another odd gun question?

first off, Thanks SNEEKEE for that link. I put it up on that other board and got a bunch of information. I also posted this on up so well see what the come up with.

Second: MARK- your pretty close on that gun, i'll update it that post in a few minuts with some pictures

NOW THIS ONE-- my boss brought me a gun of his dads today and wanted me to find out what it was.

this gun has no words on it at all, not under the stock, between the stock and action, no where that i can find.
What i does have is on the side of the action it says "G 98/40" thats it? on the bottom of the floor plat it says "3665" and on the side , and to the front of the action it says "3005" it also has that on the side of the barrel. thos letters aren't wore out, they are for sure "3005" and not "30-06"

the handle to the bolt looks like a duck bill and fint into the wood stock.
The gun is in nice condition, looks to be very shootable.
i took a 30 caliber bullet and dry fit it into the barrel and it seems to be a little bigger than 30 caliber, but i'm also guessing the case is similer in size to a 30-06 case, as i took a blank 30-06 bullet and put it into the magizine and tried( very easily) to chamber it. the bolt seemed to grab it alsmost perfectly, but would have been tight to close it.

Does anybody have any idea? i cant tell what caliber it is or maybe how much it would be worth?
thanks for any info, you guys are great!
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sneekeepete
http://www.hungariae.com/Mann9840.htm

Pretty sure that is not the original stock but I really don't know anything about it just googled it and came up with a few results the best posted above.
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It's definitely a Mannlicher and a nice one at that. The wood and checkering show it was a high quality job. It was made in Europe or was sporterized by probably a German gunsmith that relocated here after WWII. I say this because it has a European style stock. There were some near where I lived and they made some beautiful hunting rifles. Take it to a gunsmith that can cast the chamber to see what caliber it is exactly. You use Cerrocast to do it and then can caliper and mike it. I'm not sure of the price but I don't think it's as desirable as the 1917 you have. It actually looks like the Moisin Nagant rifles. It's a nice old hunting rifle from an era of gunsmiths that were trained in Europe and loved their work.
Mark
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Just a wild guess, but I bet it's an 8MM mauser. This caliber was very popular in Europe after WWII among sporterizing gunsmiths. Mark's absolutely right though.....a chamber cast must be done if anyone ever plans to shoot this gun.--------SS
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