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Re: Anyone have pics of Vickers Mauser 404 Jeff, or own one?
      20/05/17 11:06 AM

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I have only seen one Vickers 404 rifle. It was built on a P14 action.
Although a very plain working rifle, it was one of the quickest and smoothest
handling heavies I've ever shouldered.




I would be inclined to agree that genuine Vickers 404 rifles, not just a Mauser action of any sort with a Vickers barrel, were most likely P14s. To properly open up a standard Military M98 for the 404 cartridge is a reasonable undertaking and would not be the type of work horse rifle that anyone would make to equip the African game departments with. The P14 was cheap and readily available and would have been the easiest conversion to a 404 back in those days. I stand to be corrected if someone can show us a genuine Vickers made Mauser rifle.

There was an earlier discussion on the Vickers Armstrong 404

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* Anyone have pics of Vickers Mauser 404 Jeff, or own one? ColoradoMatt1 20/05/17 03:17 AM
. * * Re: Anyone have pics of Vickers Mauser 404 Jeff, or own one? Igorrock   20/05/17 03:39 AM
. * * Re: Anyone have pics of Vickers Mauser 404 Jeff, or own one? ColoradoMatt1   20/05/17 03:49 AM
. * * Re: Anyone have pics of Vickers Mauser 404 Jeff, or own one? justcurious   20/05/17 03:57 AM
. * * Re: Anyone have pics of Vickers Mauser 404 Jeff, or own one? ColoradoMatt1   20/05/17 04:33 AM
. * * Re: Anyone have pics of Vickers Mauser 404 Jeff, or own one? MikeRowe   20/05/17 08:21 AM
. * * Re: Anyone have pics of Vickers Mauser 404 Jeff, or own one? eagle27   20/05/17 11:06 AM
. * * Re: Anyone have pics of Vickers Mauser 404 Jeff, or own one? lancaster   21/05/17 01:09 AM
. * * Re: Anyone have pics of Vickers Mauser 404 Jeff, or own one? ColoradoMatt1   21/05/17 11:56 AM
. * * Re: Anyone have pics of Vickers Mauser 404 Jeff, or own one? Igorrock   21/05/17 12:35 PM
. * * Re: Anyone have pics of Vickers Mauser 404 Jeff, or own one? lancaster   21/05/17 07:22 PM
. * * Re: Anyone have pics of Vickers Mauser 404 Jeff, or own one? ColoradoMatt1   22/05/17 08:18 AM
. * * Re: Anyone have pics of Vickers Mauser 404 Jeff, or own one? ColoradoMatt1   20/05/17 10:12 AM
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