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Mauser/MAS Model 45 custom .22 LR sporter
Guns International #: 101148596 Seller's Inventory #:
Category: Mauser Rifles - Sporter Post-War - Custom Rifles
Seller's Information
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Seller: JDG Enterprise
Company: JDG Enterprise
Member Since: 4/17/08
First Name: John
Last Name: Gilmore
State: Kansas
Country: United States
Phone: (913) 488-1459
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
3 days
Payment Types Accepted: certified check or money order with check clearing prior to shipping
Description:
Mauser/MAS Model 45 custom .22 LR Rigby style sporter
This MAS 45 .22LR was professionally sporterized in the style of my vintage .275 Rigby Magazine rifle. It is an adult sized rifle weighing 6 ¾ pounds, overall length 43 inches, barrel length 24 inches, length of pull is 14 ½ inches. English style American Walnut sporter stock, hand checkered pistol grip and forend, ebony Schnable forend tip, raised and undercut English cheek piece, Pachymar Old English recoil pad, bird’s eye sling swivels with barrel band on forward swivel, miniature Mauser 98 action, 3 position flag style safety, New England Custom Guns express sights with rear featuring fixed blade for 50 yards, flip ups for 100, 200, and 300 yards (all zeroed for use with HV .22 LR ammo), New England Custom Guns adjustable foresight with silver bead. Weaver K3 vintage scope with fine crosshairs Weaver factory refurbished to new, mounted on Rigby style German quick removable see thru claw mounts. Three 5 shot magazines are included.
This rifle is a joy to shoot and is extremely accurate with it’s 24 inch barrel. MAS Mauser .22 rifles have always been renown for their accuracy. Truly a unique one off .22 sporter for the shooter that demands the best! If you shoot a heavy rifle with express sights this little sporter is the perfect training rifle. It will ring the steel plates out to 300 yards and improve your dangerous game rifle handling. Charging bunny rabbits don’t have a chance! Both iron sights and scope come to the shooter’s eye with ease. Overall condition is 95%. Please note the small gun case zipper mark on right side of stock (shown clearly in photos).
A bit of history.
At the end of WWII the Mauser factory at Oberdorff was in the French controlled sector. The French had the Mauser factory design a .22 caliber training rifle for them. The Mauser people drew on previous Mauser 22 designs and made some slight modifications. The first ones where produced in the Mauser factory and had the Mauser logo on them. While still in production at the Mauser factory the MAS logo was added to the existing Mauser logo. The completed parts and manufacturing equipment where then moved to France where rifles where assembled until the existing supply of parts was used up.
The production of the .22 trainer was resumed in France, first in Mulhouse, then in Saint Etienne. The first hundreds were assembled from German made parts and have combined Mauser/Mas markings, but all the others were from French made parts, with only Mas markings. The custom rifle you see here was built by the same gunsmith who built the .22 LR double rifle featured in The Double Gun Journal, Autumn 2000, Volume 11, Issue 3, page 69. “Bitten By A Hornet”.
SOLD
Manufacturer: MAS
Model: 45
Caliber Info: .22LR
Bore: .22
Condition: excellent
Metal Condition: excellent
Wood Condition: excellent
Bore Condition: excellent
Action: miniature Mauser 98
Stock: walnut
Stock Dimensions:
14 1/2" LOP
Fore End: ebony Schnabel
Butt Pad: Old English Pachymar
LOP: 14 1/2
Sights: express and scope
Extras: claw mounts
Item Location: Kansas