Was surprised to find this old Mauser at a gunshow today and couldn't resist for the price. It's a London proofed .375 Rimless (9.5x57MS) with a 28 inch barrel.

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Very cool!

Nice snag! I'll bet that it will be fun to shoot, but a bit cumbersome in the field. Any idea who made it, where all it has been?

Wow! Very nice Mauser!

Surprisingly she handles very nicely, like a shotgun. It was made in London and carried a bit and hardly fired. The bore is mint!

"The bore is mint!"

Excellent!!!!!

I have a WR Pape 256 Mannlicher with a 28 inch barrel. Surprisingly nimble and well balanced. It strikes me as odd that we think nothing of carrying a pump or auto shotgun with the standard 28 inch barrel in the field, even the grouse woods, but find a 28 inch rifle cumbersome. Many of the long barreled English rifles do handle like a shotgun. Good score.

It does handle like a fine shotgun. Not sure how heavy she is but I'll be very surprised if it's over 7 1/2 lbs. She's quick to the shoulder and the fine brass bead finds the bottom of the V very fast. This is the perfect rifle for wing shooting elk in the dark timber!

Very cool. That will be an enjoyable journey of discovery.

I like it, very cool rifle. Good Score!

Well I shot it today and the express sights are on. Going to have to take her hunting this fall. Recoil isn't half bad either.

Awesome!! That would be a dream rifle for me. Very nice purchase.

Excellent!!! Good luck afield!!!

She weights 7 lbs 11 oz. Curiosity got to me so i bought a kitchen scale. Most of my rifles are well over 8 lbs, my heaviest being my 250 Savage at 12 lbs and my 22 Hornet at 10 1/2 lbs.

Well done, sir! Beautiful rifle.

Ed

Very nice. My head doesn't swivel in the vertical plane much so I adjusted the picture's attitude, hope you don't mind.

I missed this thread.

WOW!

That rates a definite Two-Cool. Classic!

What a find! Congratulations.

I'll be packing her into the elk woods tomorrow!

very nice. Trade you a paint job for it

Good luck!!!!!

Exquisite! They don't come much better. Well done sir! Excellent cartridge as well!

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Whoever built that has a nice eye.

I like it.

And it would make a terrific open sighted lead bullet rifle...buckets of fun.

It's a great short range elk rifle for sure! When I noticed the two bulls 50 yards behind me I had the rifle leaning against the tree I was huddled behind. I grabbed it, flipped the safety off, threw it to my shoulder and didn't have to hunt for the brass bead as it was already in the V notch. I placed the bead behind the shoulder of the biggest bull. The first shot was right where I placed the bead, double lung and a fatal one, he turned and headed towards me and by the time he was at 40 yards he had two more 270 grain Woodleighs in his chest. Shortly after the third he flipped over backwards and was done.

Excellent!!!! Well done!!!

Nice!

Nicely done and sounds like it pointed just like a proper fitting shotgun! Nice bull, btw.

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