Pistol was sold to China. There are some Chinese markings on left side. Also in 1896, Germany experimented with Mausers of various calibers. (Charleston) k98 Chinese Mauser: $300: 07/29 00:44: The Outdoors Trader: FS/FT 1940 337 K98 RC Complete: $3: 07/27 18:43: Armslist (Tennessee) k98 Mauser: $630: 07/27 06:38: Armslist (Columbia) K98 SS Double Claw Sniper RARE! Commercial proof marks Crowns over BUGN. You have an Original Oberndorf Sporting Rifle made by Mauser, not a remodeled military rifle. These rifles have two Chinese characters on the RIGHT side of the receiver that translate as "Public Security." This example appears to utilize a Pattern 1853-style triangular blade. Ersatz: Crude sword bayonet for use with 8 mm. 8mm Our Price: $249.99 (Out of Stock) 1891 Carcano Carbine Caliber 6.5 Carcano Our Price: $269.99 . 5 in stock! https://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=808 in. Serial # 118197 places it pre-war 1936-37. Now for the non-matching bolt. Later models were known to carry a variety of waffen stamps. Metal has approximately 70% original finish with patina. At the end of World War II, captured mauser rifles were often "stacked" on pallets with one row going one way and then another row going the other and so on until there was a block or brick of rifles approximately 4ft x 4ft x 4ft. ... all the FN proper markings and the Chinese marking on the buttstock. Carcano Model 1938 with Bayonet Cal. 1930 Commercial Broomhandle model. 126 Jon Speed Original Oberndorf Sporting Rifles). A chinese Mauser is in fact a rare gun-especially in good conditions.Consider that it was built in relatively small numbers in a comunist state, it was passed to allied countries and often abused.As it was said in previous posts, its all about conditions.I have seen only one in my life(in flash) and it was not in good shape. Bore has strong rifling with corrosion (which is typical of Chinese used Mausers). It seems like this was warlord made at the Shanxi arsenal in Taiyuan (it was known as the "Northwest Foundery" making the Chinese characters the say "Northwest" make sense on the side). in. Looks like Sporting Carbine Type M pattern 720 (pg. 1891/24 CARCANO CARBINE 6.5X52 fair to good condition Our Price: $269.99 . The rifles produced in Germany by Mauser Obendorf featured the Mauser 'Sporting logo' and many also featured the Nationalist 'sunburst' symbol and Chinese characters. Markings : in. mm. C Grade Yugo M.48 Mauser Rifle made by Zastava Cal. mm. for sale online. Barrel is import marked. Mauser 1898 rifles. FN FABRIQUE NATIONALE MAUSER CHINESE contract FN LOGO CREST M1924 with Communist Arsenal marking, RARE featured in FN Mauser rifles by A Vanderlinden! From what I found it looks like this is a pre ww2 Chinese made (obviously) copy. Sweden adopted a Mauser carbine in 1894 and a Mauser rifle in 1896, both chambered for the 6.5x55 cartridge. Mauser stamped their weapons profusely with the Masuer name because 'Mauser' is the chinese word for 'rifle'. Mauser 1930 Commercial Broomhandle 9mm caliber pistol. 7.35 The importer of these uncommon rifles was Kengs Firearms Specialties out of Atlanta Georgia and have the "KFS" import marks. 14 in stock! mm. Extremely hard to find a 1935 FN LOGO Rifle Chinese contract! These rifles are reportedly made by just three of the many different Chinese arsenals - /026\, /016\, and [0141]. They didn't attempt to fake the Mauser markings like some of the junk copies. The stamped barrel band is also standard for the bnz Steyr rifles. These all-metal bayonets are believed to have been produced in Belgium following the First World War for export to China.