What kind of is this mauser with the odd bolt head. No claw etc?

scroll down to the pic that shows the bolt pulled back in the reciver

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=114320092

Looks to me like its not a Mauser - some type of transition to a pushfeed bolt and plunger type extractor.

The action itself looks ruined too. Way overpolished.

Thats a Browning push feed Mauser action. They were all polished like that. Used to have one in 458 win mag. Worst kicking gun I ever had!

Yep...Browning's last gasp with the FN action

So that is a Browning creation and not a FN action browning used?

"Browning" never manufactured much of anything; it is just a corporate name. They have contracted firearms, knives, clothes and accessories to their specifications for decades. That one is the last of the Browning-spec'd Mauser style actions from FN. I can only guess but I think it was a cost-saving attempt to make the standard FN action look "modern" to compete in the American market.

Rifle contractors have included many European and some Japanese builders. The majority of Browning pistols and shotguns were FN built too until the 60s when production began shifting to Japan. Funny that FN now owns the Browing name and still builds most Browning guns in Japan.

To me the funny part is I have only seen that extractor on two Brownings and both were .458s.
Never made sense to me.

it appears it's got a broken ejector, as well. impossible to find, but can be replaced with a ruger piece. my dad has a 7mm rem mag version, and my 270 was the kickingest gun with plastic buttplate.

heath