German mauser

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can anyone help me identify this mauser rifle,i can't find anything but matching serial numbers on the receiver and spoon type bolt,no normal stamp marks or names on barrel or receiver?

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First of all, it is difficult to tell anything definitive from the photos. To me, it looks like a '98. The scope and claw mounts would indicate a between the wars gun - likely thirties. If there is no maker or vendor's name on the barrel, it is likely a guild gun - meaning it was built by a gunmaker not associated with one of the bigger companies in Suhl or elsewhere. Most of these - and they can be very fine firearms - are unmarked except for proof marks. The checkering and relief carving is very unusual for the period if it is indeed pre-war.

If the rifle lacks proof marks (other than original military), and I do not see them in your photography, then this rifle may have been built for an officer in the occupation forces in the years immediately after WWII. A guild maker would have used a military '98 as the basis of his work and all the relief carving would make more sense on an order placed by a non-German. These rifles often contain a mixture of styles that were common before the war. Interesting rifle. What caliber?
 

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