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KWJohnston
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Drueckjagdbuechse (driven game rifle) info ?
#264353 - 29/04/15 08:51 AM

I was reading the book Mauser Bolt Rifles by Ludwig Olson recently and noticed an interesting Mauser sporting rifle. On page 229 there is a rifle labeled Drueckjagdbuechse (driven game rifle). It is described as "short and handy, designed for fast shooting at short ranges". The rifle has a fairly standard looking stock, except for a schnabel type wood forend. The barrel however, is only 19.69" long. It's equipped with a standing leaf rear sight and barrel band front sight. I also noticed another unusual feature, no sling swivels on the barrel or the stock.

I can find no other text about this rifle in the book. Was this a type of sporting Mauser offered by the factory, or just a one off example ? Has anyone ever seen another similar to this ? I was wondering could it be just a Mauser model M (mannlicher), but with a half stock in place of the full stock ?

Wyatt

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Re: Drueckjagdbuechse (driven game rifle) info ? [Re: KWJohnston]
#264361 - 29/04/15 08:31 PM

Discussed this rifle years ago with both Lud Olson and the then owner. I don't think it being a "Drückjagdbüchse", because of the ds trigger. Further, such specialized short range, driven game rifles appeared in the 1970s only, with the increase of wild boar numbers in Germany. The Schnabel foreend tip was common on all B halfstocks from 1912 on. What is more unusual is the checkered foreend. This was an extra-cost factory option from the 1930s, but not often seen. But it was common on stocks made by Walter Roell post-war. We came up with several possibilities:
Even pre-war some people preferred carbine length barrels, but mistrusted the fullstock Stutzen foreend out of fear for wood warping. So some half-stock, carbine length rifles were always availble on special order. My 1920s Mannlicher-Schoenauer M1910 is of the same configuration, 20" barrel with "rifle" half length foreend. Steyr now calls this configuration a "Goiserer". So maybe it`s a special order item, made for a hunter who preferred a short rifle, but had no use for a sling or swivels.
The other, more likely to me possibility: The rifle left the factory as an type S Stutzen. Not a type M because of the round bolt handle. In the 1945 disarmament the original stock was broken off at the hand by a GI. (I myself inherited a gun with this damage) Later it was restocked with a B stock by Walter Roell. WR, as the last master of the Mauser sporting rifle department, had "inherited" many left over parts and had the original Mauser numbering stamps. Common with German military armorers he numbered all replacement parts to the original serial number.
Or, Walter Roell had inherited the left over 1941 proofed S carbine barreled action and completed it with an equally left over B stock for an allied officer in 45. Roell's early post-surrender work is of course hardly distinguishable from the one he did at the Mauser factory a few months before.

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Re: Drueckjagdbuechse (driven game rifle) info ? [Re: kuduae]
#264384 - 30/04/15 08:17 AM

Thank you Kuduae, that is a great deal of information. I think the possibilites of how this rifle came to exist are many. You make a good point that the rifle could have began life as a type S Stutzen. After reading your post I remembered that both the type S and the type M were full stock (mannlicher), but only the type S had the round bolt handle. It really is a neat little rifle that seems perfect for fast shooting. The shorter barrel, half stock, and no sling swivels gives it the look of a purpose built "specialized" rifle. I am still curious has anyone ever seen another sporting Mauser configured like this one ?

Wyatt

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