Raimey.I don't know where in SA the Mauser was found. It was brought to the US by a former SA who had been visiting his relatives.
I'll add pictures of the barrel and action marks which show a crown over N and not an eagle over N as I stated above. I presume are pre 1939.
It strikes me as allot of work to make this conversion when you could simply use a Mauser-98.
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