Scrubbed Brazilian Mauser

[Mustang51]

Last fall I glommed a Brazilian Mauser at an on-line auction. It looked and sounded good...



When it arrived I discovered that it had been completely refinished and that the receiver crest and bolt had been scrubbed. It is in great shape, and all of the parts that still have numbers on them match the receiver and the bore is spectacularly good...but I can't figure out why the crest and bolt flat was scrubbed.

I've heard of Argentine Mausers being scrubbed, but not Brazilian. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[nwilliams]

I read somewhere once (can't remember where) that a lot of those old Mausers would end up in different countries over their service career so crests would be removed when it went from one country to another to remove association. Not sure if this is the case with yours but it's a thought.