Was in a shop today and they had a Chinese "Chang Kai Shek" (or however you'd spell that) Mauser in the rack.  Barrel and receiver had matching numbers.  Bolt was out of the gun and I didn't ask more about it pending some research.  I'm far from a Mauser expert, but it looked a lot like a 98K in form.  Chinese characters on the receiver ring plus a boxy logo of some sort.  Fairly large cartouche on the stock that was hard to read.  Asking price is $495.  With SO MUCH to go on, might this be worth looking into more?  I'd want to know the bore condition, if the bolt and stock are matching, etc.

Should I look into this more, or put it out of my mind?


Rob

Too much. If it was cherry mint maybe but most are well worn out Wall hangers.

Generally they are a straight up clone of a Mauser Standard Short Rifle .

I’d really like to have one of those as a wall hanger.

Most Chinese Mauser's are beat, mismatched and have sewer pipe bores. Unless the bore is very good I'd pass and I seriously doubt the bore will be good.