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Huvius
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Square Bridge type G
#157506 - 26/03/10 11:54 AM

I just picked up this unusual 8X60 magnum Mauser square bridge from ca. 1931 (chambered in 8X60 Magnum - not a magnum length action).
Got this one from Cabelas - listed as a postwar custom sporter...
Huvius - 2 / Cabelas - 0

Anyway, Dons has shed some light on this gun for me and has identified it as a typeG.
The forend shape may not be original but the rest of the rifle is in pretty good shape. It is similar to some "African" models I have seen but with a 24" barrel.
It has rings too and a modern Leupold scope.

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justcurious
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Re: Square Bridge type G [Re: Huvius]
#157580 - 27/03/10 07:29 AM

Really a very nice rifle and in good shape too. I would agree , that the foreend may have been altered.
The position of the schnabel near the front panel grip shows the typical configuration of a Stutzen(= full-) stock .In the case of the Type G-Rifles for a 24 inch barrel .

Whereas the African Type L with the longer barrels shows the schnabel on the tip of the forend.

Is the barrel full octagon or octagon to round ?

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Huvius
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Re: Square Bridge type G [Re: justcurious]
#157600 - 27/03/10 08:44 AM

JC,
It is a full octagon barrel.
I agree that the only African models I have seen - in pictures mind you, never held one - have had a smooth stock contour up to the tip which is normally a schnabel of some sort. There is one shown in Speed's book with a tip that just curves up to the barrel though too.
Mauser did show an illustration in their catalog of an African rifle with a "double" schnabel - the first being about five inches behind the front sling swivel pretty much like this rifle.

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450_366
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Re: Square Bridge type G [Re: Huvius]
#157602 - 27/03/10 09:05 AM

If i remember right, i have seen a gl.rasch with that foreend, but it had sidepanels also.

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Re: Square Bridge type G [Re: Huvius]
#157632 - 27/03/10 02:57 PM

Huvius,

Very nice! Even if it is probably not original, the forend has been esthetically shaped by whoever modified it.

Good hunting!

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Paul
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Re: Square Bridge type G [Re: Huvius]
#157653 - 27/03/10 10:09 PM

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Mauser did show an illustration in their catalog of an African rifle with a "double" schnabel - the first being about five inches behind the front sling swivel pretty much like this rifle.

I have seen something like that on a custom post-war sporter, where it was called an 'African fore-end'. I think the idea was that, in gripping just behind the rear protrusion, it helped reduce recoil to the shoulder.

The sling swivel was in front of that, of course.

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xausa
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Re: Square Bridge type G [Re: Huvius]
#157664 - 28/03/10 01:09 AM

Have you looked at the sporter illustrated on Page 541 of Speed's "The Mauser Archive"? From what I can tell from your photos, your rifle bears a good deal of resemblance to it.

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Huvius
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Re: Square Bridge type G [Re: xausa]
#157678 - 28/03/10 04:21 AM

I don't have that book.
I'll look into it.

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