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Old April 18, 2012, 09:34 PM   #1
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Need help on finding age of my Mauser rifle

its a 30-6... and the serial #35713
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Old April 18, 2012, 10:03 PM   #2
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OK, However caliber and serial number is not enough to even make a guess. Is it a German military Mauser? ( not likely unless it has been re-barreled), or perhaps a South American Mauser, or even a Belgium Mauser. Unfortunately there is no registry that contains all the worlds serial numbers. The same serial number may be used by hundreds of manufactures { and have been } Need complete markings and pictures would even be better.
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Old April 18, 2012, 10:39 PM   #3
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ahh ok good to know haha its my second gun so im new to some of this.. its a Mauser Model 98.. on the barrel is says made in England.. ill get more pics up right now
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Old April 18, 2012, 10:41 PM   #4
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Old April 18, 2012, 10:42 PM   #5
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theres the last one....
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Old April 19, 2012, 02:49 AM   #6
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Looks like a BSA or an Interarmco. What exactly does it say on the barrel?
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Old April 19, 2012, 05:30 PM   #7
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My guess is a BSA or perhaps a Parker Hale on a Mauser action, either way I believe they date to the 1970's 80's. I'm not aware of any serial number resources for these guns. could be wrong, sure been wrong before They are nice guns.
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Old April 20, 2012, 05:35 PM   #8
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Pictures of any/all markings would go a long way in helping to identify this rifle.
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Old April 20, 2012, 06:47 PM   #9
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You have a commercial FN Mauser .30-06 Sporting Rifle from the 1970's - the same FN Supreme (Mauser 98) action used on the better finished & stocked Browning High Power Rifles of the 1960's.

Both Parker-Hale & BSA formerly imported Mauser actions & barreled actions into England (I have a P-H Safari), but usually marked their own names conspicuiously on the top of the receiver ring or on the LH receiver wall.
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