Question about Israeli FN Mauser

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Calamity Jane

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My husband and I got an old Israeli FN Mauser as a fixer upper. He's got it looking great, and it shoots great, too.

Our question is this: there is a small dove carved into the buttstock (at least, it looks like a dove - it's definitely *some* sort of bird). We have heard that this has been found on other Israeli Mausers. Does anyone know the significance of this bird?

Thanks!
 
Don't know of anything like that. Does it look professionally done or does it look like someone was just passing the time of day with a pocketknife?
I should imagine it was an individual that decorated their rifle. It happens fairly often.
 
It looks casually done to the point that hubby and I thought the same thing as you, that it was an individual soldier who had carved the image into the stock.

However, a buddy of ours said he heard that other Isreali Mausers were decorated in a similar fashion (with the same image) - and that got us wondering about the background of doing so, if anyone might have heard of this or about a story behind it, etc.

Oh, if only old guns could talk! Thanks for the feedback! :)
 
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