I don't believe Mexico made any large ring 98 receivers. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
I know they bought a lot of Mausers chambered in 7x57 off shore and some of them MAY have had the large ring design.
About 45 years ago I had an opportunity to go into a Mexican warehouse where there was a big disposal sale of various firearms. Most were in GOOD only condition with a few crates of each model still in original factory grease. The older the model, the fewer rifles in VG or better condition were available. There were even a few Mendoza automatic rifles with the top feed magazines.
All of the rifles I saw, ranging from parts only/fair/good/very good/excellent to new were very well made. The fit and finish on them would easily rival that of their European counterparts.
Mexican milsurps get a bad rap. IMHO the reason for this was because the Mexican's used them up completely before they were released from service. I don't remember seeing any of the "parts" rifles that had suffered catastrophic failures. Whether those rifles/parts were just worn out from hard use or had stretched actions etc I don't know. We weren't the least bit interested in that stuff. The folks from Golden State Arms bought all of it if memory serves.
There were all sorts of firearms in that warehouse dating from the black powder era to the early sixties. Mexican manufactured and those manufactured out of country. Pretty much the normal hodge podge that was made available at this sort of sale anywhere in the world at that time. Most of the world was dumping their bolt action rifles to make room for semi auto/full auto rifles.
I know they bought a lot of Mausers chambered in 7x57 off shore and some of them MAY have had the large ring design.
About 45 years ago I had an opportunity to go into a Mexican warehouse where there was a big disposal sale of various firearms. Most were in GOOD only condition with a few crates of each model still in original factory grease. The older the model, the fewer rifles in VG or better condition were available. There were even a few Mendoza automatic rifles with the top feed magazines.
All of the rifles I saw, ranging from parts only/fair/good/very good/excellent to new were very well made. The fit and finish on them would easily rival that of their European counterparts.
Mexican milsurps get a bad rap. IMHO the reason for this was because the Mexican's used them up completely before they were released from service. I don't remember seeing any of the "parts" rifles that had suffered catastrophic failures. Whether those rifles/parts were just worn out from hard use or had stretched actions etc I don't know. We weren't the least bit interested in that stuff. The folks from Golden State Arms bought all of it if memory serves.
There were all sorts of firearms in that warehouse dating from the black powder era to the early sixties. Mexican manufactured and those manufactured out of country. Pretty much the normal hodge podge that was made available at this sort of sale anywhere in the world at that time. Most of the world was dumping their bolt action rifles to make room for semi auto/full auto rifles.
