I can understand drilling a receiver top for scope mounts.

by anachronism, Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 09:50 (3499 days ago) @ Hoot

It kind of looks to me like the rifle was probably brought to the US by a soldier, returning home from WWII. After the war, lots of Mausers were "converted" to 8mm/06 because 8mm ammo and cases were practically nonexistent in this country. I wonder which bore diameter this one has, "J" or "S". This rifle appears to have been "bubba'd" by the addition of what appears to be a Redfield mount. It sticks out like plastic mudflaps on a Duesenberg. I wonder what happened to the original side mount. The extra holes do serve the purpose of lightening a normally heavy rifle. I couldn't get all the gentlemans pictures to load, but I saw enough. It was a grand rifle in its day!