Mauser Serial Numbers Manufacture Date. Model 98 Mauser identification site. I have looked through the serial numbers and I haven't found anything on a. You find here numeric codes like (83), letter codes like (bnz) or Waffenamts like (WAa280). If you find your Mauser code here it's the first way to identify your Mauser factory or where it was tested. It should give you approximately year of production or other basic info. Most founded code is four digit serial number like (2938),.

I have run into a snag with a very professionally done, sporterized military Mauser 98 I found on Gunbroker. My theory is that it was sporterized and imported to the US prior to the Gun Control Act of 1968. At which point serial numbers became a legal requirement. All the markings, except the 7,9 on the barrel, have been removed. No ghetto grind job. East West Quantum Leap Goliath Download Google there.

It was all professionally done and if you didn't know any better, you'd think it was never there. This was never disclosed in the auction listing and my local FFL freaked out when he saw it. I would think that being manufactured and modified prior to 1968, then it should probably be treated just like any of those cheap. Rufus Reid Evolving Bassist Ebook Readers here. Download Video Ss501 Love Ya here. 22's and shotguns that also did not carry a serial number prior to that time. My FFL thinks it'll get seized by the ATF.

The seller used the serial number on the bolt for his logbook. Anybody know the legalities of such a critter? This is not a ploy to circumvent the law so no need for the safety police or Chicken Little types to panic and start running in circles.

My Hungarian Mosin M-44 lacks an importers serial #. Serial numbers on the bolt don't match the mag plate or receiver. I figures as long as the s/n on the receiver was legible, it should be fine. Your case, well, I'd contact the seller and talk about a refund.

If the gun had a serial number, required or not, and it was obliterated, professionally or not, you are still looking at some serious potential for legal issues. Especially since your FFL can't do the transfer without a serial number for his books. I'd try to get my money back, while keeping the rifle at your FFL if he is willing, and send it back to the seller if it would be legal to do so. Otherwise, you might be out of luck, money and rifle.

To further clarify. Serial numbers were only required on centerfire rifles and handguns after the 1934 NFA. Shotguns and.22 RF's did not require a serial number by law until passage of the 1968 GCA.