Help to identify please

[redneckmedic]

I was nervious my first time too, its no biggie really, just remove screws and take apart. Or come to Indy for some free beer and we can do it together!!!

And yes you sicko's........... I know how that sounds!!!!!!!!!

 

[2ADMNLOVER]

No lube huh , just free beer ? Next you'll offer him some candy !

Hey jw , if ya get to his house and ya hear a banjo , RUN !!!!!

 

[redneckmedic]

 

[jwdeal]

well i took 2 screws out not much give in it..very tight..I dont want to force it out and damage the wood

 

[redneckmedic]

keep looking at it, it will pop off, do you have a leather or rubber mallet?

 

[jwdeal]

haha I been married 30 years,,, Not looking for another or a banjo,,that movie still give me the creeps hahahaha

 

[jwdeal]

ok i got it apart says tradewinds on trigger... nitro next to trigger????

 

[jwdeal]

NITRO NEXT TO SERIAL NUMBER...90808

 

[slacker]

Looks kind of like this with a nicer stock
Tradewinds Inc mod K-605 .308 308 made in Germany : Bolt Action at GunBroker.com

 

[jwdeal]

but that is all is says on the barrel and triger assembly,,no other marknings

 

[jwdeal]

thanks for that link..looks very clo9se but my barrel has none of those marknings what soever..all the markings on my gun were underneath...it does no even have the caliber listed on it anywhere

 

[IndyGunworks]

post a closer picture of the back of the bolt.... looks like a sporterized milsurp gun for sure.... i am thinking one of the 1903 variants... more pics of the action/bolt would help

 

[clt46910]

Looks like a custom on a mauser action from about the sixties.

 

[22lr]

Looks a lot like my Mauser action. If you can get a picture of the bolt that would tell a lot. While it looks a lot like the Standard mil-surp action it has the side safety and the trigger guard is definitely not mil-surp, the bolt handle has a differant contour, and the barrel isnt mil-surp (at least in shape).

All that to say if its just a mil-surp mauser it was done right and has a good $1000-$1500 into it.

My money is on a commercial Mauser action, but ive been wrong before.

 

[22lr]

LOL I just reread it and didn't catch the 308 part, which explains the barrel. maybe it is a very nicely done Sporter.

 

[standeford]

Definitely Mauser based but with commercial bottom metal regardless. Could be the flash in the photo but the receiver looks browned rather than blued....

The only "Tradewinds" rifle in the 14th edition of Modern Gun Values is Husqvarna based, not Mauser.

 

[IndyGunworks]

the bolt handle looks dead on a 1903... the cocking piece does not... however i am not versed on all the variants of the 1903...

 

[kup]

There might me something under the scope bases. Norma makes .308 Winchester ammo but there is also a 308 Norma mag on a belted case. Might want to have someone look at it before you shoot it.

this link has some info on Tradewinds rifles: Bolt Action Rifles - Google Book Search

kup

 

[22lr]

I just noticed the stripper clip guide is missing, so either very high dollar conversion (or bubba and a dremel did some work on it), or commercial action.

My 1903a3 action ( With Mauser 98k floorplate).

Yugo M48 (close enough to a real Mauser)

Well The bolt looks a lot like tradewinds but the rest of the action isnt matching up.

Tradewinds 429L

Might be a tradewinds model that I haven't been able to find.

This is as interesting as heck.

 

[22lr]

Bolt Action Rifles - Google Book Search

Yup thats what you have, gosh I was wrong on almost all counts. Everything matches up with the model at least.