Help me identify this rifle please!!!

holt2010 · October 6, 2010, 09:34 PM

Hey guys i have a mauser that i cant find any information on. It says fuerzas armadas de venezuela and fab.nat. d'armes de guerre herstel-belgique on the receiver. Its a pretty short gun and it has a flat bolt handle.

SIGSHR · October 7, 2010, 12:05 AM

"Fuerzas Armadas de Venezuela" is Spanish for "Armed Forces of Venezuela".
Unfortunately yours like like "Bubba" got to it at some point, it should be stocked to the muzzle. I don't have my references handy, hazarding a guess (dangerous thing!) I'd say caliber is 7MM Mauser.

holt2010 · October 7, 2010, 12:38 AM

It is 7mm Mauser, thats the only thing i do know. Ive shot it and it shoots pretty good. I just wanna know what it is.

Jim Watson · October 7, 2010, 07:59 AM

It used to be a Venezuelan army issue Mauser model 24/30 on the 1898 action as made by FN in Belgium. I can't tell the barrel length from the picture to say if it were a short rifle or a carbine.

Bubba cut the stock back and discarded the front band and bayonet lug.
If a short rifle, he bent the bolt handle down before hammering the knob flat, if a carbine, the bolt handle was already bent but he still mashed the knob flat to look like what he thought was a sporter style.

It is strictly a shooter, any collector interest or resale value is long gone.

Tamara · October 7, 2010, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Jim Watson

It is strictly a shooter, any collector interest or resale value is long gone.

Which is sad, because those Central American carbines are starting to bring real money.

I lucked into mine, and it's such a handy little thing as it came from the factory that when a friend (jokingly, I hope

) suggested "scouterizing" it, I wondered why anyone would bother.

carguychris · October 7, 2010, 03:50 PM

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Which is sad, because those Central American carbines are starting to bring real money.

Venezuela is in South America.

Tamara · October 7, 2010, 04:20 PM

I can't believe I did that.

Say again, except "Latin American". Yeah, that's the ticket...

October 7, 2010, 04:20 PM	#7
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October 7, 2010, 12:05 AM	#2
SIGSHR Senior Member Join Date: September 13, 2005 Posts: 4,700	"Fuerzas Armadas de Venezuela" is Spanish for "Armed Forces of Venezuela". Unfortunately yours like like "Bubba" got to it at some point, it should be stocked to the muzzle. I don't have my references handy, hazarding a guess (dangerous thing!) I'd say caliber is 7MM Mauser.

October 7, 2010, 12:38 AM	#3
holt2010 Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2008 Posts: 103	It is 7mm Mauser, thats the only thing i do know. Ive shot it and it shoots pretty good. I just wanna know what it is.

October 7, 2010, 07:59 AM	#4
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,541	It used to be a Venezuelan army issue Mauser model 24/30 on the 1898 action as made by FN in Belgium. I can't tell the barrel length from the picture to say if it were a short rifle or a carbine. Bubba cut the stock back and discarded the front band and bayonet lug. If a short rifle, he bent the bolt handle down before hammering the knob flat, if a carbine, the bolt handle was already bent but he still mashed the knob flat to look like what he thought was a sporter style. It is strictly a shooter, any collector interest or resale value is long gone.