I've never seen anything like this before. It's a 308 bolt action that has a Mauser type safety, an open rear bridge of the receiver, and a bolt handle forward of the rear bridge, like a Mosin.
Anyone know anything about this?
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has similarities to an 1891 mauser that has had the magazine butchered( and other things), but definately not a mauser. without more pictures i'd say it is definately a sporterized milsurp.
Golden State Arms was an Importer in Pasadena Calif. and they imported and subcontracted various firearms constructed by Japanese and European Manufacturers-acheiving private label status on some guns.
Most of them are not collectible, in many cases the shooting value will determine the price of a specimen.
In some models or configurations which are currently desireable, premiums may exist.
I have no pricing guide available for them at this time.
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Looks a little like my grandfather's Husqvarna in .308Win.
Thing is, there was an obvious "Swedish" crown stamp with brandname and caliber on top of the receiver, but I heard that many of them were bought by third parties and renamed.
Edit: just took a look at some pictures online of some "Huskies" and they have the bolt behind the rear bridge of the receiver. Sorry for the mis-lead.
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One thing I'm wondering is if the handle is part of a locking lug, and if so, if it has one, two, or no lugs in the front. The picture isn't super clear, but I can tell that it doesn't have a Mauser type claw extractor, and from the looks of it there's a lever claw right in the middle of the right lug.
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Doesn't look like a Mauser. It looks like either a Model 88 Commision rifle (German, not a Mauser) or a very old Mannlicher-Schoenauer. Either way, the .308 cartridge generates much higher pressure than anything these rifles were meant to handle. I would not fire it unless it was checked out by a really good gunsmith, maybe not even then.
I've never seen anything like this before. It's a 308 bolt action that has a Mauser type safety, an open rear bridge of the receiver, and a bolt handle forward of the rear bridge, like a Mosin.
Anyone know anything about this?
i have the same rifel all i have found out about them is that there were alot of problems with the action and u should have the head space checked on it.if u have found out anything else please let me know i do have more pics of my rifle but don't know how to put them on this site.
I have 308 rifle very similar to yours the only thing i can tell from pictures is different is mines has the claw at front of bolt.Ill try to upload pics
hey I know this gun. I have one axactly tha same it is a .308 caliber and I have done so much research and I fount nadda cero. BUT tha good news is that my is and faerly good shape and shoots very good I trust it. trying to put a scope is possible whit kalinka optics side mounted scope but it will be about 350.00 dollars all togother will try to post some pictures hope this help some one. thatnks and good hunting
I've never seen anything like this before. It's a 308 bolt action that has a Mauser type safety, an open rear bridge of the receiver, and a bolt handle forward of the rear bridge, like a Mosin.
Anyone know anything about this?
Anything like this??
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Golden State Arms Centurion model 100 308 Mauser.
It was made prior '68 (when GSA went out of business), and is a very close design from the later FN98 (but still in the standard/older C-type ring, instead of the H-type for the late FN) and is, just like the Santa Barbara action thought to have been made by the Spanish Military Arsenal of La Coruna.
These actions are considered to be made of modern steel alloy, of good overall quality.
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Santa Fe Trailmaster
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Q: I recently purchased a Santa Fe Trailmaster R-157 manufactured by Golden State Arms Corp. in Pasadena, California. It�s in .308, in good shape and quite accurate. This gun is built on an open receiver bridge Mauser action, but I don�t know which one. What is the value of this rifle, and can I get a scope mount or an aperture sight for it? �J.B., Cypress, CA
A: Golden State Arms Corp. was an importer (not a manufacturer) that introduced a commercial sporting bolt-action rifle based on the Mauser Model 98 large ring-type action. Many of these rifles have the word �Spain� stamped on the left side of the receiver tang in small letters, indicating Spanish manufacture. Four correctly spaced 6x48 tapped holes (two in bridge, two in ring) allow most popular scope mounts to be used on this action. The current value range for this rifle is $225 to $325, based on average condition, and it had better shoot! Try your local gun shop/gunsmith for scope mounts and/or aperture sights, but make sure you bring the rifle with you.
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Today I came across a Golden State Santa Fe Mod.1917 that was in excellent condition. Light colored walnut totally ding free stock with the trademark recoil pad. The bore was excellent and had a well defined crown. They did a good job on the sights and blueing. I know the collector value is nil..but this would be a great shooter. I might have to spring for it at $200.
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i had a golden state 308 that was made out the portugese 1904 type reciever sold for 175.00
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Post-war non-military conversions
Though they did not invent the name, the designation "Jungle Carbine" was used by the Golden State Arms Corporation in the 1950s and 1960s to market commercially sporterized military surplus Lee-Enfield rifles under the "Santa Fe" brand. Golden State Arms Co. imported huge numbers of SMLE Mk III* and Lee-Enfield No. 4 rifles and converted them to civilian versions of the No. 5 Mk I and general sporting rifles for the hunting and recreational shooting markets in the US, marketing them as "Santa Fe Jungle Carbine" rifles and "Santa Fe Mountaineer" rifles, amongst other names.
This has led to a lot of confusion regarding the identification of actual No. 5 Mk I "Jungle Carbine" rifles, as opposed to the post-war civilian sporting rifles marketed under the same name. The easiest way to identify a "Jungle Carbine" rifle is to look for the markings on the left hand side of the receiver; a genuine No. 5 will have "Rifle No 5 Mk I" electrostencilled there, while a post-war conversion will generally have either no markings or markings from manufacturers who did not make the No. 5 Mk I (for example, Savage or Long Branch). Santa Fe "Jungle Carbine" rifles are so marked on the barrel.
Companies such as the Gibbs Rifle Company and Navy Arms in the U.S. have produced and sold completely re-built Enfields of all descriptions, most notably their recent "#7 Jungle Carbine" (made from Ishapore 2A1 rifles) and the "Bulldog" or "Tanker" carbine rifles, which are also fashioned original SMLE and No. 4 rifles
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i have the same rifel all i have found out about them is that there were alot of problems with the action and u should have the head space checked on it.if u have found out anything else please let me know i do have more pics of my rifle but don't know how to put them on this site.
This rifle is a sporterized Portugese Mauser Vergueiro M1904, originally chambered in 6.5X58mm (used only as a military cartridge by Portugal), and later some were converted to 8X57 Mauser caliber.
The M1904 was made in Germany by the company D.W.M.
This is all according to W.H.B.Smith's Small Arms of the World.
I personally would NOT trust it in .308Win, but that is just me - apparently some were converted to .308Win and we haven't found any reports of them blowing up.
i have the same gun 
