This is a Yugoslavian Steyr M95/24 that was used by a Tito Partisan in WWII Yugoslavia. The Partisans at heart were Communist, but bore a facade of "anti-fascist" struggle against the German and Italian invaders. Thus, they drew all the local nationalities into their ranks. Their local opponents included the Serbian nationalist Chetniks, who like the Balli Kombetar in Albania, eventually aligned with the invaders - while having the exiled King's support; the Fascist NDH or Croatian Free State, which mainly enacted genocide on Serbians, and did not fight well; and Domobranci or Home Guard in Slovenia.
The hallmark of a Titoist Partisan rifle is the large star carved on the rifle stock, usually on the right side of the butt; a number of rifles show this same style. On page 146 of Serbian and Yugoslav Mauser Rifles by Branko Bogdanovic, a Partisan-made Mauser bears the star and name "Tito." On this rifle, there are also a few marks from spent cartridge case mouths, probably done by the bored soldier who used it.
This rifle has a mismatched bolt (interestingly from a Bulgarian contract M95 and updated to 7.92x57). The bolt is gunky and hard to operate. The bore has little to no rifling. The internal clip is not present in the magazine. This rifle has no import marks and was most likely imported in 1960-1965 from Yugoslavia, with all the WWII sundries.
The hallmark of a Titoist Partisan rifle is the large star carved on the rifle stock, usually on the right side of the butt; a number of rifles show this same style. On page 146 of Serbian and Yugoslav Mauser Rifles by Branko Bogdanovic, a Partisan-made Mauser bears the star and name "Tito." On this rifle, there are also a few marks from spent cartridge case mouths, probably done by the bored soldier who used it.
This rifle has a mismatched bolt (interestingly from a Bulgarian contract M95 and updated to 7.92x57). The bolt is gunky and hard to operate. The bore has little to no rifling. The internal clip is not present in the magazine. This rifle has no import marks and was most likely imported in 1960-1965 from Yugoslavia, with all the WWII sundries.