FN Model 1930 Mauser Short rifle

Mausermolt · May 2, 2011, 04:48 PM

what is this mauser? what is it worth? it kind of looks like a 24/47 but its not yugo. the markings say FN.

petros600 · May 7, 2011, 09:05 PM

do you have any pics of the top and sides of the receiver?

Scorch · May 8, 2011, 04:05 AM

Looks like a Model 30 short rifle. What crest is on the front ring?

TX Hunter · May 8, 2011, 09:30 AM

Looks like a Mauser 1933 Argentine Police, but the bolt handle is not bent, it could be a 1943 spanish, but I need a better look at the front sight, crest, and back of upper handguard.

**James K** · May 8, 2011, 06:39 PM

It looks like a Yugo because FN not only sold rifles to the Yugoslavs (between the wars when that country existed) but set up the factory where they made the same basic rifle. It is a slightly modified Mauser 98, just as is the Yugo M48.

Jim

TX Hunter · May 8, 2011, 07:48 PM

I dont think its a Yugo the handguard stops shorter than the Yugo does, this rifle looks like the later spanish 7MM Mausers.

May 8, 2011, 04:05 AM	#3
Scorch Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: Washington state Posts: 11,029	Looks like a Model 30 short rifle. What crest is on the front ring? __________________ Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Taylor Machine

May 8, 2011, 09:30 AM	#4
TX Hunter Senior Member Join Date: February 11, 2010 Location: East Texas USA Posts: 1,750	Looks like a Mauser 1933 Argentine Police, but the bolt handle is not bent, it could be a 1943 spanish, but I need a better look at the front sight, crest, and back of upper handguard. Last edited by TX Hunter; May 8, 2011 at 09:36 AM.

May 8, 2011, 06:39 PM	#5
James K Staff Join Date: March 17, 1999 Posts: 16,398	It looks like a Yugo because FN not only sold rifles to the Yugoslavs (between the wars when that country existed) but set up the factory where they made the same basic rifle. It is a slightly modified Mauser 98, just as is the Yugo M48. Jim __________________ Jim K

May 7, 2011, 09:05 PM	#2
petros600 Junior Member Join Date: June 7, 2010 Posts: 1	do you have any pics of the top and sides of the receiver?

May 8, 2011, 07:48 PM	#6
TX Hunter Senior Member Join Date: February 11, 2010 Location: East Texas USA Posts: 1,750	I dont think its a Yugo the handguard stops shorter than the Yugo does, this rifle looks like the later spanish 7MM Mausers.