Mauser expert requested

I have a 7mm Mauser rifle. I will send pics to help Id. I am very curious to find out exactly what I have.

any chance of getting a pic of the of action and the top of the receiver ,,it looks like a 7mm mauser thats been cut down from original military configuration,,if there are any markings on it those would help to tell who made it,,just click the reply and post a pic
bigcurt

Hope this one will help

hello ,,is there any markings on top of the receiver ring ?above where the chamber is ?? it looks spanish and could eithe have oveida or la corona with possibly a sheild ,,value sporterized isn't much proably around 100 -125 bucks,,the value is as a hunting rifle more than a collectors item,,
bigcurt

Thanks bigcurt, there are no markings on the top of the receiver ring. attached is a close up of the side between the rear sight and where the barrel joins the receiver. I was hoping it was not sporterized. It is basically a piece of wood and steel because the bore is so worn and pitted I can't get it to group, therefore making it usless for hunting also.
Bbeers15069

sorry to have to break that news to ya,,alot of these have been sporterized,,the 7mm is a great deer sized cartridge and in the 60's these were so cheap it was a great 10 dollar hunting rifle,,I see more sporterized than not ,,But if it's any help if original it still not a rifle you could retire with,,if all original.. i see them for 125-200 if really clean,,so really it's not a highly sought after model ..you could part it out the bolt should be worth around 35-40 bucks complete..there were 2 types of triggerguards 1 had a hindged floorplate and 1 had a button release ,,the hingded tg is worth 20-25,,the button 15,,follower and spring and action screws 10-15 if it still has the buttplate 5-8 sites around 15 so you could get around 100 bucks for just the parts to someone looking for good parts ,,

,,the actions aren't really good for sporter projects because there not a action thats redily adaptable for calibers above the 7mm,,you could proably have it rebarreled and you'd have a nice hunting rifle but you'd proably have around 100 bucks in the job and thats not counting the price of a barrel,,i'm sure you could find a 7mm military barrel pretty cheap,,but when ya tack on replaceing and headspaceing it's getting into the not cost effective catagory,, but it would be a great deer sized game getter,,it's a good project rifle for someone looking for a good truck gun,,

...you said it doesn't group well ..it is possible that someone has shortened the barrel,,and didn't crown it properly ,,it looks like either a 1893 rifle or short rifle ,,or a 1916 short rifle,,the rifle barrel lenght was 29"s long on the rifle model,,both models of the short rifle will have a 21+1/2" barrel,,anything in between was proably shortened,,they also made a 1916 model short rifle in 308 caliber ,,are you 100% sure it's 7mm? something to try is the muzzel test take a 7mm loaded round and see how far the bullet will go into the muzzel,,it should go in and be tight ,,if it's extremly loose try the same test with a 30 caliber bullet,,and see if it goes in ,,if the 30 cal bullet goes in more than 3/4 to the brass it might be a 30 cal ,,if your shooting 7mm outa a 30 cal accuracy would be horrible ,,and your caseings may stick on extraction,,if your in doubt have it checked out by a gunsmith just to be safe,,i've see 7mm's with pretty bad bores still shoot fairly well..but again if the barrel was cutdown and not properly crowned it might not hit the side of a barn regularly,,lol.. good luck with your project
bigcurt