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Sorry to raise this ugly topic, and I won't get into the politics, but this is a gun forum.

An older, imported Mauser 98 in .30-06 could be anything from an original Mauser sporter (A, B, M) to a European bolt gun in that caliber built on the 98 action (military or commercial). It could also be an American custom creation. As far as I know there are no military bolt action rifles chambered in .30-06 other than the 1903 Springfield.

Any thoughts on this?

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I have a Brazilian Mod 954 made by Itajuba chambered in 30 06 ,there were also quite a few countries who rebarreled their older service rifles into 30 06 in the 50's.

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Columbian 7mm short rifles made by FN were converted to .30-06. This was done to simplify ammunition supply when Columbia acquired a quantity of US M1 .30-06 rifles following WWII. Similarly so were many Peruvian Model 1935 7.65mm short rifles when Peru also obtained a quantity of US M1 .30-06 rifles and wanted to standardize on cal. 30-06 for its army. The Peruvian Model 1935 rifle also has a reversed safety where the safety is disengaged when to the right unlike the normal Mauser 98 which disengages to the left.

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