Virginia Gun Owners Forum - VGOF

My neighbor recently gave me a rifle from his collection as he knows I'm really into vintage military rifles. Its a 1893 Mauser, Turkish model as best I can tell. From what I've read so far (I knew next to nothing about Mausers!) it was made in the 1896-1898 timeframe in Turkey under license from Mauser of Germany. The 1939 date on the receiver was the date Turkish armories re-chamberd the rifle to the then standard 8mm cartridge. If anybody out there knows more or different I'd love to hear.

Ok Shotgunblast, heres a couple more for you. Subject: 1945 M1 Garand on display stand with cleaning kit in nickel tube and 1943 Frankford Armory armor-piercing ammo.......

That's a real piece of history right there. Thanks for sharing!

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that...is...awesome. love the mantle display

dragonzfury050 wrote:that...is...awesome. love the mantle display

Thanks! Made the stand out of walnut to match the rifle stock. My dad and I cut the walnut tree years ago in Kansas and had it cut into various boards. We've about used it up now.

The Garand rests on the stand, however its not just a wall flower. I shoot it alot as its my favorite rifle. I designed and built a bayonet adapter for it to mount accessories such as my hunting light or bipod and I use it for night hunting for coyotes.