yes DD....its a belgium...love that gun....but im either selling it or retiring it someday..maybe this summer......i want a TC encore...the mauser is a great rifle...just HEAVY..big...and not as accurate as it could be....it seen battle time....i dont like the trigger.....and i need a new screw kit...pretty much all the heads are missing....the screw that hold in the reciever at the very back is about gone....barrel should probably be replaced....just doesnt shot up to par with me....i think ill probably just retier it..it has alot of memories and meaning to me.....id like to pass it to my kids one day if i have a little mauser one day!! ill probably use it next season....i plan on buying a bow in the spring and hopefully fixing the truck by fall.....so the encore may wait till next summer......but at a gunshow dad was asking me what caliber id pick.....told him probably 25-06 for my first barrel......i really like the sounds of that caliber...and my bday is in march...i can only wish! lol