I have a Mauser in intermediate length. It has an upside down 7 and two crests on the left side in front of the serial number and no other identifying markings. The crests are similar to two laurel leaves. There is a 24 on the bolt release, but these are the last 2 numbers of the serial number as well. It is in 30-06, but the barrel is not an original barrel; it was barreled by Golden State Arms in California which is defunct. What is this action?

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JD

If it a "milsurp" action, my guess would be a M48 Yugo. If it is "commecial", a VZ500 (also Yugoslavian)

Does it have a "lever" floor plate release?

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Life is more exitin' when yer stickin' suppositories inta a wildcats behind!

It's got the normal milsurp bottom metal. It's controlled feed, and it has a bent bolt.

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JD

JD- take your questions to one of the Mauser boards, such as the mauser forums at www.mosin-nagant.net, www.milsurpshooter.net

Be very specific about any markings, and their locations. these people know their stuff (not a put down of the people here).

CAL

Sounds like a yugo 24 or 48 rifle. It nota reworked 98 or vz24 because they are full length. Is the bolt bent or strait.
Ray

Bent bolt. The crest is also under the bolt handle.

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JD

Is this the creast?
Ray

JD: is it a military or is it commercial.
I have a commercial Model 100 centurion by Golden State Arms in .243win, it is real close to a model 98 but it was made in Spain.
Spain is stamped on the under side of the receiver. blind mag.
Dave

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Ray: No, that is not the crest. If I had a digital camera, I'd post a pic. It may be palm fronds instead of laurel leaves. There is no lettering, etc. in the crest.

HIVEL: I took some measurements, and actually the receiver length is standard. The bolt is intermediate length. Maybe it is a commercial; I don't know. By all appearances it is a milsurp that was rebarreled. It has the blind magazine and it has a loading flange. The ejector box is unusual, it's machined to fit flush with the rear of the receiver.

Apparently Golden State Arms operated out of Pasadena in the 50's and 60's and produced a lot of rifles using both milsurp and receivers made in European countries and Japan. They apparently mixed parts; so I probably have a commercial receiver with some milsurp parts. Check this out: http://www.uidaho.edu/~stratton/SantaFeRifles.htm

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JD

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JD,
If anyone has a 1909 Argentine Mauser action they would post a picture of, I think you would have a picture of your rifle. The last Golden State Mauser I saw was about three years ago at a gun show, started to buy it, but I was too lazy to carry it around all day.... went back at the end of the day and it was gone. A lot of them were built on 1909 actions with two groove rifling. CSJ