Old German rifle

[Stompbox]

I have a similar looking rifle that has "Mod. Mauser JP Sauer and son" marked on top of the rib. Mine is chambered in 8x57J (.318) and dates to 1906.

 

[cross-sticks]

Beautiful rifle I'm just wondering if mine is one of the ones that he built when he got a letter meant for a different gun manufacturer. but built the rifle anyway for the customer and then just hide his information under his stock. I have read in the early days When a letter was dropped in his mailbox by accident meant for a different gun Maker, he would build the rifle anyhow.

 

[MS 9x56]

The raised side panels on that rifle makes me wonder if it may have been built before the first world war?

 

[mooze]

If it´s really a Krieghoff produced in Suhl it has been produced before WW2.
After the war Krieghoff had to move to the West and is now located in Ulm.

sporterized military Mauser , rest as Lüderitz said.

 

[grand veneur]

The raised side panels on that rifle makes me wonder if it may have been built before the first world war?

Could be, but does not have to be. I saw rifles from the twenties that also had stocks like that.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Keep your eye out for another classic era used commercial stock. I have actually seen several come up on ebay and go for good prices. Very good in fact. Who wants them? Not long ago a nice one with Schnabel fore end went for a song. I bought this used Mauser aftermarket stock from GunBroker for a couple hundred and cleaned it up for my 404 build. I left the trap gun recoil pad on it (for now). Just fit it properly.

Then you could swap out the safety for a Buhler scope relief safety and change the scope mounts. Those safeties can be had for less than a hundred bucks. Or if the new used stock is cut for it, you might install a trigger block safety. Timney sells them for about $150. It is a shame someone would do so many brutal modifications to a classic hunting rifle just to save a safety that in my opinion was extremely unfriendly for hunting to start with.