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No1Mk3 wrote:G'day SHV,
The 7.62 conversions are usually good shooters, due to being 2nd line and Security issue only as Israel had adopted the FN FAL. Due to them coming from surplus stocks as well as new made they have a wide variety of markings which make them an interesting field of study, I have one with Swedish Inspectors stamps denoting it's former use as an anti-tank rifle converted back to 8x57 for Israel. Can you post pics of any side-rail and receiver marks does yours has? Cheers.
HA!! Beaten already!! You posted as I typed (slow typist)
No1Mk3 wrote:OK, something funny going on with my computer, I could only see 4 pics, now there are 6! Maybe I gotta lay off the sauce. My comments relate to the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 6th photos, Cheers.
No1Mk3 wrote:G'day SHV,
The 7.62 conversions are usually good shooters, due to being 2nd line and Security issue only as Israel had adopted the FN FAL. Due to them coming from surplus stocks as well as new made they have a wide variety of markings which make them an interesting field of study, I have one with Swedish Inspectors stamps denoting it's former use as an anti-tank rifle converted back to 8x57 for Israel. Can you post pics of any side-rail and receiver marks does yours has? Cheers.
No1Mk3 wrote:G'day ThatNewGuy,
Yes, former m/40 A/T in 8x63 converted back to 8x57 for Israel then overlooked (or already overseas) during the 7.62 conversion era. It is a 147 (J.P.Sauer) 1940 with the S.S stamp of Inspector Sten Stenmo on the left side rail, serial in the high 6000's. I always tell owners or those looking for Israeli Mausers if they find a 1940 dated rifle by 147, 337 or 243 maker code to check the left side rail for the 2 letter SS or GB stamp just before K98 as other former A/T conversions are still out there somewhere though most will be 7.62 NATO, a very, very few will be 8x57 like mine, and who knows, maybe an 8x63 got overlooked? Cheers
No1Mk3 wrote:You take some very nice pics SHV, very well composed, those last 2 with the Vz24 bayonet are great. Wish I could take such good pics of mine.