30-06 bolt action no model no manufacturer

golden dudes · January 8, 2018, 04:28 PM

I have a bolt action rifle that is stamped on the left side of the barrel cal 30-06 then the ser. Number just to the left..
There is no model.. No mfg info on the rifle.. There is the number 79 on the floor of the receiver that is visible when i remove the bolt.. At the back of the ramp area.. I have taken the scope mounts off.. Nothing.. Took the stock off.. Nothing...

ThomasT · January 8, 2018, 04:49 PM

Without pictures I doubt anyone can help.

Panfisher · January 8, 2018, 06:21 PM

http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php

I did a quick Google search and hit this, don't know if it helps or not.

Well.that link didn't work. Google model 79 .30-06. Only real hit I got.

golden dudes · January 8, 2018, 06:48 PM

I M having issues attaching pics... I will attempt in the morning.. thanks for the reply...

10-96 · January 8, 2018, 06:58 PM

It'll be interesting to see pictures. The only thing that comes to my mind is possibly a re-barreled Mauser. I'm thinking all US manufacturers had a tendency to put identifying info on the rifles at least somewhere.

If it is a Mauser though... that's not even half the mystery. There were so many of them made in and for so many countries in both large ring and small ring configurations.

T. O'Heir · January 9, 2018, 01:34 PM

The number 79 on the floor of the receiver is not a model number. You really need to post some pictures. Does sound like a sporterised milsurp that is most likely a K98 Mauser.

golden dudes · January 10, 2018, 01:56 PM

pic

Rifletom · January 11, 2018, 09:34 AM

Don't Mauser's have some sort of engraving on the receiver's? Usually on top? My 1895 and 1908 models did. Yep, pictures.

T. O'Heir · January 11, 2018, 12:44 PM

"...Mauser's have some sort of engraving..." Some have country crests. Others have the place and year of manufacture. All milsurps rifles will have proof marks and acceptance stamps all over 'em. Professionally sporterised milsurps usually do not.

Jim Watson · January 11, 2018, 12:52 PM

Sounds like a sporterized surplus that the gunsmith scrubbed all the ugly proof marks, manufacturer's mark, and national crest off of.

But keep trying on pictures.

DPris · January 11, 2018, 02:07 PM

Just a side note- any "official" serial number in a US-made or import gun after 1968 would be on the receiver, not the barrel.
Denis

SaxonPig · January 12, 2018, 04:11 PM

Photos have to be hosted. You can't load them directly from the computer. Email them to me I'll post them for you.

[email protected]

ThomasT · January 13, 2018, 05:43 PM

I post pictures all the time from my computer. There is a paperclip looking icon at the top of the message box you are typing in next to the smiley looking thing. Click on that and you can retrieve photos from whatever file you have them stored in. I have never had a hosting service.

January 8, 2018, 04:28 PM	#1
golden dudes Junior Member Join Date: January 12, 2015 Posts: 3	30-06 bolt action no model no manufacturer I have a bolt action rifle that is stamped on the left side of the barrel cal 30-06 then the ser. Number just to the left.. There is no model.. No mfg info on the rifle.. There is the number 79 on the floor of the receiver that is visible when i remove the bolt.. At the back of the ramp area.. I have taken the scope mounts off.. Nothing.. Took the stock off.. Nothing...

January 8, 2018, 06:48 PM	#4
golden dudes Junior Member Join Date: January 12, 2015 Posts: 3	79 30-06.. I M having issues attaching pics... I will attempt in the morning.. thanks for the reply...

January 8, 2018, 06:58 PM	#5
10-96 Senior Member Join Date: October 19, 2005 Location: Tx Panhandle Territory Posts: 4,159	It'll be interesting to see pictures. The only thing that comes to my mind is possibly a re-barreled Mauser. I'm thinking all US manufacturers had a tendency to put identifying info on the rifles at least somewhere. If it is a Mauser though... that's not even half the mystery. There were so many of them made in and for so many countries in both large ring and small ring configurations. __________________ Rednecks... Keeping the woods critter-free since March 2, 1836. (TX Independence Day) I suspect a thing or two... because I've seen a thing or two.

January 9, 2018, 01:34 PM	#6
T. O'Heir Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 12,453	The number 79 on the floor of the receiver is not a model number. You really need to post some pictures. Does sound like a sporterised milsurp that is most likely a K98 Mauser. __________________ Spelling and grammar count!

January 10, 2018, 01:56 PM	#7
golden dudes Junior Member Join Date: January 12, 2015 Posts: 3	pic pic

January 8, 2018, 04:49 PM	#2
ThomasT Senior Member Join Date: January 22, 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 2,753	Without pictures I doubt anyone can help.

January 8, 2018, 06:21 PM	#3
Panfisher Senior Member Join Date: July 30, 2010 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,337	http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php I did a quick Google search and hit this, don't know if it helps or not. Well.that link didn't work. Google model 79 .30-06. Only real hit I got.

January 11, 2018, 09:34 AM	#8
Rifletom Senior Member Join Date: February 11, 2011 Location: So-Cal Posts: 789	Don't Mauser's have some sort of engraving on the receiver's? Usually on top? My 1895 and 1908 models did. Yep, pictures.

January 11, 2018, 12:44 PM	#9
T. O'Heir Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 12,453	"...Mauser's have some sort of engraving..." Some have country crests. Others have the place and year of manufacture. All milsurps rifles will have proof marks and acceptance stamps all over 'em. Professionally sporterised milsurps usually do not. __________________ Spelling and grammar count!

January 11, 2018, 12:52 PM	#10
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,541	Sounds like a sporterized surplus that the gunsmith scrubbed all the ugly proof marks, manufacturer's mark, and national crest off of. But keep trying on pictures.

January 11, 2018, 02:07 PM	#11
DPris Member Emeritus Join Date: August 19, 2004 Posts: 7,133	Just a side note- any "official" serial number in a US-made or import gun after 1968 would be on the receiver, not the barrel. Denis

January 12, 2018, 04:11 PM	#12
SaxonPig Senior Member Join Date: April 24, 2006 Posts: 1,900	Photos have to be hosted. You can't load them directly from the computer. Email them to me I'll post them for you. [email protected]

January 13, 2018, 05:43 PM	#13
ThomasT Senior Member Join Date: January 22, 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 2,753	I post pictures all the time from my computer. There is a paperclip looking icon at the top of the message box you are typing in next to the smiley looking thing. Click on that and you can retrieve photos from whatever file you have them stored in. I have never had a hosting service.