ColFappington
Member
Hey guys,
I finally got my first Mauser after drooling over the rifles for years, and another few months of searching for the right one.
The gun is a sporterized 1940 660 g29/40 that I got for a reasonable $300. It is all numbers matching, no import marks, and all German markings are intact (although worn). I usually hate sporters because they're often hack-jobs, but whoever did this one did a nice job. The stock looks really nice and they even managed to preserve all the markings to an extent. The stock is marked "M" which means this was a German Navy gun in WW2. I have a hunch that this gun was likely a GI's take-home rifle that he sporterized and used as a deer rifle.
The only serial number that doesn't match is the trigger, which is marked "24" instead of "64". I believe this is likely a mis-stamp because there is no real reason or signs that the trigger was replaced. It looks like it has been mated to this receiver for a very long time.
So for my plans for this rifle...I have already ordered a replacement "WaA623" stock for the gun with all the hardware. The sporterized stock will remain with the rifle for as long as I own the gun, however, because I feel the numbers matching stock should remain with the gun. Being sporterized was part of its history! I also have a sight hood and cleaning rod on the way as well, both WW2-era.
Let me know what you think!
Thanks
I finally got my first Mauser after drooling over the rifles for years, and another few months of searching for the right one.
The gun is a sporterized 1940 660 g29/40 that I got for a reasonable $300. It is all numbers matching, no import marks, and all German markings are intact (although worn). I usually hate sporters because they're often hack-jobs, but whoever did this one did a nice job. The stock looks really nice and they even managed to preserve all the markings to an extent. The stock is marked "M" which means this was a German Navy gun in WW2. I have a hunch that this gun was likely a GI's take-home rifle that he sporterized and used as a deer rifle.
The only serial number that doesn't match is the trigger, which is marked "24" instead of "64". I believe this is likely a mis-stamp because there is no real reason or signs that the trigger was replaced. It looks like it has been mated to this receiver for a very long time.
So for my plans for this rifle...I have already ordered a replacement "WaA623" stock for the gun with all the hardware. The sporterized stock will remain with the rifle for as long as I own the gun, however, because I feel the numbers matching stock should remain with the gun. Being sporterized was part of its history! I also have a sight hood and cleaning rod on the way as well, both WW2-era.
Let me know what you think!
Thanks
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