Picked this up at a local pawn shop for a song
Anyone familiar with a Hubertus conversion?
What can you tell me about the receiver/ build?

Looks like really clean work.
Trigger isn’t too bad, likely just cleaned up military though, haven’t disassembled it yet

That's some interesting lines/shape on that stock, I like it.

It's not a conversion, or a sporterized military Mauser 98.

Best as I can tell, these were new production rifles sold on the German hunting market in the 1980s and 1990s, as an in-house brand for some of the larger German sporting goods stores (akin to Marlin producing the Glenfield line for Sears and Montgomery Wards).

I don't know who the original manufacturer is, but they reportedly use Zastava Mauser 98 actions, so they may have been made by Zastava. Check out the Zastava M70 for its likely brethren: https://www.zastava-arms.rs/en...g-rifle-m70-standard

I don't know if they were ever sold specifically in the US, so this may have been purchased by a servicemember stationed in Germany and brought back stateside.

Thanks for the link Rogue.
I wonder if the Zastava ones were built on new receivers like my Interarms Mark X,
Or a military/early commercial like this one ?

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
It's not a conversion, or a sporterized military Mauser 98.

Best as I can tell, these were new production rifles sold on the German hunting market in the 1980s and 1990s, as an in-house brand for some of the larger German sporting goods stores (akin to Marlin producing the Glenfield line for Sears and Montgomery Wards).

I don't know who the original manufacturer is, but they reportedly use Zastava Mauser 98 actions, so they may have been made by Zastava. Check out the Zastava M70 for its likely brethren: https://www.zastava-arms.rs/en...g-rifle-m70-standard

I don't know if they were ever sold specifically in the US, so this may have been purchased by a servicemember stationed in Germany and brought back stateside.

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Originally posted by ElKabong:
I wonder if the Zastava ones were built on new receivers like my Interarms Mark X,
Or a military/early commercial like this one ?

As stated, that's not a military Mauser receiver, and it's not an early commercial Mauser receiver.


M70s are built on new production Mauser 98 actions produced by Zastava.

Your Interarms Mark X was built on a new production Zastava-made Mauser 98 action.

And this Hubertus rifle likewise used a new production Zastava-made Mauser 98 action.


So Hubertus is basically a German department store version of the Zastava M70 and Interarms Mark X.


If you'll compare the receiver and barrel markings on the right side of your Interarms Mark X and this new Hubertus, you'll see that they both sport the same markings, including the oval Zastava marks.


These are closeups of Interarms Mark X actions:





This is your Hubertus:



And this is a Zastava M70:



M70 = Hubertus = Mark X. Same-same. (At least as far as the action goes; some of the other features differ slightly.)

I see, the washed out markings must have been throwing me off.
Made it seem like an older receiver that had been refinished.
I'll get the Interarms X out of the safe and compare.
It has very crisp stamps I do remember.