Norsk

If the rifle you are referring to is the below one, for which you have already posted links (but not photos), she is obviously of the Mauser 98-type, of which numerous rifles were manufactured by different companies; however in the absence of any specific Mauser factory marking ("Waffenfabrik Mauser ..." or "Mauser-Werke AG ..." depending on period) nothing can't really relate her to a Mauser sporting rifle. If she was one, a serial number in the range of 5000 would date her to c. 1902, according to information from Jon Speed's book.

Louis