| kuduae |
| (.400 member) |
| 30/06/12 04:59 AM |
Re: .303 Mauser '98. Octagonal 30" with bayonet lug. What is it?
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kuduae, what you say about this four digit serial number ? Is it Stogos own ?
If rifles real caliber is not rimmed the magazine should be normal, not slanted witch is quite easy to determine.
Rifles stock is very similar (with some later made conversions) as seen page 117 on Jon Speedīs Mauser book. So maybe Stotz & Goessel has advisedly build this rifle look alike real African Mauser.
Yes, IMHO it is STOGO's serial number.
You may find similar suhl made rifles stocked to 10cm = 4" from the muzzle in other ca.1930 catalogs also, for example the Burgsmueller mail order, page 61, and the WUM export, page 132, ones.