1952 Belgian Navy Training Mauser

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I really don't know much about Mausers.

I'm a little past middle age, over weight, balding and slow witted. I'm also kind of immune compromised, so I've been stuck indoors a lot lately and spent some time browsing different auctions, sometimes a little bit out of pure boredom. I like scanning through old firearms auctions. I do have an interest in antique revolvers and I have a few milsurps; I like to buy firearms that I think will hold their value well over the long term, but my safe was pretty full and I promised myself I wouldn't buy any more.

Anyway, this sale was an estate sale, the estate was auctioning off the collection of a doctor somewhere in Western Canada, BC actually and he had a really fine collection. He was clearly very specific with his taste and everything was in impeccable condition. I saw this little single shot, and I thought it was just a really interesting example of a Mauser. Generally I prefer something with a magazine, but I got curious about this specific firearm: this man had clearly gone out of his way to collect specific pieces, so I tried to find another Belgian Navy mauser to compare it to, and it seemed as if examples were pretty scarce.

So I'd like to think I've got something that's special here, but as I say I know nothing about Mausers really. I just have really a small collection; it's not that special, but it's special to me; I don't normally share photos online. I felt that this specific piece might be scarce enough that I should really share it with the community,

https://imgur.com/a/tqM4mzP

I will try to get some bettter lighting and take some better photos later,
 
I expect others that know far more than I do about Mausers in general and Belgian Mausers in particular will be along shortly.

However, I haven't come across one of these before and if I had, in what looks to be good condition, I would also have bought it out of interest.

Thanks very much for posting; it's good to highlight unusual things and if nothing else it may be useful for others' reference in the future.

AG

P.S. I agree with your collecting philosophy. I will never have the largest or 'best' Mauser collection, but what I've acquired, researched and managed to preserve is important to me.
 
First off, I too appreciate and agree with the OP’s expressed collecting philosophy, and am also grateful that he took the time to share this,

OP - .22LR “military trainers”, or small-caliber/rimfire versions of larger military rifles used for training purposes are an entire class of collectible firearm. This is a lovely example of one such item. Like the prior poster, I’d have bought it as well, if I came across it in the wild. It’s in great condition!

mos
 
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