Mauser or not?

Joeri · Post by **Joeri** » Mon May 05, 2003 10:01 am

How can I see if a weapon is a German Mauser or not?I have a weapon,it's a 6.5 cal from 1940.It has a number on it side(E1443).I hope this information can help.

Pat D · Post by **Pat D** » Mon May 05, 2003 2:00 pm

6.5mm was the caliber of the standard Russian rifle, like the one Lee Harvey Oswald had. I think they looked a little like the K98, maybe a little shorter

Abwehr · Post by **Abwehr** » Mon May 05, 2003 3:34 pm

I know of no standard-issue Russian rifles that used 6.5mm caliber rounds in 1940; their Mosin-Nagants and SVT-40's used 7.62mm.

The Italians used a 6.5mm rifle throughout the war, in the form of the Carcano Model 38. It was a weapon of this type that was supposedly used to assassinate Kennedy.

Ville Kosonen · Post by **Ville Kosonen** » Mon May 05, 2003 8:35 pm

If I remember right, Sweden used 6,5mm Mausers.

Ville

ctschatz · Post by **ctschatz** » Mon May 05, 2003 9:11 pm

Some rifles that use 6.5
Greece:
Rifle Model 1903
Carbine model 1903
both mannlicher-schoenauer
Italy:
Manlicher-Carcano
Fucile Modello 91
Moschetto Modello 91/24
Fucile Modello 97/38
Japan:
meiji 30th year type 1897
meiji 35th year 1902
Meiji 38th year 1905
Netherlands
Rifle Model 1985
carbine model 1895 No. 1 OM
Norway
Krag-Jorgensen Gevaer M/1894
Sort rifle m/1912
Sweden:
Mauser Carbine m/1894
Mauser Rifle m/1896
Portugal and Romania also used this cal.
Chris

Joeri · Post by **Joeri** » Tue May 06, 2003 11:41 am

thanks everybody.