For a side-bar, the following link is fantastic for Chinese Mauser stock brands/carvings/painted marks. So, unless there is any objection, I do declare the 1938 date stamped FN-30's as rare. But suffice to say that possession of this particular model/year Mauser is very rarely mentioned on the web.

And who knows if any of the references might be duplicate sightings? No way to tell, for sure. Serial number information is not available in these mentions. The first mention is on what appears to be the defunct MilsurpArms forum, another on Calgun forums, and the last is on Gunboards. The other three references appear in forum posts, but without much detail, nor any pictures. Mine is clearly not in that serial number range, at 6375. With all that prefaced: Two examples of the 1938 stamped FN-30's are referenced as being observed in Mauser Military Rifles of the World, by Robert W.D. And as with all firearms, there are likely several times more examples in barns and closets, than can be confirmed and recorded in data tables - or internet threads, for that matter. I have not included book and periodical publications in my min-research effort, so please accept that my information is most certainly incomplete, and should be deemed as such. My best google-fu has come up with only five other references, besides my own, to this particular year and make. D'ARMESdeGUERRE, HERSTAL BELGIQUE on the left side receiver. I did use the term 'rarest' in the thread title, as there are few examples and very little information to be gleaned on the internet from the Chinese contract FN-M1930 (FN-30) with standard length receiver, the large and ornate Fabrique National logo, date stamped from 1938, and with the two-line FAB.NAT. His questions caused me to contemplate further, so I began a search. My example follows: A fellow on another forum revived a thread that I began last year on an FN-M1930 Mauser with Chinese markings that I found in a rural Maine gun shop.

Feel free to add replies with pics and descriptions of yours. Here is an opportunity to showcase your firearm, if you are in possession of one of the World's Rarest Mausers. It could very well be that the sample shown from the Mauser Central picture may have had the serial numbers added to it. It appears as maybe if the FN Mauser did not originally have any serial numbers on it when 1st built. When was it made? - Answered by a verified Firearms Expert. I have a 270 Caliber Browning FN Belgium Mauser with a Serial # of 8469 and is pre-1958.

Fn Belgian Mauser Serial Numbers