Mauser98 with Bow & Arrow on crest

[jjnpg317]

Can anyone tell what country it came from and if it's a long action or medium action like a Yugo ?

[Earlwb]

You might want to post some pictures of it for us to be sure.
My thought is that it is a Chinese copy of the Mauser rifles. Made in some workshop in China way back then in the past.
The rifles were normally chambered in 7.92x57mm (8mm Mauser). They tended to be heavily used and many have no rifling left in them (if they even bothered to rifle the bores). Also the metal alloys used is questionable, thus you really don't want to try shooting one.

Anyway from the reference below:

21st Arsenal began production of the Type 24 rifle in 1943. It had previously inherited the 1st Arsenal’s Type Han rifle production line. It is commonly called the Nanjing Arsenal. In 1940 The Ordnance Office ordered the 21st Arsenal to begin production of the Type 24, which it finally started in 1943. Many of their Type 24 rifles display the offices Gear and Arrow mark. They are quickly identified by the Chinese swastika nested atop the 中正式 banner. The number on the receiver is the year in the Nationalist calendar. Add eleven to get the Gregorian year of production.



reference:
http://candrsenal.com/rifle-chinese-zhong-zheng-shi-mauser-rifle-chiang-kai-shek/

http://candrsenal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Hanyang.gif

[WILCO]

http://www.empirearms.com/F1183.jpg

[WILCO]

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