Is this a Chinese Mauser?

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Can not find this mark anywhere. Any help is appreciated, thank you!
 

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It appears to be a Chinese manufactured Mauser. Sorry, but I don't know much about them so don't have much else to offer.
 
Yes, looks like an indigenous piece, probably made at one of the actual arsenals. They vary in quality but this looks like a decent one.
 
Yes, it's a Type 24 Chinese Mauser and the Chinese version of the German Standard-Mauser. Goldsmith attributes the banner/star marking on the receiver to the Nanking (or later Chungking) arsenal. The date there denotes the nationalist calender, so this rifle was made in december 1942. The serial would be interesting!

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Yes, it is the Type 24 (aka Chiang Kai-shek rifle). This one was made by Nanking Arsenal.

Regarding the stamps on the stock, the upper stamp indicates that the rifle was issued to the militia (After 1949, when the CCP took over China and reserved large batches of rifles from the 1930s and 1940s for militia training purpose). The lower stamp indicates ownership by one of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) theater commands, though the stamp is too blurry and faint to discern further details.
 
Salvatorparadise said:
Can not find this mark anywhere. Any help is appreciated, thank you!
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The markings on the butt of the gun are the guns used by the Shaanxi Provincial Militia（陕西省民兵） and the seal of the Shaanxi Hanzhong Military Division Headquarters（陕西汉中军分区司令部印）.These two logos only appeared after 1949. They are not the original logos, so don’t worry about them.
 
Model Zhongzheng (Chiang Kai Shek rifle) made by No.1 Arsenal in Dec 1942.

Buttstock marking is communist China militia weapon stamp. Many retired rifles were issued to militia troops in late 1950s and 60s.
 
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