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Odd mauser

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#1 ·
My grandson picked up an odd mauser I can not fiquire out what it is.I cast the chamber and the bullet is a 8mm. but the case measures close to a 308 win. The gun has no markings on the receiver.The bolt face is flat on the bottom like a Spainish mauser.What has he got?
 
#5 ·
If it's got a square-bottom bolt face then it's one of the 1893/1895 variants. Pics will definitely be needed to give more of an ID.
I don't recall any of the 93/95 family that were chambered or rechambered for the 8mm except for the Turks. The 8x57 is a tight squeeze through the 93/95 though so I'm wondering about the chambering myself. The Turks were notorious for grinding off original factory markings when they did arsenal rework jobs but usually stamped a Turkish arsenal/date on it's place.
 
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