Home | Ezine | Forums | Links | Contact
NitroExpress.com: Interesting find - Mauser with a ton of hunting history

View recent messages : 24 hours | 48 hours | 7 days | 14 days | 30 days | 60 days | More Smilies


*** Enjoy NitroExpress.com? Participate and join in. ***
You are not logged in. [Login] Main Index · Search · Active Topics
New user · Who's Online · FAQ · Calendar

Shooting & Reloading - Mausers, Big Bores and others >> Mauser Discussion Forum
Previous topic Previous   View all topics Index   Next topic Next   Threaded Mode Threaded  

Pages: 1
billeastern
.275 member


Reged: 28/11/08
Posts: 56
Loc: New York
Interesting find - Mauser with a ton of hunting history
      #119818 - 30/11/08 07:48 AM

As the saying go when you least expect it you stumble across something cool. My parents have recently sold their house and I was over helping them clean out. A lot of interesting stuff, especially from my grandfather who was a world-class deep sea fisherman of old. Plenty of cool old rods and reels, harpoons, etc. One thing I was not planning on seeing was an old mauser sporting rifle. When I brought it up to my father he felt compelled to tell me the story: it was owned by a gentlemen who used to fish with my grandfather and was responsible for killing a great deal of animals for the Museum of Natural History in NYC. He had given it to my grandfather as a gift. Of course my dad can't remember his name and my grandfather is not alive to ask. It is a beautiful old rifle. It has a very classic look look, the old flag safety, dark wood stock, orange recoil pad, etc. It has double set triggers, mounts for some claw-type quick detach scope mounts and a most interesting front sight that spins around offering different color beads. Very nice workmanship and a beautiful rifle. According to my dad there was an old zeiss scope with it but that was lost a long time ago. It has a lot of interesting markings on it:

US 30-06
115794
Mauserwerk AG OBERNDORF A/N

IG
2 crowns with the letters
U and N under each

On bolt handle it says 5794 and has another 2 crowns under that with the letters B U underneath

So now I am of course committed to finding out more about it. Any ideas on where I could go to try and identify who this hunter/owner was? Again, according to my dad my grandfather said he was a famous world-class hunter and knowing my grandfather he was not prone to compliments/envy that were not deserved. Think Quint from Jaws.... He fished from the 30's through the 60's.

Interested to hear any advice. Thx!

Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
500Nitro
.450 member


Reged: 06/01/03
Posts: 7244
Loc: Victoria, Australia
Re: Interesting find - Mauser with a ton of hunting history [Re: billeastern]
      #119821 - 30/11/08 07:57 AM


Well, for a start, the Museum of Natural History in NYC.


Who was the Mauser agent in NY in the old days ?
I vaguely remember seeing some old catalogues
selling them ?

Griffin & Howe ?

Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
Stuart
.275 member


Reged: 24/05/07
Posts: 58
Loc: Mission, B.C., Canada
Re: Interesting find - Mauser with a ton of hunting history [Re: billeastern]
      #119824 - 30/11/08 08:46 AM

Pictures, man, we need PICTURES!

Stuart

--------------------
Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by
smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles
who really mean it. (Mark Twain)

Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
billeastern
.275 member


Reged: 28/11/08
Posts: 56
Loc: New York
Re: Interesting find - Mauser with a ton of hunting history [Re: Stuart]
      #119828 - 30/11/08 10:11 AM

I will take some tomorrow if possible. A little inept on the comp :-)

Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
dons
.333 member


Reged: 18/08/07
Posts: 431
Loc: Essex
Re: Interesting find - Mauser with a ton of hunting history [Re: billeastern]
      #119833 - 30/11/08 11:23 AM

The only thing that can be determined at this point is the date it was built...1935. Photos please.

Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
pjaln
.375 member


Reged: 08/06/06
Posts: 711
Loc: massachusetts ,U.S.A.
Re: Interesting find - Mauser with a ton of hunting history [Re: dons]
      #119977 - 01/12/08 11:30 PM

billeastern, go to the griffin & howe website ,they have a research section where you can put in your serial numbers and determine if the gun has been retailed by griffin , could have also been V.L.and D or stoeger , ...paul

Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
billeastern
.275 member


Reged: 28/11/08
Posts: 56
Loc: New York
Re: Interesting find - Mauser with a ton of hunting history [Re: pjaln]
      #120011 - 02/12/08 04:54 AM

Thanks guys. I promise to upload some photos thos coming weekend! thanks again for the advice - I will hit that G&H site tonight.

Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
Story
.333 member


Reged: 15/10/08
Posts: 262
Loc: SE PA, USA
Re: Interesting find - Mauser with a ton of hunting history [Re: billeastern]
      #120213 - 03/12/08 06:31 PM

BillEastern,
I think you'll find this article of interest - I suspect Tauscher might be your retailer.
http://www.landofborchardt.com/tauscher-article.html

Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
A10ACN
.300 member


Reged: 30/01/05
Posts: 198
Loc: USA
Re: Interesting find - Mauser with a ton of hunting history [Re: billeastern]
      #120236 - 04/12/08 12:37 AM

Hard to say without pics but it sounds like a pre-war commercial Oberndorf Mauser (BUGs and #s) made up for the US market (30.06) or rebarreled. The pad may have been added. Perhaps a B Model (double triggers)? Any number of importers could've brought it in (like A. F. Stoeger) but retailers like V,L&D, Abercrombie and Fitch probably sold it. Like the others said, pics will help.

Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
billeastern
.275 member


Reged: 28/11/08
Posts: 56
Loc: New York
Re: Interesting find - Mauser with a ton of hunting history [Re: A10ACN]
      #120269 - 04/12/08 05:19 AM

Thanks guys. Will get on the pics stat. Yes double triggers - the rear trigger sets the main trigger for hair pin..

Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
Pages: 1


Previous topic Previous   View all topics Index   Next topic Next   Threaded Mode Threaded  

Extra information
0 registered and 60 anonymous users are browsing this forum.

Moderator:  NitroX 

Print Topic

Forum Permissions
      You cannot start new topics
      You cannot reply to topics
      HTML is disabled
      UBBCode is enabled

Rating:
Topic views: 4593

Rate this topic

Jump to

Contact Us NitroExpress.com

Powered by UBB.threads™ 6.5.5


Home | Ezine | Forums | Links | Contact


Copyright 2003 to 2011 - all rights reserved