Thank you @loewe. I looked over what you said and it was pretty spot on. The fallowed has been notched. I believe the rear sight is I believe untouched but I haven’t seen one otherwise up close to know. The bands and everything have serialing. Would you think this is probably where the bolt was...
I found a 1916 Mauser in a friends basement a few years ago that was his wife’s fathers (he’s was declared bipolar and the family took his guns), it was just sitting in the corner on concrete no case, dirty and forgotten. I had a rough estimate about it from a big hunting store and bought it and...