7.92x57mm. 23.62" barrel. SN: 448b. Blued metal finish with sanded walnut stock mounting standard adjustable tangent rear notch and front blade sights. Bolt action internal magazine fed repeating rifle charged with stripper clips. Receiver marked with S/243 factory marking for Mauser-Werke Borgiswalde followed by a date of 1938. Pre-War {Droop-Wing Eagle} stamps to left barrel and receiver. Further shows {Eagle/280} waffenamts in three places on right receiver, and scattered over the various components. Serial numbers match, including on stock. Stock has been sanded and refinished, rendering markings faint. Barrel band retaining spring is missing. {C&R}

Fair to Good. Bore is Dark with oxidation over the lands. Metal finish dominated by a brown patina with some thin blue remaining. Some scattered oxidized spots on receiver and barrel. Stock has been sanded, rendering markings faint. Some residues on butt. Missing barrel band retaining spring. Mechanically functional.