Bidspirit auction | ** Fabrica de Armas La

** Fabrica de Armas La Coruña M43 Bolt Action Rifle 7.92x57mm Mauser 1953 - This Spanish M43 bolt action rifle is based on the robust Mauser 98 system and is chambered in 7.92x57mm Mauser. The rifle features a standard military configuration with a 23.6 inch barrel, a receiver and barrel finished in a thinning blue, and a bolt assembly finished in the white. The walnut wood stock is designed with integral grasping grooves on the forend, a side-mounted sling bar on the buttstock, and a sling swivel on the middle barrel band. It is equipped with a hooded front sight and a straight-tangent rear sight graduated to 2,000 meters, and includes a cleaning rod mounted below the barrel. Verbatim markings on the receiver crest include FABRICA DE ARMAS in an arc over a shield design with LA CORUÑA and the date 1953 stamped below. The left side of the receiver is marked 7.92 and bears the serial number 2K-59. This serial number is repeated on the bolt handle, while the floorplate is marked 59 and the trigger guard assembly is marked 9. The buttstock features a horizontal steel sling pass-through. In-house shipping is available. This firearm is at least 50 years old and in qualifying configuration, or is specifically recognized by ATF as a Curio & Relic. If you have a C&R Federal Firearms License (or another type of FFL authorized to receive this firearm), we can ship it to you or hand it to you at pickup where lawful. Otherwise, we will have to ship to your receiving Federal Firearms License holder, or you will need to undergo a background check here when you pick up. Email your FFL to burnsffl@gmail.com with your name in the subject if you are having us ship. Pickup is Monday, Nov. 9, from 11 am to 7 pm at our gallery in Lancaster, Ohio 43130, or we will provide in-house shipping for this item. We will charge a $10 fee per lot for pickup on another day. Once packed up, we will send you an invoice for shipping & handling. Shipping questions: shipping@burnsbid.com. Sales tax is collected on this auction. TL05