#Chilean mauser caliber serial#

I've got an 1893 that was converted by the spanish to 762 way back in the day. The spanish 1893 probably has the worst rap of them all. there is another person that claims to be an expert and claims the steel is just fine.

For every person that claims to be an expert and claims the steel sucks. There's been an ongoing debate on the quality of steel in spanish, chilean, and pretty much ever SR mauser ever built online for decades. they are not the same rifle as their M98 large ring big brothers). fits the same after market stock as the spanish mauser (understand these are SMALL RING MAUSERs. the only real difference in the two rifles as I understand it is they changed the bolt face. Unfortunately it may not be in many local libraries but you may find it in some big-city main library.The 1985 chilean is a modified 1893 'spanish' mauser. If you want to know the complete history of your Mauser check out Webster's book.

#Chilean mauser caliber serial#

The only thing I didn't find was correlation between date of manufacture and serial number, which I have just found on 'Culver's Shooting Page', on a thread called, as you would expect, '1891 Mauser Serial Numbers'. He even details modifications to each model and when and why they were made. It's not cheap, ($63.00 +) but there can't be a more thoroughly researched and profusely illustrated reference anywhere on the planet. Then I recently googled 'Argentine Mauser Rifles' to learn more about it and found an amazingly detailed 296-page book online, available from Amazon, 'Argentine Mauser Rifles 1871-1959' by Colin Webster. 22 for just plinking around and have never fired the Mauser since, only unwrapping it occasionally to oil it and admire the beautiful design and workmanship. Since I'm not a marksman or hunter I've stuck to an old. I shot up a few cacti in the Arizona desert, placed it in a gun bag and stored it in my closet. Apparently Argentina sold off thousands as surplus. I bought a Modelo 1891 in the 1960s from Montgomery Ward, wrapped in oil and wax paper, for about $15 along with the bayonet and some ammo. The design was wildly successful and, in 1891 Argentina, who had completed their transition to Remington Rolling Blocks only 11 years earlier, purchased an improved version: the Modelo 1891 rifle, in 7.65x53mm (a caliber now known as '7.65 Argentine.') (the owners of Mauser) and the Belgian State arms factory at Liege formed a new syndicate, known as Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre (now known universally as 'FN') to manufacture the new rifle. Due to the fact that the Mauser works were running nearly at capacity supplying the Turks, Ludwig Loewe & Co. 88 in every way, and shopped it to the Belgians. Mauser, feeling snubbed, set to work designing a rifle that eclipsed the Gew. 1888 'Commission Rifle', so called because it was designed by a committee, rather than any independent factory. The Germans responded by fielding the Gew. 1886 Lebel by the French had, almost overnight, obsoleted every other military rifle in the world. The late 19th Century was witness to a frantic global arms race the introduction of the Mle. 71 Vetterli: A 19th Century assault rifle.

Argentine Mauser Modelo 1891: The last antique rifle.

Fabrique Nationale SAFN-49: The proto-FAL.

Martini-Henry Mark III: The Arm of Empire.

Filipino blacksmith revolver: Fruit of a ban.

Mannlicher-Schoenauer M1903/14: Revolutionary rotary.

Remington Model 11: A very belligerent fowling piece.