Mauser rifle in 1898. Identification markings Length: approximately 44 inches. cartridges. There were no markings on the outside of the stock. German military had purchased very large quantities of the gun during the war, it was not the standard issue military pistol and so did not fall under the post-war restrictions imposed by the The extractor is of a bottle-neck shape (similar to that on the 1910 Side Latch pistol). Hoping by now you have a clear understanding of differentiating a Mauser Rifle. One easy way of identifying the rifle is the crest on the front ring however this one is missing its crest so it has been scrubbed off at some point, in fact it would appear the whole rifle has been given a good tidy up and re-finished in some areas so #1. Beginning around serial number 475000 and through serial number 526000 we find intermittent guns, all with black grips, with lanyard rings on a screw that runs through the heel of the grip. So we see that the earliest recorded sales So the production of those RwE, Gewehrfabrik Danzig and Gewehrfabrik Amberg marked sporters came to a sudden stop. There is a number "1" on the bottom of the barrel ahead of the receiver (see close-up picture of the bottom of the receiver) and there is also also a number "1" on the bottom of the bolt handle. In 1941, the number codes were replaced by letter codes, and a further change was made in the last part of the war when a new system of letter codes was adopted. Copyright 2023 National Rifle Association, Women On Target Instructional Shooting Clinics, Volunteer At The Great American Outdoor Show, Marion P. Hammer Women Of Distinction Award, Women's Wildlife Management / Conservation Scholarship, National Youth Shooting Sports Cooperative Program, American Rifleman 125th Anniversary Special, The Greatest - The History of John M. Brown Part 2, The Greatest - The History of John M. Browning, Gun Skills: Inducing Stress | An Official Journal Of The NRA, U.S. Air Force Pistol Team: Another Move, Legendary Gunsmiths And The End Of An Era | An NRA Shooting Sports Journal, Throwback Thursday: The Indian Captivity of Mary Rowlandson & King Philips War | NRA Family, Dr. Frankenstein, Gunsmith: The Reanimation Of A Rare .22 LR Pattern 14 Enfield | An NRA Shooting Sports Journal, Preview: Burdette Custom Holsters Detective OWB SA-35 Leather Holster, The Keefe Report: True Velocity's Leap | An Official Journal Of The NRA, The Keefe Report: On The Range With An American Hero | An Official Journal Of The NRA, Trust But Verify: Function-Checking Your Guns | An Official Journal Of The NRA, Rifleman Review: Winchester Wildcat 22 SR | An Official Journal Of The NRA, WATCH: 2022 National Sporting Clays Championship | An NRA Shooting Sports Journal, WATCH: Colt Python Revolver History | An NRA Shooting Sports Journal, I Have This Old Gun: Colt Military 1908 Pocket Hammerless | An Official Journal Of The NRA, I Have This Old Gun: Terry Carbine | An Official Journal Of The NRA, I Have This Old Gun: U.S. Army M1871 Rolling Block | An Official Journal Of The NRA, Armed Citizen protected by Smith & Wesson, NRA Women | The Armed Citizen April 28, 2023, The Armed Citizen April 28, 2023 | An Official Journal Of The NRA, The Armed Citizen April 24, 2023 | An Official Journal Of The NRA, The Armed Citizen April 21, 2023 | An Official Journal Of The NRA, #SundayGunday: Smith & Wesson Model 350 | An Official Journal Of The NRA, Whats in the Washington State Gun Ban | An Official Journal Of The NRA, NRA Hunters' Leadership Forum | Hunters and Beyond: NRA Women Are All Under One Roof, NRA Hunters' Leadership Forum | Colorado Bill Defining Wolves as Experimental Population Heads to House Floor Today, Hardware: Henry Single Shot Turkey Shotgun | An Official Journal Of The NRA, Review: Duke Cannon Supply Co. SN: 35320 (all matching numbers - no markings on magazine) Left Side: Waffenfabrik Mauser A.G. Oberndorf A.N. So, in the late 19th century and early 20th-century, Mauser designs were exported worldwide and licensed to many countries. Mauser sporting rifles, however, remain highly popular. The common Argentine loading had a 174 or 175 grain spitzer FMJ bullet at about 2450 fps; very close to the common British .303 load. Good rifles in many ways. One thing you have going for you is Fifth Variant Mauser Model 1914 - 1914/34 Transitional Model. The round the rifle fires can help you identify the rifles origins and model, just like the 1891 Argentine, 1909 Argentine, Spanish 1893, Chilean 1895, and also the Swedish 1896. Scan this QR code to download the app now. If you cannot distinguish an ordinary rifle from the Mausers rifle and need some guidance, dont hesitate to keep on reading to get some identification hacks.