Here is a beautiful English Whitworth rifle featuring the rugged Mauser type bolt action. Whitworth is a centuries old English firearms manufacturer that specializes in fine arms and dangerous game rifles. This unit is chambered in 7x57 (7mm) and is very accurate. Rifle will come with proper mounting bases and weaver rings. I removed the scope but it can be purchased as well (Weatherby Supreme). The rifle also features custom factory white-line recoil pas and sweeping Monte Carlo cheekpiece. Do not confuse this with cheap imports. This is a quality rifle. As you can see by the photos the rifle is in excelllent shape and has spent most of its adult life trapped in a safe. As such it has a couple very small blems on the stock where it sat against the gun rest, but hardly noticeable

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I need to move some of my rifles to make room for new arrivals. Asking price as shown: $895 or best offer. This is quite reduced from appraised value of $1100 (2001 so may be much higher). PM or email me at [email protected] if interested. As always, thank you for looking!

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Frank

Are you saying that rifle was manufactured in England by Whitworth? The action was forged there; the barrel was drilled and rifled; the stock was carved and inlet there; and the entire rifle was assembled in England?

My wife has one exactly like that, and the barreled action on it was made by BRNO, then imported to the factory in Manchester, England where it was assembled and exported to the USA. But perhaps Whitworth made some of their own. I would love to see the evidence of that, because I can always learn a new thing.

Thanks,

Dennis

The barreled action was imported to England for Yugoslavia by Interarms. The Whitworth Rifle is a fancy version of the Mark X rifles sold here by interarms with nicer stocks and bluing on them than on the Mark X's.

Regardless, looks like a very classy mauser 7x57.

Nice rifle, its probably an imported Mark X Whitworth assembled for Interarms by Whitworth In England. Sold in the US by Interarms and its basically a Mark X, but not to be confused with the Whitworth Express rifles...

If you could furnish the markings and whats enscribed on the left rail of the action, then folks would know exactly what you have..The confusion comes from the fact that early on the Mark X was made by Whitworth and later the same gun was built elsewhere and sold by Interarms out of Alexandria Va...at least thats pretty close to correct.

Mine says Zastava, Yugoslavia. Does not have the bolt shroud safety. Can't tell on this one. Yes, a couple more pics would Identify it.

HM

looks like a mark x viscount to me

The barrel contour at the receiver ring is not like any Mark X I've ever seen and I own a bunch of their actions and Whitworths. No flames intended, but it appears to be a Viscount stock with a different shroud,barrel and bolt handle which is not swept back a smidge and blued. More pics would ID it. If it is a Whitworth is would be stamped on the receiver as well as where it was manufactured. Nice rifle in a very desirable caliber IMHO .

Perhaps a few more pics would be nice, maybe some pics of the receiver.
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Geo

My apologies to anyone who thinks I'm slighting the gun. I'm not. I just said what I knew about Whitworth rifles.

...It sure looks like a mark X to me. The Whitworth name, as has been pointed out, is no great assurance of elite quality. They covered the 'waterfront' with rifles carrying the Whitworth name so far as quality, and attention to detail quality went.

I am definitely not an expert on these as my "bag" is Ruger #1's. All I know is this came from a gentleman that lived in Leeds, England and he was quite well to do. He told me it was a Whitworth and I had no reason to doubt him. I am currently in Tulsa OK at the Wanemacher Gun Show and showed a collector the photos and he is way too interested in it for me to think it is a "freak". He did ask for additional photos as well. Anyway, I will send whoever is interested the same photos. The only cavaet is the collector here in Tulsa stated if it what "he believed it is" he was offering me considerably more than what I was asking.

cafsman:Get a gun appraiser to tell you what it's worth.

Not wishing to disrespect the poster of this item for sale but I can state with absolute authority that this rifle was NOT manufactured by the firm of Joseph Whitworth in England as the only English company that manufactured Mauser style rifles was BSA & they never made actions such as this. J Whitworth were out of business long before such rifles were imported to the USA by Interarms. Sam Cummings was a very astute businessman & as such, he knew the value of a name that had a good reputation for quality.

Nothing in this post should be construed to mean that the poster is trying to deceive anyone as to the heritage of the rifle. However, just because the person he purchased the rifle came from Leeds, England means absolutely nothing. I myself was born & raised not 25 miles from Leeds & I can assure you that after almost 30 years in the firearms business, both in the UK & here, unless I have absolute proof of provenance, I tend not to specify that something was made in a certain place.

Nevertheless, you have a nice Mauser actioned rifle, it's just assembled rather than MADE in England.

FWIW, I've never seen an Interarms Mark X on any flavor with British proof marks on it. Maybe this rifle was made to be sold on the European or Australian market, rather than for the U.S. and Canadian market.

Jeff

Cafsman indicated he is/was on a trainging mission and may not be able to respond for a week or so. I also requested a few additional photos.
Frank

If Cafsman is on a training mission and may not be able to respond for a week or so, why do you suppose he just two hours ago posted his ad on a new forum?
http://forums.outdoorsdirectory.com/showthread.php?t=52124
Jerry/AK

If you have been following my posts I said i would be back Tuesday. I got back late and have replied to several inquiries on this rifle. I was checking my posts on the AK forum and added this one and another.

Nice to have someone look after me Jerry/AK.

Frank, I should have photos tomorrow. If you saw on the other forum one of the guys that professes to be an authority on these now has stated it has the proper proof markings but is not like anything he has seen......exactly how I described it. Contact me at [email protected] and I will reply with the photos for you.

Have you figured out yet that this rifle was not manufactured in England?

Dennis

Meledeer, et al:

Well not sure if people want me to be wrong so they can say "I told you so", but that will have to wait. The "Real" Whitworth expert I spoke to was correct. No more guessing, it is a Whitworth and now who wants to add their two cents?

You still didn't answer my question. I'm not sure if I'm a "real" expert or not, but I do have one of those rifles in my safe, which my wife bought 15 years ago and has killed a truckload or two of game with. And I've had several other variations of Whitworth, Interarms, et al rifles. So I actually do know a bit about them.

Do you still believe that this rifle was manufactured in England? By that I mean the action was forged and milled, the barrel was drilled and rifled, and the stock was sawn, shaped and inlet, then the entire rifle was assembled and finished in England?

That is my question, which you have yet to answer. I am not arguing that it says "Whitworth" on it -- that is not the point of my question. My question is -- was it manufactured in England?

Not really trying to bust your chops here -- I just asked you a fairly simple question that should be no particular problem to answer.

Dennis

ive never seen a whitworth with a thumb slot. most whitworths are marked "WHITWORTH" on top of reciever ring under the front scope base, is this one?

I was not there so I cannot say with absolute authority that it was "manufactured" there. With all of the information clearly engraved on the barrel along with British Proof Marks it would seem "possible" if not obvious. It was brought here from England by a gentleman that lived in England. I cannot assure you that he bought it in Ireland, Spain, or Australia. He passed away years ago and that is why he wanted me to have this along with some other of his treasures (firearms and WWII binoculars).

Good luck with your sale!

Maybe the collector who you showed pictures to at the Tulsa gun show will make you an offer for it.

FWIW, your pictures don't show enough detail of the manufacturer's markings for me think that it is anything more than a Spanish or Yugoslavian action that has been assembled in England. The British proof marks suggest to me that it was intended for sale in the UK or Commonwealth markets, but that is only a guess. I have found that it is a good idea when buying used firearms to "buy the gun, not the story" and pay accordingly.

Jeff

ill take a guess here and say its a military mauser thats been sporterized by whitworth.

The stepped barrel made me think sporterized as well. I believe Cafsman has a Whitworth rifle. I have one with the same kind of name stamping on the barrel. Whitworth never made their own components any more than Purdey or Holland or Rigby. Many manufacturers buy components and put them together then stamp their own names on them. JC Higgins and Sears stamped FN's.

I think we really need to get to basics. Is this rifle worth the asking price? Yes. For someone it is. Maybe not collector price but maybe so. A collector may not know any more than the guy on the other side of the table but is willing to pay the price for something he doesn't have in the collection.
If I weren't tapped out right now that rifle would be mine.
Frank

It's a nicely done 98 Mauser in 7x57, and those don't come along every day.

I think it has a commercial barrel, since the steps on the barrel are much like those on a Winchester Featherweight. Military Mauser steps are evenly spaced about six inches apart all along the length of the barrel.


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