Help me identify my mauser

[DisclosedChief]

Hi guys, hope you can help with seeing what mauser I picked up as im clueless haha, it's a model 98 at least in .243 with a Parker hale trigger. Looks like where it would usually say mod 98 on the side of the reciever it's written in fraktur. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

 

[ZG47]

This rifle is built on a military surplus action. We need a better picture of the front left side of the action, in order to determine whether it has a small or large receiver ring. The modification to the bolt knob may or may not assist with identification.

 

[DisclosedChief]

Possibly a small ring?

 

[Grumpy gumpy]

That scratched on serial number is very reminiscent of the butchery done by the police department here in south Australia in their belief that it won’t damage the value of the firearm
Gumpy

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Is the stamped text in fraktur alphabet? I can't make out any letters that coincide with anything I'm seeing online for fraktur letters.

 

[One Day...]

The pics answer the question
Parker-Hall, England.
Typically assembled on a Zastava Yugoslavian Mauser action.

 

[roklok]

That's just the trigger I believe

 

[Huvius]

I think that's an Erfurt Kar98 action - small ring.
Do a google image search. You'll see others marked the same.

 

[DisclosedChief]

That scratched on serial number is very reminiscent of the butchery done by the police department here in south Australia in their belief that it won’t damage the value of the firearm
Gumpy

The serial number is also nicely stamped on the other side.

 

[DisclosedChief]

Is the stamped text in fraktur alphabet? I can't make out any letters that coincide with anything I'm seeing online for fraktur letters.

I believe it's fraktur but only guessing off the letter a

 

[WebleyGreene455]

Is the stamped text in fraktur alphabet? I can't make out any letters that coincide with anything I'm seeing online for fraktur letters.

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Seems the Fraktur-style markings are for WWI-era Kar98AZ models, along with the small-ring receiver.

I'm thinking it was a Parker-Hale or some other post-WWII sporterized surplus rifle, especially with the bolt handle redone like that.