nukecat25 asked:


My brother in law purchased an old rifle at a garage sale for $100 and the seller couldn’t tell him anything about it. He is now off to Marine boot camp and lent me the gun to use for deer hunting and getting the story on it as well. The gun is a Fabrique Nationale D’Armes de Guerre Herstal-Belgique (or FN). On the top of the breech is stamped a large “7.62″ obviously for the calibre. Below that is stamped a crest with a six pointed star with rounded points (not quite a Star of David) within the crest is shown a armored hand holding a sword with ivy around it. On the bottom part of the crest are words in an very unfamiliar language, different characters completely. On the left side of the breech is the serial number and below that in tiny letters is stamped “Jud. Ent. Farm Ct.”. Other distinguishing features include full wooden cover of the barrel, a clip site for bayonet (which obviously had been used, has a lot of wear) and pop-up rear site. I know it is a Mauser, but I’d love to know the story of what country it was made for? I found a online gun store sight selling a Venezuelan contract Mauser, but in the picture the crest wasn’t the same one; so it isn’t Venezuelan. Let me know!

SWITHIN