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There's so many different 10mm's That I'd recommend a chamber cast. If you can't do it yourself just about any gunsmith can do it for you. What is the condition of the interior of the barrels and does the gun lock up properly?
Jim
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The gun locks up beautifully, the barrels are very dirty though
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This gun is missing all sorts of marks. But that is no surprise. The date mark indicates 1943. The Belgian guns I have seen from during the war, often are missing marks.
A chamber cast will help a lot. You can use wax or cerosafe.
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Which marking is the date mark? I was unable to identify that.
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There's a maker's mark just forward of the flats and adjacent to the 6 of the serial number on the water table. Can't make it out for the moment.
Rookhawk, thanks for the vote of confidence but genius is a bit strong.
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   The mark of a D in a rhombus looks to be common forward on the flats as well as on the water table. Kind Regards, Raimey rse
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The gun locks up beautifully, the barrels are very dirty though Plug the barrels up at one end and pour some of your favorite bore cleaner in,slosh it around and let it sit overnite. Scrub them out and see what they look like. As long as the priming wasn't corrosive they hopefully will be fine. BTW: Is that one of the cartridges for this gun in your picture showing a closeup of the rear sight? Jim
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Yes that is one of the 45-70 snap caps that were in the chambers when i got the gun.
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gzeck,
The 10.1 is the bore diameter.The nominal caliber is likely to be somewhere around 10.3-10.75mm. The fact that a 45-70 case was used to make snapcaps indicates that the case is in the 43 Mauser(11.15x60R)family.This is reinforced by the impression that the rim recess seems to be deep enough to accept the so called "A" base or"MB".When 43 Mauser cases were not avaliable,45-70 or 45-90 cases were used by turning the rim and necking the case to headspace on the shoulder,instead of the rim.To determine the nominal caliber, case length,and bullet diameter(groove diameter of the barrel)should be determined. The bullet in the snapcap may or may not be che correct dia.This should be confirmed by "slugging" the bore.Case length should be determined by a chamber cast. The snapcap may or may not be the correct length.If it has been trimmed shorter than 45-70, it may be correct. If it is 45-70 length,then the length should be confirmed. There is "no doubt in my military mind" that useable ammo can be made for this rifle.
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