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tido4570
I have a bolt action rifle in 308 with a hinged floorplate that has no markings of who manufactured the gun. Is there a place a person can go on the internet to find who manufactured the gun by serial number. The serial number is stamped 3 different times on the gun and the 308WIN is stamped on the barrel.
Thanks,
Steve
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  • jeffb1911
    Can you post a pic? Wonder if it is a military rifle that was sporterized by someone?
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  • perry shooter
    IMHO if there were 50 makers of rifles and each one made 10 modeles of rifles and you had a serial number of 121212 then most likely there would be one of each maker 50 and one for each model thus 500 rifles all with the same serial number Pictures are a must.
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  • givette
    quote:Originally posted by tido4570
    I have a bolt action rifle in 308 with a hinged floorplate that has no markings of who manufactured the gun. Is there a place a person can go on the internet to find who manufactured the gun by serial number. The serial number is stamped 3 different times on the gun and the 308WIN is stamped on the barrel.
    Thanks,
    Steve

    Item in blue above..my read is that there's no name on the rifle. All is not lost, however. Are there any marks at all? We will get to the bottom of this if you post the markings, however innocuous, over to us. Best is a picture of the rifle areas underneath the woodline, as well as a general over-shot of the rifle. Best, Joe
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  • beantownshootah
    quote:Originally posted by tido4570
    I have a bolt action rifle in 308 with a hinged floorplate that has no markings of who manufactured the gun. Is there a place a person can go on the internet to find who manufactured the gun by serial number. The serial number is stamped 3 different times on the gun and the 308WIN is stamped on the barrel.

    There is no such place on the internet or anywhere else.

    Multiple different guns by different manufacturers can have the same serial number. In fact, multiple different TYPES of guns from the SAME manufacturer can have the same serial number.

    Plus there is no centralized database of gun serial numbers ANYWHERE.

    Your gun may well have *SOME* manufacturers marks somewhere, you just didn't identify them.

    For what its worth, the gun control act of 1968 requires that guns not only have a serial number, but that they also be labelled with the name of manufacturer, city & state of manufacture, and caliber/gauge on the barrel receiver and/or slide. Imported guns must state the above, plus a country of origin.

    So if your gun was made or brought into the USA legally any time in the last 40 years, it should have this info *somewhere*.

    Of course its *possible* that your gun was custom built on an older action and therefore these identifying marks were either never present, or removed during the rebuild process.

    If you were to say, post a picture of the gun here, its pretty likely that one of the board experts could help you identify the model (or likely model).
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  • Tailgunner1954
    Sounds like it's a converted military.
    Look up photos of the following rifles, and see if the receiver/bolt look similar to any of them (bolt handles get bent/replaced, stocks, barrels, safetys can/do get changed during "sporterizing")
    Mauser K-98
    Springfield 1903
    Springfield 1903-A3 (03-A3)
    M-1917 (has a distintive bolt handle)
    SMLE
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  • LSandBinc
    To add to the above, the model 1917's get the "ears" ground off on a lot of sportized guns.
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  • tido4570
    Here are some pictures of the gun if you guys or gals can help.
    Thanks,
    Steve

    15oxrg4.jpg
    2927ke9.jpg
    iba0ep.jpg
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  • MBK
    It is a Mauser. Now Google Small ring and Large ring Mauser, and you will have some measurements to confirm.

    Your maker or national crest may be underneath the scope mount.
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  • Hawk Carse
    The illustrated rifle is a much sporterized military Mauser. It is a small ring action, maybe an 1893 or 1895 from Spain or Latin America. I see nothing left of the original gun except the action, it has a new barrel, scope safety, and scope bolt handle. The hinged floorplate is either a later type added on or from a variant I am not familiar with.

    There probably is - or was, the gun was heavily buffed and blued - a national crest on the receiver ring, now covered by the front scope base.
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  • martinicadet
    That trigger guard is from a model 1909 Argentina Mauser. It is the premier M98 action.
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