What is it?

[Brickboy240]

Still hard to tell, but yes, it is definately a Mauser variant.

From the bolt photos, I can see it does notappear to have the third locking lug...meaning it is probably an 1892, 1893 or 1895 Mauser...not a 98 Mauser action/barrel. Probably in 7x57mm Mauser caliber. The wing safety looks VERY close to that on my 1895 Chilean Mauser that was built by Ludwig Loewe in Berlin.

Could be a Spanish, Chilean or other variant that was made by not only the Germans for many South American contracts, but also on license from Mauser to the Spanish and other countries.

So...there are NO markings at all on the bolt? Odd, because most Mausers of that time period had proof marks galore. Somebody REALLY wanted a clean rifle, to have removed everything in that matter.

- Brickboy240