Need help with ID

[joemac]

Uncle owns this rifle but cannot find any info on it. Not sure if my pics work yet might have to save them. Thanks.

 

[budman93]

no pics

 

[Boom Boom]

No pics showing.

 

[BigDaddy]

Your link is to your google gmail. You need to save it somewhere like flickr.com or photobucket then show the link

 

[joemac]

 

[Lou45]

Cut down G98 Amberg Mauser???

 

[Boom Boom]

Cut down G98 Amberg Mauser???

Yep. Sporterized stock at a minimum. Can't tell if the barrel has been chopped.

 

[joemac]

What were these chambered in? 7.92x57 it looks like.

I'll get better pictures.

 

[Boom Boom]

8mm Mauser

Make sure it hasn't been rechambered (perhaps to 8mm-06 Wildcat) before attempting to fire it. Pay a gunsmith if need be.

 

[Lou45]

It may be an early one as the "S" leads to suspicion; If the barrel was made pre 1905, it has the .318 bore. The "S" is supposed to denote that the bore was opened up to .323 for the more modern ammo (at that time, 1905) but in a fair amount of instances only the throat was opened and not the entire bore.