What on earth is this?! A Swerkish Mauser?

Re: What on earth is this?! A Swerkish Mauser?

feeds@yuku.com (Carl Gustav) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:39:00 GMT

It worked fine the first time at the range and it's accurate, too. A rifle like the Swerkish Mauser is a reminder to not take life too seriously. Carl

Re: What on earth is this?! A Swerkish Mauser?

feeds@yuku.com (vamelungeon) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:29:35 GMT

If it is safe to shoot and is acceptably accurate it's a good rifle. It may not have collector value but if it's a Bubba it's a good Bubba, above average I'd say. Enjoy it and have fun trying to come up with how it might have been created.

Re: What on earth is this?! A Swerkish Mauser?

feeds@yuku.com (Carl Gustav) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:30:27 GMT

Who knows under what sinister conditions it was created but for a mutant it's fairly attractive. I still have work on securing the hand guard so it doesn't move with the recoil. I know what to do; I just have to do it. Carl

It took me about fifteen minutes. I cut off a short piece of a 6d nail, drilled aligning holes in the stock and hand guard, and put it back together with the 6d...

Re: What on earth is this?! A Swerkish Mauser?

feeds@yuku.com (Jackbull49) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:46:33 GMT

Picture these two scenarios.

# 1 You are a member of some 3rd world "revolutionary" movementin the late 1950s. At a clandestine location you are placed in charge of a large cache of weapons of many types and nationalities, your task: to make as many functioning weapons as you can out of what you have.

#2 You work for an importer of foreign military firearms as as quasi gunsmith, helping grade, clean and do light repairs on rifles destined for the civilian market....

Re: What on earth is this?! A Swerkish Mauser?

feeds@yuku.com (eb in oregon) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:42:43 GMT

It's not a matter of what you say, the truth is always the best. It does matter how you say it as, though the truth is best made blunt, none of us knows everything about anything. I don't care how long a person has been collecting, or how many books anyone has written, for them to say or act as though they are the absolute last word on a subject is absolute garbage.

And for anyone to declare that the piece in question is shoddy work is arrogant to the extreme. The work on...

Re: What on earth is this?! A Swerkish Mauser?

feeds@yuku.com (Carl Gustav) — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:21:50 GMT

Dan, I was there Saturday morning. The guy with my Turdish Mauser had modern stuff mostly and it would have been easy to miss. I may try to shoot it this Thursday AM but I don't want to use any Military surplus ammo at this point. I do have an old box of Norma 8 x 57 JS with 157 grain bullets that I may try. My mine fear is cracking the stock at the tang. Carl

Re: What on earth is this?! A Swerkish Mauser?

feeds@yuku.com (dangson) — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:04:31 GMT

Carl,
I was at the show late Friday afternoon. I was going to call you but I wasn't sure if I could make it. I wasn't able to stay long. I saw the $400 Swede but didn't see this one. The only Turk I saw was about $180. I think it looks good the way it is and I vote to leave it alone unless it doen't shoot well.

Re: What on earth is this?! A Swerkish Mauser?

feeds@yuku.com (Ed Novak) — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:16:59 GMT

Naw! That would really be a "reach too far" for this rifle; its all-Mauser from what I see. The rifle "spoke" to you or you would not have purchased it. Nice looking rifle; all Mauser. Put-together? Hells-bells, a Gamo air rifle costs $100 more than what you paid for it. Have you fired it? How does it group? I'd keep the rifle all-together, use it and keep searching for its history. May be a sleeper at the range; certainly an interesting rifle or you'd not have the...

Re: What on earth is this?! A Swerkish Mauser?

feeds@yuku.com (Carl Gustav) — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:37:26 GMT

I've logged it into my bound book with both serial numbers. That's how I received it. I must confess I do like it's appearance and was pretty sure it was a put together when I bought it though not a hundred percent. After I'd photographed it, and noticed details such as the six pointed star I was fairly sure it wasn't authentic. I also wondered how on earth the Turks would have come upon a Swedish stock although in this world anything is possible. Just look at the...

Re: What on earth is this?! A Swerkish Mauser?

feeds@yuku.com (Ed Novak) — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:27:10 GMT

I've looked several times at the photo gallery and short the rifle apparently "legitimate" for any specific model, it is a nice looking rifle with the work pretty well done. I am partial to the M96 so that may flavor my opinion. If I had bought that rifle with the understanding that it was an arsenal produced military model, I'd be unhappy with being duped. If I bought that rifle because I simply liked the appearance and the sum of the parts, I'd be happy with it....

Re: What on earth is this?! A Swerkish Mauser?

feeds@yuku.com (Carl Gustav) — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:47:03 GMT

Curt, exactly what I was thinking and almost wrote. Carl

Re: What on earth is this?! A Swerkish Mauser?

feeds@yuku.com (m1 talker) — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:05:45 GMT

Well, I don't know about the relic part of it, but it sure does qualify for the curio part!
Curt

Re: What on earth is this?! A Swerkish Mauser?

feeds@yuku.com (Carl Gustav) — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:05:25 GMT

I was viewing the Turkish Mausers on Gunbroker and found an '03/38 with a serial number stamped on the receiver ring in the same location as my Turdish Mauser. The font is different though and the numbers look smaller. The seller claims only the receiver, barrel, and sight are matching so there were no games played with it. Carl

Re: What on earth is this?! A Swerkish Mauser?

feeds@yuku.com (Carl Gustav) — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:43:33 GMT

I logged it into my C & R bound book but now I'm wondering if it would still be C & R eligible. Better safe than sorry I guess. Carl

Re: What on earth is this?! A Swerkish Mauser?

feeds@yuku.com (Carl Gustav) — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:33:26 GMT

Well, it's a Turdish Mauser made in Turdistan by Ali Bubbason. It does have a very good bore however that measures .311" at muzzle, where it should be, and has no muzzle wear. I did send a link with the pictures to my Century Arms rep and he said he forwarded to customer service to trace the serial numbers. If they actually do it, they'll be on a wild goose chase with serial number 4037!...

Re: What on earth is this?! A Swerkish Mauser?

feeds@yuku.com (eagle7) — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:46:20 GMT

How do we know that this rifle was put together in an attempt to defraud anyone??? Perhaps some guy with a little bit of gunsmithing skill put this gun together on a whim, just to suit his fancy. Let's face it; this was probably a $25 Century U-fixem special that some guy bought 8 years ago, and slapped into a M96 stock (with the help of a dremel ) just because that was the only stock he had in his garage.

When I first looked at the slides, I only checked out the first few and...

Re: What on earth is this?! A Swerkish Mauser?

feeds@yuku.com (Smokepole50) — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:19:25 GMT

If it shoots well I'd say it's still worth $150 as is. It may be a Bubba Masterpiece but it is still a nice looking rifle. I think I would probably remove the sight ears and install a proper front sight base. Or.........if it shoots like a pig......well, then their are other options to be considered with a large ring small thread reciever that shall not be discused here. Lets just say that the 6.5x55 makes a very nice deer rifle.

Smokepole50

Re: What on earth is this?! A Swerkish Mauser?

feeds@yuku.com (Carl Gustav) — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:57:57 GMT

I appreciate my suspicions being confirmed. Thanks, everybody!! Like counterfeit currency it serves as an example. I can't imagine the time involved in doing it, though. It would be one thing to modify the stock and drop in the barreled action but tinkering with all the other stuff is another issue. To make it shootable I can drop the barreled action into one of stocks that I'll remove from one of my out of headspace 1903s. Carl

Re: What on earth is this?! A Swerkish Mauser?

feeds@yuku.com (JTB1967) — Mon, 11 May 2009 08:34:10 GMT

About two years ago I saw a Turkish rifle in a Swedish M96 stock in a pawnshop. Interesting that another one now pops up.

Re: What on earth is this?! A Swerkish Mauser?

feeds@yuku.com (mauserand9mm) — Mon, 11 May 2009 05:58:03 GMT

Sometimes the blunt truth is gonna hurt a little bit but it's good that we do have the knowledgible people on this forum to spread the facts - we all benefit from it in the long run. If the fakes aren't pointed out opinion and heresay run rampant.

What on earth is this?! A Swerkish Mauser?

feeds@yuku.com (Carl Gustav) — Sat, 09 May 2009 20:47:34 GMT

http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/22009267

I went to a local gun show today about two miles from home. I had NO intentions of buying anything since money is tight, very tight. There was a gorgeous 1912 M96 Swedish Mauser that I would have grabbed if times were really good but I couldn't justify $400 for it. As I wandered around my eye caught something really strange. It was a 1903...