I have seen some photos of early commercial Mausers that appeared to be basically a modified military issue rifle To include mil issue stocks. Can anyone shed some light on the subject? Some photos or links to a source of info would be much appreciated.

This book:

http://www.booktrail.com/guns_...porting%20Rifles.asp

mi tanker, gom to simpsonltd.com and take a look at the OBERNDORF type C army hunting rifle they have one there for sale ,this may be what your talking about.....paul

That is very close to what I am referring to. But the ones I remember seeing had a regular military full stock.

Anyone recall having seen a commercial Mauser along those lines?

There was a target gun in a proprietary caliber with a military stock, and an "African" something or other, also, probably more.

I can't find my expensive book

Mauser had one out before WW2 that was called a "STANDARD MODELL" they looked alot like a K98 but was a commercial version.

Fred

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Originally posted by WVFred:
Mauser had one out before WW2 that was called a "STANDARD MODELL" they looked alot like a K98 but was a commercial version.

Fred

Fred,
THAT IS THE ONE!!!! Thanks for the info. I was able to do some searching on the net and learned a great deal about them. They were available in everything from the basic mil-issue equivelant up to high grade versions and chambered in various calibers up to 404 Jeffrey.

I was also able to find variations of the "Model B", "Army Model C", and the "Africa Model" that were basically the same rifle as the mil-issue rifles.

Thanks for your help with this.