Posted: 3/16/2011 11:43:06 AM EDT
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they were not in "The Town" so I don't know I think it would be ok to carry any of them into you local library F'in GD...lol Thanks guys. Apparently Grandpa mail ordered these back in the 60's...some utility worker told him that they were valuable and I was like O.o but figured I would check for the sake of it. Supposedly there is a box of that .41 rim fire around the house somewhere. |
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I think the middle one is some kind of spanish mauser. I'm often wrong though. Looks like a Swedish mauser, model 96 I think. I had one very similar, the writing on the top looks like spanish. 7mm Yeah  - I edited my embarassing post because the back of the bolt is NOT correct for a Swedish Mauser.
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In that kind of condition, the value is more sentimental than monetary. No question about that. I hadn't seen them in years...they were worse than I remembered. There's a flint-lock pistol on the wall too, he claims it is "real" but I'm not putting money on that. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I think the middle one is some kind of spanish mauser. I'm often wrong though. Looks like a Swedish mauser, model 96 I think. I had one very similar, the writing on the top looks like spanish. 7mm Yeah - I edited my embarassing post because the back of the bolt is NOT correct for a Swedish Mauser.You owe me a coke 
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In that kind of condition, the value is more sentimental than monetary. No question about that. I hadn't seen them in years...they were worse than I remembered. There's a flint-lock pistol on the wall too, he claims it is "real" but I'm not putting money on that. I probably wouldn't put powder and ball into it either unless you're the "adventurous" type! 
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In that kind of condition, the value is more sentimental than monetary. No question about that. I hadn't seen them in years...they were worse than I remembered. There's a flint-lock pistol on the wall too, he claims it is "real" but I'm not putting money on that. I probably wouldn't put powder and ball into it either unless you're the "adventurous" type! I don't know if my local shop carries flint.... |
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The middle rifle is a Spanish Oviedo Model 93 Mauser, 7x57 The bottom is an Italian Vetterli 78/87/15 rifle, it has a carcano magazine fitted to it (this was done as an emergency measure during WWI) 6.5 carcano is the caliber Yep. Note that the Vetterli-Carcano rifles are now considered marginal conversions, like the .45ACP Webleys. They aren't really safe with full-power ammunition. Light loads should be used with them, if they are fired at all. |
My Dad bought one of those Mausers at K-Mart back in the '60s-I remember because I was along with him. They had a big barrel in the sporting goods section with a bunch of these rifles just jammed in-take your pick
He brought it home, cleaned it up, and polyurethaned the stock  . We shot it a few times, and then it sat around the house until he died in November. It's going to go on a table at the gunshow next month. I'm not expecting to get much for it.
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