Looks like ours are both part of the 50,000 rifle contract that Mauser built for C.Gustav in 1899/1900. The S/N series ended at 50,000. I think you are right. Somebody did some custom work on a batch of them. I recently saw a pic of another on the interweb, so there must be a few around. It sure would be interesting to learn who did that work. Does your stock have 18 lpi checkering ?
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