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herbertnb
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Type B Question (pic's added)
#100225 - 25/03/08 08:10 AM

Hi, Did the Type B sporter ever come with floorplate lock screws?, I know it was common on older military rifles to have both lock & action screws.

Thanks

Edited by herbertnb (09/04/08 10:58 AM)

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Re: Type B Question [Re: herbertnb]
#100249 - 25/03/08 11:37 AM

I have not seen a commercial Mauser Type B sporter with a lock screw. I have seen a Type C Army hunting rifle with a lock screw.

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Re: Type B Question [Re: dons]
#100356 - 26/03/08 12:04 PM

Thanks Dons, I recently purchased a Mauser sporter Type B serial 88xxx and it has has the lock screws which was also a first for me as all the other Mauser sporters I have seen did not have them.

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Re: Type B Question [Re: herbertnb]
#100397 - 26/03/08 09:39 PM

Please post some photos when you get a chance.

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Re: Type B Question [Re: dons]
#100450 - 27/03/08 07:05 AM

I will do that.

I also asked German Gun Collectors Association about this and following is the reply I got.

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The following information was given by Jon Speed, author of several books on Mauser.

From 1898-1930 period the occasional military
magazinebox which had the extra locking screws was pulled off an
inventory shelf and used on a sporter! This has been recorded on serveral
Mauser sporter models like the Type B , Type S, Type M and even Type A.
This is most often found on early examples through 1924.

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Re: Type B Question [Re: herbertnb]
#100459 - 27/03/08 09:02 AM

I would certainly accept Speed's explanation as the final word on the subject. After all, he is the man who authored the Mauser "Bible".

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Re: Type B Question [Re: dons]
#102024 - 09/04/08 09:53 AM

Pic's added.....

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Re: Type B Question [Re: herbertnb]
#102026 - 09/04/08 10:36 AM

we have to remember that although these are highly prized rifles today they were all being built in a military type arsenal, therefore anything can happen within reason,the fact is it is no doubt oberndorf bottom metal and could well be 1 of only a handfull ...paul

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