Forums.NitroExpress.com

Home | Ezine | Forums | Links | Contact NitroExpress.com: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) photos

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

BFaucett
.333 member

Reged: 13/01/04
Posts: 451
Loc: Houston, Texas

trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) photos
24/06/08 02:29 AM

I found this rifle on an auction site and got it fairly cheaply. Paid $300 for it. The seller was in Florida so I didn’t get a chance to inspect it before buying it. I did speak with him on the phone regarding condition. I figured, in a worse case scenario, at least I’ve purchased a Mauser action that can be used to build a rifle. So I just took a chance on it.

These photos are from the seller’s listing on the auction site. When I have a chance, I’ll take some more, and hopefully better, photos.

Well, the rifle arrived at my gunsmith’s (Todd) this past Saturday. He gave it a cursory inspection and then called me. The rifle is chambered for the 8x60 cartridge and is so marked. It’s probably a .318” barrel as it’s not marked 8x60S. But that doesn’t matter as Todd told me the barrel is “shot”. Lots of pitting and the rifling is almost gone.

I have not personally seen the rifle yet. The following is based just upon my phone conversation with Todd:

The stock of course is junk; some really poor woodwork by someone in the past. (I could tell the stock was not original from the seller’s photos.) Some more bad news is that the bolt serial number does not match the action and, for whatever reason, it has military bottom metal. The barrel serial number does match the action. The serial number is 104428. The action is NOT drilled and tapped for scope bases. However, there is no Mauser banner mark on the top of the action.

The good news is that it appears to be a genuine Oberndorf Mauser sporter action. (See the action markings in the first photo.) Todd says the trigger appears to be original. He also says the action locks up tight. He’s going to give it a more thorough inspection during the coming week or so. The thought now is to use the action for a custom rifle.

I’ll try to update this thread with more info as time goes by.

So, just based on this admittedly limited info at this time, what do you guys think? Is this possibly an original Oberndorf Mauser Model B sporter that got “butchered up” during the past years? Or is it maybe a "guild gun" that just happens to have an Oberndorf action?

(I do have the two Mauser books by Jon Speed but I'm far from any kind of expert on Mausers.)

Cheers!
-Bob F.

Post Extras

Print Post

Remind Me!

Notify Moderator

Entire topic
Subject	Posted by	Posted on
trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) photos	BFaucett	24/06/08 02:29 AM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) photos	mehulkamdar	28/06/08 11:15 AM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) photos	bigmaxx	28/06/08 02:49 PM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	NitroX	28/06/08 04:21 PM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	BFaucett	09/05/09 02:38 PM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	mehulkamdar	12/05/09 05:45 AM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	Story	10/05/09 12:22 PM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	NitroX	10/05/09 08:40 PM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	9.3x57	10/05/09 11:40 PM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	BFaucett	12/05/09 12:17 PM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	88MauSporter	12/05/09 10:39 PM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	450_366	12/05/09 10:52 PM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	BFaucett	20/06/09 03:41 PM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	BFaucett	21/06/09 01:20 PM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	9.3x57	21/06/09 10:15 PM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	lancaster	12/05/09 03:36 PM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	peter	11/05/09 03:11 AM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	Story	11/05/09 04:10 PM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	9.3x57	11/05/09 10:30 PM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	88MauSporter	12/05/09 12:38 AM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) photos	xausa	24/06/08 08:26 AM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	tinker	24/06/08 09:54 AM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	pjaln	24/06/08 11:06 AM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	BFaucett	25/06/08 12:21 AM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	xausa	25/06/08 01:29 AM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	pjaln	25/06/08 09:53 AM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	shinz	24/06/08 11:21 AM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	BFaucett	25/06/08 12:17 AM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	Nakihunter	24/06/08 09:52 AM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	tinker	24/06/08 05:16 AM
Re: trying to salvage an old Mauser (original Oberndorf?) ph	pjaln	24/06/08 08:11 AM

Extra information

0 registered and 28 anonymous users are browsing this forum.

Moderator: NitroX

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

Rating:
Thread views: 13945

Jump to

NitroExpress.com

Powered by UBB.threads™ 6.5.5

Home | Ezine | Forums | Links | Contact

Copyright 2003 to 2011 - all rights reserved