Rifle does look like an Army Hunting rifle per Speed's books. Rear sight looks like an old but useful and ingenious cobble job. Later ones show 9x57 on the barrel shank. The caliber marking follows the rules of the production time. If the sight should be numbered (same style as on the rest of the rifle) on the bottom it would be for sure an original Oberndorf part. The barrel base for the rear sight looks as if it could also accept the normal one standing and two folding leaf sight. Though you find in Speeds book "Archive" a similiar looking sight on page 527. The rear sight maybe factory made, but could be an (American) aftermarket product. What you have is a genuine Oberndorf Army Type C rifle. Are all rifles marked 9.0 H in the 9x57 caliber? Any chance the ramp rear sight is original? Were there a lot of the army hunting rifles made? Anything else I should look for when it shows up? Sorry for all the questions and thanks for any help you may be able to give me. I have a few more questions for the experts. The barrel is stepped, it has a barrel sling swivel and ramp type rear sight. Would this be a type C army hunting rifle? It has B and U proofs and the serial #88359 on the receiver ring, 9.0 H and a matching serial number on the barrel, and WAFFENFABRIK MAUSER-OBERNDORF on the side rail. I was going through the only Mauser reference book I have, Speed's Archive, and saw some very similar ones on page 517. At least in the pictures the barrel, action, and bolt have matching numbers so at worst I would have a nice Oberndorf action. From the pictures I thought it was put together with parts from other rifles at first. I recently bought what I think is an army hunting rifle made around 1924. Shooting & Reloading - Mausers, Big Bores and others
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