Phillip
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I have aquiried a "Cogswell & Harrison" built mauser 98 in .318 WR.It has a Piccadilly,London address,with a serial number on the trigger guard of 600XX.Is this the pre-war WWII location?
Do they still have records?
I have two boxes of ammo and after a gunsmith check over,I plan to start shooting it. Iron sights only,no drill&tapping,no scope. I would like to keep it as is,however it will require a new silvers pad.
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Sville
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Interesting, would be nice to see photos!!!
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Phillip
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They are coming,a little camera problem right now...
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tophet1
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The .318WR has had some consideration by members on here a little while ago, so it would be good to see how the originals were put together.
Get a camera phone off a teenager .... 
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eljefedouble
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better yet, ask the teenager to snap it 
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Phillip
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Here we go...
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-Winston Churchill
Edited by CptCurl (20/08/11 10:00 PM)
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lancaster
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send them an e-mail
http://www.cogswell.co.uk/home.htm
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Phillip
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Yes, I found it and waiting on their reply. Thank you
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9.3x57
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Can't wait to read of the history of this one.
Thanks for posting.
Do you have close up pic of the rear sight? Is it a replacement? Hard to see in the pic.
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Phillip
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Wow.. I just heard from C&H and here what they found!
(Thank you for your email. This rifle was produced by our company and was exported to Kenya, Africa on the 7th of January 1946.)
Sounds like someone went to celabrate the end of the war!!
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My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.
-Winston Churchill
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500Nitro
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Now what would be interesting is what date the Mauser was made and whether the order was during the war or the gun was already made and just sold and shipped in 1946.
Anything about the sight ?
Edited by 500Nitro (13/08/11 02:02 AM)
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Phillip
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I'm having some camera issue.....
I'm tossed a little as to weather this is the original or replaced from some other English gun,the leaves are engaved for yardage,however it seems a little too wide for the base?
I can't find any Mauser markings at all? But,it's damn cool....
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My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.
-Winston Churchill
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500Nitro
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Philip
It looks very similar to one of mine, a low end one from WR.
ie a working gun, very little embellishment.
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Phillip
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Oh yes,it's a plain jane,but good bore and I'm a hunter!!
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My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.
-Winston Churchill
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