Ok guys I could use a history lesson here. I just purchased a commercial 7x57 mauser 98 rifle that someone built and hardly shot (99% condition). Included was the tag off the original barrelled action box it reads

Centurion mauser barrelled action
A modern lightweight sporting rifle action in high grade ordanance steel with Centurion 6-groove barrel. Head spaced and proof tested. Recommended for high velocity cartridges available in all popular calibers
PTA-30C
7mm
Barrel length 24
serial # N18**

The rifle is in a Fajen walnut stock and the fit and finish is very good. It has an alloy hinged floorplate with the release inside the trigger guard, a sliding safety and although I havent had it out of the stock it appears to be a single stage adjustable trigger , a commercial bolt sleeve and the handle is ground from the factory for scope clearance. Topped with a K3 weaver with post and thin cross wire.

What type of action is this , and about when would this rifle have been built.
Thanks

from boyds-

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Large Ring Mauser - Receiver measures 1 3/8†on the front receiver ring and 7 7/8†center to center on the trigger guard screws. Includes most large ring actions as well as the Centurion FN, Parker Hale 1200, and the Santa Barbara.

maybe:

quote:

# 9992 - Golden State Replacement Stock
6/12/2004
John Pgh. Pa.
Golden State Arms - Centurion - 30.06 - 22'' - Blue - Z-36481 -

Where can I find a replacement stock for this rifle?

Answer:
John, Golden State Arms Corporation of Pasadena, California, marketed rifles in the 1960s and 1970s. Golden State Centurion rifles ranged in quality from the basic Model 100 which was a plane rifle with a blind three-cartridge magazine, to more elaborate models with fancy wood, checkered stocks and hinged floor plates.

If I remember correctly, Centurion rifles were built around the Spanish Santa Barbara 98 action.

http://oldguns.net/q&a6_04.htm

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Centurion mauser barrelled action

These were made in Spain by Santa Barbara.

Thanks guys, I kind of suspected it was a Santa Barbara but didnt know for sure