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Pre-War Mauser Type A Sporter in 9.3x62 Caliber
Guns International #: 102030928 Seller's Inventory #:
Category: Mauser Rifles - Sporter Pre-War - Rifles - German & Austrian Sporting
Seller's Information
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Seller: MJ2016
Member Since: 3/19/16
First Name: Mark
State: Connecticut
Country: United States
Phone: (203) 885-3470
Number of Active Listings: 1
Seller: Private Seller
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
Modern guns must ship to FFL Dealer; Antiques may be shipped directly to buyer if local laws permit. Buyer pays actual shipping and insurance unless otherwise specified.
Payment Types Accepted: Money Order, Bank/Certified Check, Personal Check - All payments must clear before Shipping.
Description:
DESCRIPTION: Fine Mauser Type A sporting rifle in desirable 9.3 x 62 caliber. Intended for export to British markets, the Type A rifles were considered the best Mauser grade and had better wood and finishing than their other models. This rifle features: 24-inch round tapered barrel with banded front sling eye; long express rear sight with fixed standing leaf for 100 yards and silver-lined folding leaves for 200, 300, 400, and 500 yards; white bead front sight on sleeved-on block with matted surface; single trigger; hinged magazine bottom plate with lever release; best selected walnut stock with cheekpiece, full chequered and horn-capped pistol grip, foreend chequered and horn-capped, rear sling eye, and Mauser-logo horn buttplate. LOP = 14 3/8 in. Weight = approx. 7 lbs.
CONDITION: Excellent. Stock oil finish and metal blacking refreshed at some point in the past. Stock condition is excellent with only a few minor handling marks and dark spots. Metal is crisp, black and beautiful, with nary a flaw to be found in the slow rust-blue finish. Bore, chamber and rifling are crisp, shiny and clean from back to front. Nitre blue accents include the trigger, lock screws for the action screws, spring and screw for the bolt stop and floorplate release lever and its screw. All parts numbers match.
PROVENANCE: Tables in Jon Speed's book Original Oberndorf Sporting Rifles place production date around 1930-31. The left action wall retains the earlier (pre WWI) "Waffenfabrik Mauser..." markings, suggesting the receiver was made pre-WWI and finished into a rifle with a serial number in approx 1930.
This is a fine rifle that stands out in your gun rack, on the range, or in hunting camp. You will look long and hard to find another Mauser Type A in this choice combination of condition, configuration and caliber at any price.
Layaway/Installment Payment Plan is an option. Sorry, No Trades.
Must Ship to FFL.
SOLD
Rifle Caliber: 9.3x62mm