OT, any Mauser guys here?

[Malamute]

I have a Mauser stock I want to identify. I don't think it's German, I'd like to know what type it is, and what it's worth. I have the barrel also. The metal is in used exellent condition. There isn't much in the way of markings on it. The action length looks like my Whitworth action in 30-06.

Thanks for any info.

[model55]

I'm guessing a Spanish 1943 mainly because of the strange bayonet lug and finger grooves in the stock.The hand guard is too long to be German and the sling arrangement would be different as well.8mm Mauser?Key word guessing.

[220swift]

My guess would be 1909 Argentine because of the adapter for the bayonet. If it has a stamp of "clasped hands" (handshake) then you know for sure. Looks like either a calvary or engineers carbine from the length, can't remember which one didn't have the muzzle cap off the top of my head.....

Dan

[awp101]

Malamute, I posted it on a Mauser forum I haunt: http://www.mausercentral.com/forum/view ... 142#261142

I figure if anyone can ID it, they can.

[awp101]

That didn't take long...

Spanish M43, at least the stock and barrel are. The Bayonet lug is not the norm.

[Malamute]

Thanks!

I'm trying to determine what it is, and what it's value is. I'm going to sell it for a friend. I know some are worth more than others. One friend that trades WWII Mausers had sold a stock that was marked a particular way, and was a particular type and it was worth a couple hundred dollars or so. I knew this wasn't anything like that, just want to get an idea what it is and sell it for a fair value for the friend.

[765x53]

The bayonet lug is the type used on the 1909 Argentine Mauser to adapt the 1891 bayonet.
Spain also used a version of the '91 and may have adapted later rifles the same way.

[olyinaz]

Spanish M1943 (which is largely similar to the Spanish Air Force M1944 Mauser). The bayonet lug is common on the M1943 and mine has it as well. It allows the rifle to use a bayonet that was already in stock vs. the traditional Mauser 98 bayonet.

Mine here (my wood is different but yours looks more typical of M43s):



No idea about the value but the Spanish Mausers are at the lower end of the Mauser value spectrum.

Cheers,
Oly

[Noah Zark]

Olyinaz nailed it.

The secondary bayo lug IS a dead giveaway for Spanish 43 Mausers, as is the rectangular plate inletted in the left side of the butt for the rear sling mount. That plate is kept in place by a pin in the stock that's hidden by the buttplate.

Noah