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harrisd27
01-11-2014, 10:08
Gents,
this Mauser belongs to my uncle and has kinda stumped me! he acquired this gun in a gunstore in 1964 for $29.95 ( still has receipt) it is a BCD 4 and has a serial number of 1016 the gun appears all matching except a few of the parts have the stamped factory parts but a few of them have a matching electro pencil 4 digit serial on them as well? the Magazine housing/trigger guard is a BYF 44. from what I have been able to find out is all the Russian and former Eastern block captured weapons weren't available till after 1989? this gun is also obviously not a Vietnam bringback based on the timeframe he acquired it. (besides all the VN Bringback mausers I have seen are ragged out horribly from the conditions they were stored.) another interesting thing about this gun is inside the barrel channel it is marked as being made in 44 as it should and the serial number is stamped 1015! then it has a correction written in pencil as 1016 in typical German style handwriting numbers! very interesting to me! does anyone know where in the late 50's or early 60's that guns would have been imported that used electro pencil to number matching parts? no import mark obviously and it is still in original oil finish stock and bluing... please see the pics and give me any info on this gun. its a beautiful shooter and would like to find out where maybe it came from?

Tuna
01-11-2014, 12:28
Back in the early 1960's there was no legislation requiring import markings. Rifles were imported from countries like Austria, Germany, France and the Scandinavian countries. I think Tito also sold rifles for good American cash back then.

dave
01-11-2014, 05:33
The electro numbers were added by what ever country acquired the rifle after the war. Could even be an early RC as not all were refinished, depending on condition. Any X on the rifle rec.?

mattakinbimwalker
01-12-2014, 04:36
I don't think those are electro pencil marks. Those look like acid numbering. Nice rifle.

harrisd27
01-13-2014, 07:10
there is NO Russian capture "X" anywhere

harrisd27
01-13-2014, 07:11
Is the acid numbering done WWII period? German Field Armorers?