Mauser crest

[Thomasm]

I'm working on a Mauser action with a commercial .270 Bbl. I'd like to know which 98 it was. The crest is mostly ground off but I can still see an Eagle with both wings showing and he faces to his left wing(to my right). The eagle is surrounded by an oval and has little goups of three each hash marks over his head. There is the number 30 on the rear of the reciever the right side of the reciever is marked "R.FAMAGE over 1952. The left side is stamped F.28257. I'm sure it's So. American but where ?

[dogtag]

Closest to your description that I can see [Olson's book] is Colombian model 29
7mm. Don't know what you mean by Hash Marks.
This crest shows groups of vertical lines over eagle [groups of 5]
Hope this helps.

[gwp]

This Crest?
http://www.jouster.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6934

[Bill]

You do have one of the Columbian Mausers.

They make good sporters, I have one with a 6.5-06 barrel, and it has performed well.

These are the standard 98 length, were originally in 7x57, reworked into .30-06 when we supplied them with lots of GI ammo.

The .30 designates the caliber. The R Famage means "reformed" ie., modified, and the rest is the arsenal which did the job in 1952.

[Liam]

In the course of 50 years, Columbia received Mausers from DWM in Berlin, Stauer in Austria, BRNO in Czechoslovakia and from FN in Herstal, Belgium. The examples I see in Ball's "Military Mausers of the World" have groups of 5 "hash marks," but that definitely sounds like a Columbian. Like to see some pics!

[Thomasm]

Well I expect that covers my question pretty well, the crest is all but ground off and the .270 barrel is in the white so pictures won't tell you much. I will however post som pictures when I finish the project.