Deactivated WW2 Mauser M1904/39 Carbine

This is a WWII Mauser-Vergueiro M1904/39 K98 variant. As the model designation suggests it was first adpoted in 1904 and was built by DWM specifically for the Portuguese, with 100,000 made in total. In 1939 Portugal adopted 7.92mm as its new calibre and then converted its existing stocks of 6.5mm rifles redesignating them as the "Espingarda 8mm m/1904-39". This is one of those rifles. Note the scollop in the receiver to allow for the longer 7.92mm cartridge to be extracted. This example has matching numbers to the receiver, woodwork and floor plate assembly etc. The serial number starts with an B prefix which would also indicate it to be an early production rifle. While Portugal was officially neutral during World War II, some Mod. 1904s were used by Portuguese troops during the short-lived opposition to the Japanese occupation of the colony of East Timor in 1942. The Germans also supplied Portugal with various weapons such as the MG34, K98 and PO8 Luger. Deactivated with a working action it can be cocked, stripped and dry fired.