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mckinney
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Mauser rimfire rifles - special grades?
      #368215 - 09/08/22 07:34 AM

Does anyone know whether Mauser made any ‘deluxe’ versions of its rimfire rifles, such as the 410b?

I visited George Caswell the other day and was looking over some of the treasures in his wonderfully cluttered shop - a Purdey .369 on one shelf, Holland doubles on another, and bolt action rifles from the 20’s - Hoffmans, Mausers, Griffins…. a delectable Graham & Sons 12 bore SxS.

I was talking about Mauser .22s and George produced a 410b that he said he’s been keeping for years and has never listed for sale. It looked like a standard 410b except that the wood was exceptional and the stock shape slightly more streamlined through the wrist and pistol grip. It had a pistol grip cap and what looked like an original Mauser buttplate. The piece looked brand new. I told him it looked like a high grade restock but he insisted it was a Mauser stock.

Could it be an original Mauser 410b with special order features?


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Re: Mauser rimfire rifles - special grades? [Re: mckinney]
      #368216 - 09/08/22 08:52 AM

Mauser Bolt Rifles by Ludwig Olson says that some of the Mauser 22 RF bolt rifles did come with walnut stocks and chequering. A photo of a 410B shows a nice stock with chequered grip and forend (instead of plain grooved forend), butt plate but not a grip cap.

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Re: Mauser rimfire rifles - special grades? [Re: eagle27]
      #368217 - 09/08/22 10:02 AM

According to Speed, Mauser introduced the slim style stock with grip cap at the very end of 1939. I have one that was proofed prior to April 1, 1940. I also have a standard style MM410B and the two stocks are vastly different. The slim stock has checkering on both grip and fore end, It has a plastic or horn grip cap, and the stocks on the slim rifles were not stamped with a Mauser cartouche on the right side of the butt stock. Due to the timing, it is doubtful that Mauser made very many of these rifles.

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Re: Mauser rimfire rifles - special grades? [Re: TexasJohn]
      #368219 - 09/08/22 11:03 AM

Thanks for that info.

I wish I had taken a photo of the rifle but now that I think of it I don’t recall looking for the cartouche. I didn’t have the proper glasses so I didn’t really examine the markings or serial number either. I have owned many 410b’s over the years and still have several but I’ve never encountered one with this later stock. The stock also had a cheek piece similar to the Model B.

I guess what George has is a mint example of the very latest version of this rifle, quite a little prize.


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Re: Mauser rimfire rifles - special grades? [Re: mckinney]
      #368224 - 09/08/22 06:32 PM

Louis' rifle and thread with photos.

http://forums.nitroexpress.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=331696&an=&page=0&vc=1

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Re: Mauser rimfire rifles - special grades? [Re: NitroX]
      #368227 - 09/08/22 06:44 PM

My Mauser 410 Light Sporter:

http://forums.nitroexpress.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=266021&an=&page=0&vc=1

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Re: Mauser rimfire rifles - special grades? [Re: NitroX]
      #368228 - 09/08/22 06:46 PM

TexasJohn, some photos of your rifles would be very nice.

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