Identify this rifle?

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  • gslenk

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    Mar 24, 2018
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    I didn't see any marks, maybe I just don't know where to look. :o
     

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    gslenk

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    Mar 24, 2018
    70
    Whats on the barrel? Caliber?


    The stock, bolt, and profile look like a Remington 700.

    There is an insignia or design on the bolt handle?

    That's the problem... the only marking I found without removing anything (screws/optic/etc) was the stamp on the bolt handle.

    I opened the chamber and found nothing. I am not with the rifle right now. I looked in (what I thought are) the obvious places but found nothing.

    Try loading some bullets? or bring out the calipers to check caliber?

    I guess the engraving/knurling pattern looks like this 700, but they are two different guns, and the 700 has markings to indicate what it is. (attached, not the gun from the first post)
     

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    gslenk

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    Mar 24, 2018
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    If I remove the scope, how likely is it that it will return to where it was when I replace it? I read about some older mounted optics are meant to be swapped between guns and the zero is set on the mounts that remain on the gun.
     

    kalister1

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    May 16, 2008
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    My Father brought an Arisaka home from WWII. It has the Bolt release on the left side under the scope mount but the safety is different.
    I guess it is a Mauser of some sort?
    I own a Remington 700 BDL from the 80's and it does not have that bolt release on it.
     

    Threeband

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    Dec 30, 2006
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    Mauser. Unmistakeable.

    It's a Model 98, likely a conversion of a milsurp. A lot of sporting rifles were built on surplus Model '98 actions.

    Very different from a Remington 700.

    Notice the huge extractor on the side of the bolt. That screams "Mauser" from two counties away. Totally different from the M700 push-feed set up. The Mauser extractor catches the rim of the cartridge before it enters the chamber, providing "controlled feed."

    You will see that same Mauser extractor on commercial near-clones like the Winchester Model 70 and the Ruger 77.


    Bet the farm.... Mauser. :D Converted safety or commercial. :innocent0

    The safety looks reshaped a bit, but otherwise unconverted. It looks like it won't clear the scope, though.

    mauser i like but why convert the safety ? never mind for the scope looked at pic again


    Are we looking at the same picture? Third one down.



    If you need to find the caliber, you can make a chamber cast with cerrosafe.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DByaASz_HNk
     

    gslenk

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    Mar 24, 2018
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    mauser i like but why convert the safety ? never mind for the scope looked at pic again

    I was not the original owner. I was already disappointed once by the work done to a Rem Rand M1911. Hope I don't get too much more of that...
     

    BossmanPJ

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    Feb 22, 2013
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    Zero doubt in my mind that it is a Mauser based on the bolt and safely. I would believe it to be commercial or a very good milspec conversion based on the commercial style safety lever and blueing appearance. The safety lever is a short throw designed for a scope. Otherwise it wouldn’t work as it would have to go all the way to the other side. The milspec safety’s had a 180* throw.

    I had a commercial FN that looked similar. If you remove the action from the stock there should be some markings just below the stock line if it is FN made.

    If commercial, many of them were 30-06 caliber.
     

    TargetGrade

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    The safety looks reshaped a bit, but otherwise unconverted. It looks like it won't clear the scope, though.
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    Could it be Satan with a commercial mauser and timney safety??? :shocked2:
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    303_enfield

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    May 30, 2007
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    Take her out of the wood to see if the underside is marked. Best to do a chamber cast to really know what she is. She is a nice old Mauser deer rifle. Granddad paid $8.50 for her.
     

    j_h_smith

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    Jul 28, 2007
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    More than likely there will be some type of stamping under that rear scope base. Mauser like almost everyone has said. If I had to guess, it's a commercial mauser chambered for the 30.06, but that's just a guess.

    Good luck.
     

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