If only the receiver ring had not been scrubbed. However some sources also suggest the M24 was full length…

One indication of model is the length of receiver, the M1924 is reported as having an intermediate length receiver and M1930 had an 8.5″/216,9mm long receiver and is a large ring so another tick for an M1930. It has a combination of black and blued metalwork with a straight bolt handle. The appearance is always a good start and this rifle is very reminiscent of the M1924/30 trainers certainly as far as the woodwork goes. One early indicator is the text font on the side of the receiver which is upright which might just point to a pre-war build and the lower case ‘de’ means in theory that it cannot have been built before 1937/8 as ‘DE’ was used prior to this year. One easy way of identifying the rifle is the crest on the front ring however this one is missing its crest so it has been scrubbed off at some point, in fact it would appear the whole rifle has been given a good tidy up and re-finished in some areas so the history is lost in that respect. 308Win as far as I know so, not an M1950, while we are on the subject of not, it does not appear to be an M1935 as it has a full length hand guard (Upper front wood section) Why have I assumed this? Well the first give away is this stamp on the left hand side of the receiver which does rather confirm it is an FN build 🙂 The problem is which model, is it an M1924, or M1930? At this stage all I can say is it is an M1930 style FN Mauser.įirst sign is the ‘de’ in the San Serif font so in theory this excludes the M1924 which uses the Serif font so that narrows it down to the M1930 or M1950 however the M1950 was chambered in 30-06 and. This rifle has been sitting in the armoury for the last 15 months, un-fired and for the most gathering dust and attracting spiders (If indeed spiders can get into the cabinets) So I took a few minutes to take a closer look and see if I could find out a bit more about it.įirstly I have to admit I am not a true Mauser man, I have a huge respect for the Mauser action and its clones however I have never felt the need to delve deeper into the models and have always assumed this is a M1930 chambered in 7,92×57 and built by Fabrique Nationale in Hertsal.

Some real ramblings for this article which is a bit of the background of the Mauser I am working on.

Mauser serial number guide