Found a weird Turk carbine at the Tulsa show

[sherrick13]

Anyone want to take a guess at what I spent money on?

I already have a few fake carbines, why not another one.

Looks like a 1908 Carbine (or a 1909 Argie) and a M1938 Turk rifle had a baby.

 

[Boehlertaught]

Neat. It looks like a k98 and a 94 Swede had a baby.

 

[KroyWen]

$450 ? ?

 

[sherrick13]

$450 ? ?

Maybe 3 years ago. $600

 

[KroyWen]

IDK anything about that genre of rifles, it was just a wild arse guess. It’s really a cool rifle. Great find ! Congrats

 

[Hworth18]

Looks a lot like a Mauser 1908 short rifle according to the sketch on this website, but I can't find an actual pic of it.

https://surplused.com/index.php/2014/08/21/a-quick-and-dirty-guide-ottomanturkish-rifles/

 

[sherrick13]

Looks a lot like a Mauser 1908 short rifle according to the sketch on this website, but I can't find an actual pic of it.

https://surplused.com/index.php/2014/08/21/a-quick-and-dirty-guide-ottomanturkish-rifles/

Markings are wrong, stock is wrong. However, my guess is you are partially correct.



I"m thinking it began life as a 1908 and then was updated during the 8mm standardization program. Although it is weird they would scrub and remark the receiver. However, the Turks were a bit sensitive about the Ottoman past and I can see them doing that.

There just isn't any info about this rifle and very little about how they went about their Mauser Standardization program.

 

[RickN]

Oh man! Back in the day I would have loved to have that in my collection.

 

[Snattlerake]

You need to take it apart and stop the rust, or mung as Mark would say.

 

[sherrick13]

You need to take it apart and stop the rust, or mung as Mark would say.

Yes, I'm taking care of it. :-)