Antique mausers

[nick]

Someone brought one to our local blm cleanup day. He had some type of chamber insert or some such which allowed it to fire 7.62 NATO? Sorry not absolutely sure what round or what exactly the mechanism was but it might be worth the search. Maybe someone else here knows what it is. If I were a Mauser guy I would've paid closer attention
Cheers

Sure you're not thinking about 1916 Spanish Mausers? They're not antique though, but they are chambered in 7.62x51. They were converted from 7x57.

[Emdawg]

Sure you're not thinking about 1916 Spanish Mausers? They're not antique though, but they are chambered in 7.62x51. They were converted from 7x57.

Could be that or perhaps a Chilean 1895. Those were converted to 7.62 as well.

[kowalski]

Thanks guys, I'm going to start searching for an antique Chilean 1895.

[Emdawg]

Poor Kowalski.

I had three and I traded them off...

[Father Ted]

It was definitely an antique.

[knucklehead0202]

for the record, a lot of the surplus ammo in these chamberings, aside from the 8mm, is the no-go-bangie kind. I have a 95 Chilean and used to have 2 91 argentines and the surplus I tried in either was spotty at best. some would fire, some hangfires, some would go on the 2nd or 3rd try, and some just wouldn't do it at all. mostly just pulled the stuff down and used the bullets to handload, they made REAL nice bullets back then. weighing them on a scale yielded impressive weight consistency. if you want an antique you can shoot cheap ammo in, buy an early mosin, hands down.

[skeleman63]

Yes. All Gewehr 1888 Commission rifles were made before 1898 and are antique, regardless of their refurbishment date by the Turks.

Then again, I have heard of some 1899 Danzig models, but those are pretty rare. I think.

I saw an 1891 Danzig for sale the other day....

[CPRAFAN]

Chamber insert? It was 7.62x39

Don't use the 7.62x51 cartridges in a Chilean; use the low pressure stuff to be on the safe side - cheaper too. I was using a Chilean .308 with a 7.62x39 chamber adapter at the BLM cleanup. I never fired the full pressure 7.62 Nato in that Mauser - it was made in 1895 and marginal for that load, IMO. Not worth risking your eyesight . . . .

Someone brought one to our local blm cleanup day. He had some type of chamber insert or some such which allowed it to fire 7.62 NATO? Sorry not absolutely sure what round or what exactly the mechanism was but it might be worth the search. Maybe someone else here knows what it is. If I were a Mauser guy I would've paid closer attention
Cheers

[Emdawg]

I saw an 1891 Danzig for sale the other day....

And where would that be?


Anway, there are plenty made by Danzig before production at all the Imperial arsenals was stalled.

[NOTABIKER]

In 4 years my 1918 Dansig Kar 98a will be a antique. it fires just fine with turk surplus. I did have to replace the 96 year old firing pin spring and the ejector assy.

[xbuilder9mm]

Looking for Advise buying Mauser

I got the Mauser bug. So I am looking to buy an Argentine Mauser.
I want to stay below $ 500.00 is that a go on a nice weapon that is usable?
I see that most of them on Gunbroker are 765x53, is this a caliber that I can find?
Can you point me to a good ffl in the culver city area?
Thanks in advance for the advise. And if you are going to make wise comments, please don't waste mine and your time.

[CPRAFAN]

Caliber you can find?

If you want to shoot an antique in 7.65x53, go to MCACE.com and buy a chamber insert for 7.62x39 - safe and cheap ammo and I believe they sell them for $27 s&h or . . . you can spend all your time wondering if it is safe to shoot with full powered ammo that is expensive!

I got the Mauser bug. So I am looking to buy an Argentine Mauser.
I want to stay below $ 500.00 is that a go on a nice weapon that is usable?
I see that most of them on Gunbroker are 765x53, is this a caliber that I can find?
Can you point me to a good ffl in the culver city area?
Thanks in advance for the advise. And if you are going to make wise comments, please don't waste mine and your time.

[knucklehead0202]

I got the Mauser bug. So I am looking to buy an Argentine Mauser.
I want to stay below $ 500.00 is that a go on a nice weapon that is usable?
I see that most of them on Gunbroker are 765x53, is this a caliber that I can find?
Can you point me to a good ffl in the culver city area?
Thanks in advance for the advise. And if you are going to make wise comments, please don't waste mine and your time.

you should be able to find a pretty nice argentine for that price point. shop around and try to find one with the crest intact. I personally prefer the 91 argentines to the 09's because they are just super-smooth actions, and very accurate. usually they'll have matching numbers but most have had the crest on top of the receiver scrubbed. all the ones I've had were mirror-bright bores and shot excellent. 7.65x53 is readily available and reasonably priced from prvi, and it's a pretty easy round to reload for. if you're anywhere close to me I may have a box of ammo for you. good luck and of course, let us know what you find.

[Mssr. Eleganté]

In 4 years my 1918 Dansig Kar 98a will be a antique.

In four years your 1918 Dansig Kar 98a will have been manufactured before 1899?

[Discogodfather]

Mauser 1891