Yours looks like a post '43, BYF BNZ or DOT Mauser. Am I good?
Well, I don't know if you're good or not,
but you're pretty much correct on this one. It's a 43 BYF, #7918. I got it for 200 bucks from a guy who wanted a couple of C notes more than he wanted his grandpa's bring back Mauser.
It was a grubby, rusty mess, the bore was pretty ugly, and I'll admit that I started out pretty "ho-hum" about the whole thing. But then -- I'll bet you know exactly what happened. I scrubbed, fondled, disassembled, -- started to really appreciate the beauty of design, and got possessed by the Nazi ju-ju that oozes out of these rifles.
The finish on the metal, and the condition of the stock turned out to be pretty freakin good after I carefully de-crapified it.
I could go on, but I'm starting to feel dirty, like a thread jacker must feel when he puts his filthy hands on another mans thread.
I think maybe I'll post up my own thread for this, even though I've done it somewhere else before I think. Hell who'd wanna grow old if ya couldn't bore everyone with the same old stories over and over again. jd