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need help to id a mauser rifle

galen r eads
i did some trading and got this 8 mm mauser.
can anyone tell me anything about it ?
what i can see that hasn't been worn off is
on top of the gun it has fabric armas over a
crest of some kind and on the bottom of the
crest what i can see has aco_una 1945 the missng
letter on the bottom i can't make out
it has serial numbers that match all over the gun
the number is B 4255 it also has a stamp in a couple of places that looks like 4 diamonds connected together but the bottom diamond
is larger than the rest . please help just curious about
what i traded for
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  • rufe-snow
    From your description it seems to be a Spanish Model 1943 Short Rifle.

    The Crest on the receiver would be marked on top, "FABRICA DE ARMAS" over a "Eagle" type Crest. Underneath that would be "LA CORUNA" with a date. La Coruna is the name of the Spanish military arsenal, where the rifle was manufactured.

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  • galen r eads
    thank you for your help, what would you guess it would be worth?
    im not worried if it's not worth much, the trading i did was to help out a good friend, the rifle is in fairly good shape and came with a simmons whitetail 3x9 scope the trade was about $175 im not worried that it might not be worth it, but it was worth it to help out a friend
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  • rufe-snow
    quote:Originally posted by galen r eads
    thank you for your help, what would you guess it would be worth?
    im not worried if it's not worth much, the trading i did was to help out a good friend, the rifle is in fairly good shape and came with a simmons whitetail 3x9 scope the trade was about $175 im not worried that it might not be worth it, but it was worth it to help out a friend


    Since it has been sporterized it wouldn't be of interest to a military rifle collector. I'ld say that $175 would be a fair ballpark price, depending on how it was sporterized, i.e. cosmetics etc.

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  • galen r eads
    thank you for your help
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  • dolfan
    I have a very good condition, matching number "La Coruna" mauser, date stamped 1947. I was the only bidder during the Gunbroker auction and won it for $230.00 (starting bid) about 3 months ago. Mine is now a wall hanger, complete with a blued, 1939 K-98 bayonet. I am concerned about firing it due to an article in Shotgun News, March 10, 2005, by Reid Coffield, gunsmith. In it he states "I never trusted Spanish made mausers...the actions tended to be soft". The jist of this article is how to install a conversion kit to fire the .45 auto round. My father served in the Spanish Navy, 1948-1952. He trained with this type of mauser, but was issued a carbine version for the Navy. Just to see the look on his face as he held it and took a bead on long lost imaginary enemies is priceless to me.
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