Hi John and Mike,
I thought I had better start a new thread.
I telephoned my friend in England this morning (morning here but the previous evening over there and I just caught him before he went to bed) and he still has this rifle
It is a commercial 98 Mauser and shoots the 312 bullet not the 323 and and the brass plate on the butt is not round as I thought but he thinks oblong and from memory he thinks it says this.
Standard trigger and without express sights.
He said he would get it out and have a look at it in the morning and send me a photo and all the details, I think by this he means by post.
In the meantime how about you two guys posting a photo of your rifles here.
Regards, Roly.

Last edited by Nero; 07/29/13 05:48 PM.