out of the stock and then compare them...

Vergeltung · February 15, 2009, 09:34 AM

that's a nice idea. will do. thanks.

Wulfmann · February 15, 2009, 11:03 AM

Hey, I just noticed my 30 round AR mags are not the same length.

Wait a minute, I reversed them and now the shorter one looks longer, what is this?

I swear when I lived in Haight/Asbury it was strictly for the music, well I think it was don't really remember!

Wulfmann

Vergeltung · February 15, 2009, 11:54 AM

hey, there's no bongs in the background of my pictures!

February 13, 2009, 07:54 PM	#1
Vergeltung Senior Member Join Date: November 12, 2008 Location: near NYC, USA Posts: 292	one of these Mausers is not like the other... hey guys. I just scored a great "original" Mauser, with matching serial numbers. I was posing it with my first Mauser purchase, a mutt RC (but still a nice piece), and I noticed a size discrepancy! the "original" Mauser is longer. looks to be about 3/4 of an inch. if I match certain parts (butt to butt, trigger to trigger, etc) it becomes very visable. what do you guys think? the RC is a 1941 Steyr manufacture, and the original matching serial number one is a 1942 Oberndorf manufacture. pics attached. thanks for any advice/responses. __________________ *Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum* Last edited by Vergeltung; February 14, 2009 at 12:03 PM. Reason: fixing pictures.

February 14, 2009, 01:15 AM	#3
Scorch Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: Washington state Posts: 15,248	I'm sorry, I can't stand far enough away from my computer to see the pics. __________________ Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Summit Arms Services

February 14, 2009, 09:00 AM	#4
Vergeltung Senior Member Join Date: November 12, 2008 Location: near NYC, USA Posts: 292	sorry guys. I am still learning the digital camera thing.... I will delete and repost. Edit: ok, pictures fixed. sorry! Edit2: the difference in sizing can be seen at the butt stock, and then at the barrell. the other parts are lined up pretty close. Just wondering if anyone has encountereed that before....wierd. __________________ *Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum* Last edited by Vergeltung; February 14, 2009 at 12:04 PM. Reason: fixed pictures

February 15, 2009, 09:34 AM	#6
Vergeltung Senior Member Join Date: November 12, 2008 Location: near NYC, USA Posts: 292	that's a nice idea. will do. thanks. __________________ *Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum*

February 15, 2009, 11:03 AM	#7
Wulfmann Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2007 Location: Central Florida Posts: 188	Hey, I just noticed my 30 round AR mags are not the same length. Wait a minute, I reversed them and now the shorter one looks longer, what is this? I swear when I lived in Haight/Asbury it was strictly for the music, well I think it was don't really remember! Wulfmann __________________ "The right to bear arms should not be infringed upon if only to prevent tyranny in government". Thomas Jefferson, Constitutional debates

February 14, 2009, 12:24 AM	#2
James K Member In Memoriam Join Date: March 17, 1999 Posts: 24,383	Sorry, those huge blurry pictures are not much good. Where do the rifles actually differ? Butt stock length? Barrel length? It is not very surprising that two rifles made a year apart by two different factories in what had been two different countries are not perfectly identical, but I don't recall seeing that before. Jim

February 14, 2009, 08:50 PM	#5
the rifleer Senior Member Join Date: March 5, 2008 Location: Sunny California Posts: 1,281	take them out of the stock and then compare them...

February 15, 2009, 11:54 AM	#8
Vergeltung Senior Member Join Date: November 12, 2008 Location: near NYC, USA Posts: 292	hey, there's no bongs in the background of my pictures! __________________ *Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum*