Posted By: cthunter
Gun found in safe ???? - 10/27/10 01:47 AM
Found a rifle in a safe at my Aunts. The only marking on it is 7x57. Have never seen anything like it. What is it?
Posted By: Old_Town
Re: Gun found in safe ???? - 10/27/10 02:02 AM
Sounds like some sort of Mauser.
Posted By: cthunter
Re: Gun found in safe ???? - 10/27/10 02:02 AM
No I don't. She told me it was custom built. Looks like any normal bolt action rifle, just no caliber marking that I am used to seeing. It is in great shape. It is up in PA along with a few others I will be getting. I like odd calibers, so I also found a 257 roberts.
Definetly a mauser action. A ton of custom rifles were built on these actions.
Posted By: cthunter
Re: Gun found in safe ???? - 10/27/10 02:16 AM
When I get it I will post pics and hopefully figure out the cal.
Posted By: LandPirate
Re: Gun found in safe ???? - 10/27/10 12:48 PM
If it's got "7X57" stamped on it then it's probably a 7mmX57mm (AKA: 7mm Mauser). Great deer caliber.
7x57 is the caliber as LandPirate stated. It's more than likely a K98 Mauser action and maybe the barrel used on a custom build.
Posted By: Eland Slayer
Re: Gun found in safe ???? - 10/27/10 02:01 PM
Awesome find.....a 7x57 Mauser and a .257 Roberts?? Jeeez, wish I had an aunt like that!! lol
Posted By: psycho0819
Re: Gun found in safe ???? - 10/27/10 04:00 PM
Me to!
A lot of the older fellas will tell you when they came out with the 7MM08 all they did was reinvent the 7x57. So that might give you a little insight to the caliber and it's capabilities.
While it is true it is most likely a Mauser based gun... it's not definitely a Mauser, without seeing it or knowing it... There were other companies that made 7x57 guns...