doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion German & Austrian Sporting Guns @ doublegunshop.com Mauser action

I purchased this barreled action for the beautifully engraved lever floor plate and double triggers for a friend. I bought it at a very reasonable price which I felt the 100% engraved lower was with worth. ( SN did not match ). I am trying to determine what value the action might be worth, as well as the APEX 35 Whalen imp. Match barrel. Any help is appreciated

Here is a picture of the bottom metal

That is nice work on the bottom. I see barreled actions listed on GB usually in the $200-300 range. You'll probably want to pull the sear (not sure of correct name?) off the action to keep with the triggers.

Unless the barrel is in very fine condition and unless you can find a buyer who wants an unusual caliber, I'd say the barrel's value is negliable. The action, however, should bring $400-$500 since it's a commercial Oberndorf, definitely not a run-of-the-mill military surplus.

rocky mtn bill,
I believe the action is a "sporterized" military one that has commercial proof marks, after the conversion. I believe this, because of the date on the receiver ring. At least the "kick off" must be kept with the DST in the bottom metal, but it would be better to swap out the entire sear unit, because the coil spring in the unit has already been adjusted to work with the DST.
Mike

Der Ami, You could be right. It would be easier to tell for sure if we could see the bolt knob shape. Even as a military Oberndorf the action will command a good price. If I didn't already have more of them than I'm likely to use, I'd be glad to own it. PS: Several military models seem to have utilized commercial actions with standard proofmarks.

Thank you gentleman for the information provided so far. I have attached a few pictures of the knob. The barrel is an APEX that I understand was made by Dave May who had a shop here in Flagstaff AZ.

I will pull the complete sear unit to send to my friend who is building a custom rifle.

This looks like a commercial bolt handle to me. It could have been altered of course.

It appears that the engraving is top quality and hope some of the engravers that watch this forum might comment on it.

I've never had bottom metal that inspired the start of a custom rifle but yours would definitely do that.

It does look like a commercial one, maybe a replacement, bending the military one often doesn't satisfy the customer because it looks short. It would be interesting to see the top of it, where it joins the bolt.
Mike

Dennis,
It doesn't take much to inspire building another rifle. I have done it, after finding a set of loading dies, and another because of finding some ammo.
Mike

Here are some pictures of the topside of the bolt. From what I understand this project was started years ago, barrel unfired, just did not get stocked. Sold before completed.

Der Ami, me too.

What are your thoughts of the pictures of the bolt as far as modification?

It looks like an original Mauser Oberndorf bolt, it has part of the proof marks left, can't tell if the rest were cleaned up after welding, or to remove rust. It is not numbered to the action, anyway, so it was "born" with another rifle. I'm not one that goes crazy over mismatched numbers if the action has been or will be rebarreled. It will be headspaced to the new barrel, anyway.
Mike

The receiver is definetly a military Mauser Standard Model.
The markings on the left receiver sidewall found on this specimen is not uncommon.
The Standard Models showed from the beginning of their life the commercial proofmarks.
The bolt looks for me as a typical unaltered commercial bolt(pear shaped bolt knob, long striker nut and the root of the bolt handle).
The bottom metal often to be seen on Ferlach (and sometimes Suhl) made Mausers. Never an Oberndorf made feature in that configuration.
Summing it up: A mixture of different parts.

Weimi,
Thanks for reminding me the Standard Model had commercial proofs, I should have remembered that.
Mike

Thanks guys. Based on the latest information. What is the value of this barreled action?

A photograph or two to illustrate what you mean by an "Apex Match barrel" would be very helpful. Do you mean "match grade" or "match weight"? Or is that the way the barrel is marked?

Here you go.

The only thing which makes this bottom metal non-Mauser-made is the shape and lenght of it�s opening lever.

can't see any pictures anywhere - pity! as I would have liked to see this - to me - somewhat interesting piece.

Is that the 'photobucket rot' ?

best regards from England
G�nter
NRA Life 1974