RazorBurn
Senior Member
I picked up this "a" block svw45 today at a pawn shop and thought I would share it. What caught my eye when I first walked in the shop was the sling. It looks to me to be a bring back that someone's father or grandfather had brought back. I don't see any import marks on it and it doesn't look like a Russian capture to me.
I've taken a few pictures of it but won't have a chance to break it down until later this weekend. The bolt is a total mismatch. Overall the rifle looks mostly phosphate finish to me.
I've noticed on mrfarb's website latewar.com that it shows "a" bloack serial numbers ending at 16XXXa so this one has me a bit stumped with a serial number of 17156a.
The shop had it marked as a Yugoslavian Mauser and I wasn't about to correct them. I made an offer and they took it. It doesn't look humped to me but the bolt certainly has been pieced together. When and where I have no clue. All in all it looked for all intents and purposes to be a legit bring back piece to me.
The serial number has me intrigued because of the serial number range mrfarb has on his website so I'm interested in seeing the discussion on this one. http://www.latewar.com/html/svw.htm
Thanks!
I've taken a few pictures of it but won't have a chance to break it down until later this weekend. The bolt is a total mismatch. Overall the rifle looks mostly phosphate finish to me.
I've noticed on mrfarb's website latewar.com that it shows "a" bloack serial numbers ending at 16XXXa so this one has me a bit stumped with a serial number of 17156a.
The shop had it marked as a Yugoslavian Mauser and I wasn't about to correct them. I made an offer and they took it. It doesn't look humped to me but the bolt certainly has been pieced together. When and where I have no clue. All in all it looked for all intents and purposes to be a legit bring back piece to me.
The serial number has me intrigued because of the serial number range mrfarb has on his website so I'm interested in seeing the discussion on this one. http://www.latewar.com/html/svw.htm
Thanks!
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