Khyber rifle

[Libertarian]

I was just given a "Khyber" rifle from my cousin. It is a clone of the
Mauser 98 with a straight bolt. All of the markings are in one of the Indian languages. Does anyone have any idea about the value of one of these? I know it is one of those rifles made in Northern India (now Pakistan) and not a real Mauser but that's all I can say.

 

[striderteen]

I've seen a couple of those Mauser clones at the local sporting-goods store. Do they still make ammo for those (8mm, IIRC)?

 

[BigG]

There was an interesting article I read long ago about mountain tribesmen (for lack of a better word) in that part of the world who filed copies of weapons out of whatever metal they could obtain. They built a lot of SMLEs and probably Mausers... Very ingenious and cunning work, but s-o-f-t.

They also produced their own cartridges using match heads or whatever propellant they could come up with.

I would fire that thing with a l-o-n-g string, if at all.