Model 98 Rifle with scope
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Cyrano4747
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Looks to be a sporterized military mauser, likely a k98k. A bunch of them were cut up as hunting rifles over the years. The gun itself isn't likely worth much in that condition, but as others have said the scope might be worth something if you get some clear pictures of it.
Blackpowderresearcher
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Concur with Cyrano4747 that it's a war prize that has been (poorly) sporterized.
moconfed
Senior Member
If you can get clear pictures of any lettering, etc. it will help get you an answer to that question.
More pictures of the rifle would be appreciated. Clear detailed pictures.
Muncher 1953
Senior Member
as others wrote, it looks like a hunting rifle made from parts of military Mausers. 1944 is the year of the receiver, the bolt # is 9882. look closely at that number, is there a letter stamped beneath the #? it would be lower case, probably script. please show close ups of the left & right sides of the front receiver ring, below where the front scope base is attached. on the left may be the receiver serial #, a firing proof (eagle/swaz) those marks may be repeated on the barrel just in front of the receiver on the left side. in the same spot on the right side just above the woodline should be acceptance stamps, for ex: WaA135 or an eagle w135 beneath, these could be 2, 3, or 4 the same or all different, some makers had only a single letter (‘l’ for example) these marks tell us where the receiver was made & where it was built into a rifle. The trigger guard came from an earlier rifle & was hand filed into its current shape (hours of work!) I can tell this because of the hole through the front, a ww1 era feature. are there any steps in the barrel, or is it a smooth tapered contour from receiver to muzzle?
Scope: some scopes this style are valuable, try wiping the outside of the tube with a moist soft cloth, to see if you can find any engraved markings, take pix & post them. yes, the valuable ones are serviceable, but we need to ID it before suggesting if its worth restoration or not.
stock: don’t need to see it, doesn’t tell us anything. (no offense meant, just trying to save you time)
bolt: a ‘44 rifle would have had a blued (‘maybe’ phosphated) bolt body, so yours has been polished, something often done for sport/hunting rifles in the ‘50s-‘60s. look at he other bolt parts to see if they have the same #, or the last 2 digits.
alund
Bourbon Boy
So let’s forget about the rifle for a moment…. The scope looks like a USMC marked Unertl. I could very well be wrong BUT it looks serial stamped. Please get a group of pictures of the scope. That could be the deal there. Don’t clean or do anything to it other than take some pics.
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Sorry to be ignorant here. Where is the receiver ring? I can get closeups and send you. Attached are close ups of the bolt handle and end of bolt.
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No numbers anywhere on barrel or stock. No steps in the barrel, just tapered all the wall back towards the bolt.
J.unertl 8474 is stamped.
Blackpowderresearcher
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Cpl Norton is the expert on USMC Unertl.
Most of that rifle can be cleaned up by you. It's a lot of handwork (no dremel) with sanding blocks and emery paper. Once it's repolished evenly, it can be reblued. Consider taking a NRA Summer Gonnesmything bluing class and if you take it at Trinidad, I'll meet and supervise your work (last time I hung around I came away with two articles that were published).
Most of that rifle can be cleaned up by you. It's a lot of handwork (no dremel) with sanding blocks and emery paper. Once it's repolished evenly, it can be reblued. Consider taking a NRA Summer Gonnesmything bluing class and if you take it at Trinidad, I'll meet and supervise your work (last time I hung around I came away with two articles that were published).
