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mr mauser, interesting story, your deal sounds even better than the one I made! My FN in .404 has a serial number in the 34800 range, so it predates your rifle, but by how many years, I have no idea. I also found some good info on the proof marks online, but unfortunately the dating system...

Well, I haven't contacted FN yet, but the gunshop owner was in contact with the elderly collector and he bought the FN in 404 Jeffery decades ago from what he remembered as a very old man who once bought the rifle new. That man was a hunter and he used this FN in 404 Jeffery for exactly that...

Original FN mauser 98 style rifle in 404 Jeffery (or 404 Rimless, just says cal 404 on the barrel). I bought it through my gunshop who is selling several rifles from an 80 year old collector who is getting rid of all his rifles. These kind of safari rifles are not that popular in Belgium so I...

Original FN mauser 98 style rifle in 404 Jeffery (or 404 Rimless, just says cal 404 on the barrel). I bought it through my gunshop who is selling several rifles from an 80 year old collector who is getting rid of all his rifles. These kind of safari rifles are not that popular in Belgium so I...

Original FN mauser 98 style rifle in 404 Jeffery (or 404 Rimless, just says cal 404 on the barrel). I bought it through my gunshop who is selling several rifles from an 80 year old collector who is getting rid of all his rifles. These kind of safari rifles are not that popular in Belgium so I...

Original FN mauser 98 style rifle in 404 Jeffery (or 404 Rimless, just says cal 404 on the barrel). I bought it through my gunshop who is selling several rifles from an 80 year old collector who is getting rid of all his rifles. These kind of safari rifles are not that popular in Belgium so I...

Original FN mauser 98 style rifle in 404 Jeffery (or 404 Rimless, just says cal 404 on the barrel). I bought it through my gunshop who is selling several rifles from an 80 year old collector who is getting rid of all his rifles. These kind of safari rifles are not that popular in Belgium so I...

Original FN mauser 98 style rifle in 404 Jeffery (or 404 Rimless, just says cal 404 on the barrel). I bought it through my gunshop who is selling several rifles from an 80 year old collector who is getting rid of all his rifles. These kind of safari rifles are not that popular in Belgium so I...

Original FN mauser 98 style rifle in 404 Jeffery (or 404 Rimless, just says cal 404 on the barrel). I bought it through my gunshop who is selling several rifles from an 80 year old collector who is getting rid of all his rifles. These kind of safari rifles are not that popular in Belgium so I...

Original FN mauser 98 style rifle in 404 Jeffery (or 404 Rimless, just says cal 404 on the barrel). I bought it through my gunshop who is selling several rifles from an 80 year old collector who is getting rid of all his rifles. These kind of safari rifles are not that popular in Belgium so I...

Original FN mauser 98 style rifle in 404 Jeffery (or 404 Rimless, just says cal 404 on the barrel). I bought it through my gunshop who is selling several rifles from an 80 year old collector who is getting rid of all his rifles. These kind of safari rifles are not that popular in Belgium so I...

Original FN mauser 98 style rifle in 404 Jeffery (or 404 Rimless, just says cal 404 on the barrel). I bought it through my gunshop who is selling several rifles from an 80 year old collector who is getting rid of all his rifles. These kind of safari rifles are not that popular in Belgium so I...

Original FN mauser 98 style rifle in 404 Jeffery (or 404 Rimless, just says cal 404 on the barrel). I bought it through my gunshop who is selling several rifles from an 80 year old collector who is getting rid of all his rifles. These kind of safari rifles are not that popular in Belgium so I...

Original FN mauser 98 style rifle in 404 Jeffery (or 404 Rimless, just says cal 404 on the barrel). I bought it through my gunshop who is selling several rifles from an 80 year old collector who is getting rid of all his rifles. These kind of safari rifles are not that popular in Belgium so I...

Original FN mauser 98 style rifle in 404 Jeffery (or 404 Rimless, just says cal 404 on the barrel). I bought it through my gunshop who is selling several rifles from an 80 year old collector who is getting rid of all his rifles. These kind of safari rifles are not that popular in Belgium so I...

Clodo Ferreira, you can find some close up pictures below, hope it is what you are looking for. Some pictures I took with the flash on, so the stock looks a bit cheap, but to quote a friend who checked my rifle last weekend "it looks way better in person than on the pictures you have send me"...

Thanks for all the replies, really appreciate the kind words and all the info! Von Gruff, your names pops up a lot when ones searches for the 404 Jeffery, thanks for all the research, excellent reading material when you are into the 404. John Telford, trading rifles outside of Belgium is an...

Major Khan, again a big thank you for the catalog pictures, with your help I just found out how to open the magazine floor plate. Apperantly you do not only push the spring loaded button, you have to simultaniously push the floor plate with your thumb towards the trigger guard, and only then it...

Update: Major Khan, I missed the last bit you wrote under the pictures of the catalog you posted, you solved the mystery! Magazine capacity is indeed 3 rounds. It is definately a rare find this FN in 404, and at that price it is indeed a steal. The hunting community in Belgium is mostly...

WOW! Thanks for all the kind replies, I didn't expect so much info so fast. I definately came to the right place! Shootist43: funny that you mention Jesse James, I have been told I look like the identical twin brother of the real Jesse James (the first picture you see on his Wikipedia page)...

Hi there, first post here but I have been gathering good info here on this forum for quite a while. I am a 36 years old sportshooter from Belgium (mostly handguns from .22 to 460 S&W Magnum and pretty much everything in between) who has been fascinated with big bore rifles and their hunting...