Transam1998
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Hello all, I purchased my first Mauser before finding this forum and have been lurking in the background trying to learn what I can. While looking through a lot of posts I see that unfortunately a lot of these rifles seem to get new serial numbers to increase their price to the unaware buyer. After seeing how often it happens I started to worry that my "numbers matching" Mauser that I bought could easily not be so.
I have been dreading this post as I know it could very well make my stomach turn over when I read your replies...but here we go!
The rifle I purchased is supposed to be a JPS CE 1943 with matching numbers and a period correct sling. There are also no import markings that I have been able to find.
My (not very) educated guess based off what I have learned in the past month is that the 3 on the safety does not look right to me. The 1 having the line underneath it and not underneath it also looks suspicious to me...but I noticed that the CE 43 in the stickies also has that so maybe that is not an issue.
What do you guys think? Did I get lucky with my uneducated purchase or did I buy a nice shooter? (I will be glad to take better pictures time permitting of anything you all would like to see)
Thanks in advance for your help.
I have been dreading this post as I know it could very well make my stomach turn over when I read your replies...but here we go!
The rifle I purchased is supposed to be a JPS CE 1943 with matching numbers and a period correct sling. There are also no import markings that I have been able to find.
My (not very) educated guess based off what I have learned in the past month is that the 3 on the safety does not look right to me. The 1 having the line underneath it and not underneath it also looks suspicious to me...but I noticed that the CE 43 in the stickies also has that so maybe that is not an issue.
What do you guys think? Did I get lucky with my uneducated purchase or did I buy a nice shooter? (I will be glad to take better pictures time permitting of anything you all would like to see)
Thanks in advance for your help.
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