Boer War Mauser - What should I do?

[Andy]

I have a Boer War Mauser S/N B8### that has cut wood, uncut metal, mismatched bolt and poor bore. I also have an original Chilean Mauser with uncut wood, matching bolt, good bore, and cleaning rod.

Do I leave things as they are and dispose of the Boer War Mauser, or move the wood from the Chilean to the Boer and dispose of the sporter Chilean, or?????

 

[Claven2]

If it's the boer I'm thinking of (Gunco?), it's a good candidate for a nice little tree stand rifle. It's never goiong to be worth anything again except as a nice action IMHO.

That Chilean is collectible in its own right.

 

[desporterizer]

I agree with claven, matching units should be left alone. Chileans in poor shape should not be all that hard to find if you want to make the boer look like a rifle again.

 

[Andy]

Yea - I got it at Gunco.

Thanks guys, my instincts were in agreement with yours, just wanted another opinion or two. The Chilean is pretty good, breaking it up seems too much like "bubba-fying" it and a wood set will show up if I am patient.

 

[Claven2]

Yuo know andy, you ougt to have paid more for that second Boer sporter at that store - it had a rather nice bore and the sporterization actually looked decent, so you could use it in the meantime while you waited for wood - LOL.

 

[Gibbs505]

Keep the Chiliean mauser intact!!

Rebarrel the Boer mauser as it already has no collecter value!

 

[f_soldaten04]

I thinnk you should justs track down some m95 mauser wood. probably going to be hard though.

 

[Claven2]

Did you try Springfield Sporters?

 

[green]

Boers were known to sporterise their rifles.

 

[lastmag]

Throw the Chilean Mauser in the garbage and sell the boer rifle to me....

 

[Lee Enfield]

Boers were known to sporterise their rifles.

You are aware of the "fire" which the brit's set to destroy some of the shipments before the war officially started?

This resulted in a lot of "sported" Mausers...

 

[MiG25]

if the chilean is a short rifle you should sell it to me.

 

[f_soldaten04]

Boers were known to sporterise their rifles.

Never thought of it this way, but you're probably right. I have seen pics of this, although I am not 100% sure that they are mausers.

 

[green]

Very good picture of Boer General Wette(?) in "Small Arms of the Anglo Boer War" with a sported Mauser, not a plezier geweer.