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mauser mm410b, I think

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mallard

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Hello all, I am new here and was referred from another forum, I have had this rifle most of my life and it only comes out once and a while to be wiped down. That being said, I am just curious as to if it is a model mm410b, that is what I have always thought but i'm not really sure. It has mauser stamped on the stock, butt plate, receiver, barrel, and on the bottom of the 5 rd magazines. If anyone here knows if I am correct that it is a MM410b or if it's not what is it and is there anyway to know when it was made? Thanks much, any and all help and info is greatly appreciated!

 
Yes, that is a Mauser MM410B. They were made in the 1930s. Yours looks to be in decent shape, but I cannot see the cartouche in the stock in your picture.
 
Yes MM410B

Nearly all made 1934 to 1940 with a very few after that time.

The serial number would narrow it down and could get really close as to made on date.

The checkering on forend is not normal and may be after market work or special order. Would have to see better picture to determine that.

Anyway, very nice rifle and thanks for posting!

More pictures?? (Worth a thousand words).
 
Thank you very much for the replies, here are some more images. This rifle belonged to my uncle who served in WWII with the Ninth Army and with the 36th Calvary Reconnaissance Division through the Battle of the Bulge, it was somewhere over there that he acquired this rifle. The checkering on the front of the stock is where my confusion was also, I have never seen one with checkering there. Serial number is 202413









 
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Late 34 or early 1935 Production

Thanks for the better pictures.

The forend checkering if done after the gun was produced is very well done.

I see the toe of the stock has an old repair and the buttplate has been reduced to compensate for the repair. So at some point some stock work has taken place. I tend to lean toward the checkering having been done at that point, could have been special order but that is very unusual. Can't say for sure either way.

Still a great gun with provenance and family history to boot!

Thanks for sharing with us.
 
I'm just curious, what is the toe of the stock? When holding rifle in hand I can visually see no evidence of stock repair?
 
I now see what you are talking about, I just never noticed that, it must have been done long ago.
 
This is another that I acquired years ago, it is a single shot with very heavy barrel, the stock has obviously been cut and made larger on the forend, the butt plate is metal on this one, I have no idea of the model number on this one.

 
It is what it is

If you are talking about the MM410B my opinion:

If you could find an nice stock it would result in a Mis matched gun.

In my opinion that would devalue the gun more than leaving it as is - it matches and is the way it was captured or repaired by your ancestor.

The repair is fairly well done, I would leave it alone.

A splice to toe and replacement of the buttplate with a reproduction (they are exact copies) would be preferable if professionally done. Not sure I would even do that.

While the value is impacted by the repair the provenance off sets that from my perspective.

Regarding the ES340B a fellow on gunbroker is making reproduction stocks but that still won't render the gun original. Matter of personal choice, and whether worth the investment to you on any prospective sale not likely to return investment. Very much a personal choice.

Shoot it and enjoy, then decide.

Just my 2 cents
 
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Thanks mauser .22, I was thinking about the other one, it is a very nice rifle in excellent shape with the exception of the cut stock. Would you happen to know the approximate date of manufacture on it the serial number is 180488. As far as the mm410b, I would never do anything to that rifle knowing part of what he must have gone through to get it, he still had nightmares until he died at 76, I was very close to my uncle and that was one of the first rifles I ever shot when I was around 7 or 8 years old.
 
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