| billeastern |
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| 30/11/08 07:48 AM |
Interesting find - Mauser with a ton of hunting history
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As the saying go when you least expect it you stumble across something cool. My parents have recently sold their house and I was over helping them clean out. A lot of interesting stuff, especially from my grandfather who was a world-class deep sea fisherman of old. Plenty of cool old rods and reels, harpoons, etc. One thing I was not planning on seeing was an old mauser sporting rifle. When I brought it up to my father he felt compelled to tell me the story: it was owned by a gentlemen who used to fish with my grandfather and was responsible for killing a great deal of animals for the Museum of Natural History in NYC. He had given it to my grandfather as a gift. Of course my dad can't remember his name and my grandfather is not alive to ask. It is a beautiful old rifle. It has a very classic look look, the old flag safety, dark wood stock, orange recoil pad, etc. It has double set triggers, mounts for some claw-type quick detach scope mounts and a most interesting front sight that spins around offering different color beads. Very nice workmanship and a beautiful rifle. According to my dad there was an old zeiss scope with it but that was lost a long time ago. It has a lot of interesting markings on it:
US 30-06
115794
Mauserwerk AG OBERNDORF A/N
IG
2 crowns with the letters
U and N under each
On bolt handle it says 5794 and has another 2 crowns under that with the letters B U underneath
So now I am of course committed to finding out more about it. Any ideas on where I could go to try and identify who this hunter/owner was? Again, according to my dad my grandfather said he was a famous world-class hunter and knowing my grandfather he was not prone to compliments/envy that were not deserved. Think Quint from Jaws.... He fished from the 30's through the 60's.
Interested to hear any advice. Thx!
| 500Nitro |
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| 30/11/08 07:57 AM |
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Re: Interesting find - Mauser with a ton of hunting history
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Well, for a start, the Museum of Natural History in NYC.
Who was the Mauser agent in NY in the old days ?
I vaguely remember seeing some old catalogues
selling them ?
Griffin & Howe ?
| Stuart |
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| 30/11/08 08:46 AM |
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Re: Interesting find - Mauser with a ton of hunting history
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Pictures, man, we need PICTURES!
Stuart
| billeastern |
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| 30/11/08 10:11 AM |
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I will take some tomorrow if possible. A little inept on the comp :-)
| dons |
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| 30/11/08 11:23 AM |
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The only thing that can be determined at this point is the date it was built...1935. Photos please.
| pjaln |
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| 01/12/08 11:30 PM |
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Re: Interesting find - Mauser with a ton of hunting history
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billeastern, go to the griffin & howe website ,they have a research section where you can put in your serial numbers and determine if the gun has been retailed by griffin , could have also been V.L.and D or stoeger , ...paul
| billeastern |
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| 02/12/08 04:54 AM |
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Re: Interesting find - Mauser with a ton of hunting history
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Thanks guys. I promise to upload some photos thos coming weekend! thanks again for the advice - I will hit that G&H site tonight.
| Story |
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| 03/12/08 06:31 PM |
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BillEastern,
I think you'll find this article of interest - I suspect Tauscher might be your retailer.
http://www.landofborchardt.com/tauscher-article.html
| A10ACN |
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| 04/12/08 12:37 AM |
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Hard to say without pics but it sounds like a pre-war commercial Oberndorf Mauser (BUGs and #s) made up for the US market (30.06) or rebarreled. The pad may have been added. Perhaps a B Model (double triggers)? Any number of importers could've brought it in (like A. F. Stoeger) but retailers like V,L&D, Abercrombie and Fitch probably sold it. Like the others said, pics will help.
| billeastern |
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| 04/12/08 05:19 AM |
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Thanks guys. Will get on the pics stat. Yes double triggers - the rear trigger sets the main trigger for hair pin..