Model 1891 Peruvian Mauser

[polaris]

Nice combo

Mine is a bit different as the (rarer) Peruvian has a lange-visier sight that I kinda like the look of.

Yourt 1909 is nicer than the one I just bought. Mine was issued and has a few minor handling marks in the wood from being carried around. The metal is like-new though. I'll post up some pics in a few days when I get it. It's still at the shop, partially paid for. I didn't have enough cash on me to take it home outright.

Unfortunately, I paid the full going rate at about 9 bills. Gotta pay to play, I guess.

By the way - where did you get that argie sling?

the sling came with the rifle when I bought it 15 years ago...
for $225.00 (rifle with sling and ammo), which seemed expensive at the time.
the sling looks new, maybe it is even a reproduction.

 

[polaris]

I have a Peruvian with the lange-visier sight and tiger stripe wood. Its the top one in the picture, I haven't had a chance to clean the varnish off the stocks.

very nice... no bolts?

 

[Claven2]

the sling came with the rifle when I bought it 15 years ago...
for $225.00 (rifle with sling and ammo), which seemed expensive at the time.
the sling looks new, maybe it is even a reproduction.

Yeah, back then Century was practically giving these away out of Montreal. I bought two beater grade argues and build a couple very fine sporting rifles on the actions.

I wish I had bought a few collector grade guns and put them away... I did with a 1908 Brazillian, but stupidly not with an Argentine 1909.

Oh well, live and learn.

 

[Claven2]

I have a Peruvian with the lange-visier sight and tiger stripe wood. Its the top one in the picture, I haven't had a chance to clean the varnish off the stocks.

Al,

That's the first Peruvian 1891 rifle I have seen with a Mauser banner stock and a unit ID disc...???

I wonder what the story is there? Unless maybe the peruvians bought some replacement stock from Mauser circa 1912 to replace broken timber when they rebuilt to the M1912 pattern of the 1891 Mauser?

It also does not have a swept-back buttplate...???

Are you sure that's not a Modelo 1909 Mauser? With a Mauser 98 action?

EDIT: yes, it's a 1909 on a Gewehr 98 style action. Notice it does not have an 1891 magazine group. Nice rifle though!

 

[albayo]

Correction on the picture, its a 1909 Peruvian, I forgot to add it to the information provided.
I will get some pictures of the 1891 today. Its a rifle VG to Exc condition but has the crest was ground off.
I have an 1891 barreled action that has been converted to a carbine. I don't remember if it has the crest, but I need the stocks to complete it.

I store my guns without bolts to prevent anyone playing with the actions and they can be packed closer.

 

[Claven2]

For those interested, here are a couple 7.65x53 Argentine original rounds. Left is the original round nose bullet, right is the later spritzer bullet introduced in 1912.

 

[Claven2]

Well, I got the Argentine 1909 home and cleaned up. The stock was bone-dry from long storage and the rest of the rifle was still packed in cosmolene.

Apart from some storage and handling marks in the wood and one tiny chip in the handguard just above the receiver crest, it looks nearly unissued. Likely it served as a ceremonial or guard rifle or something, carried about a bit but not fired. The rifle had too much packing grease left in it to to have been shot in Argentine service. I don't think it had never been disassembled before yesterday, either. The bayonet lug was on gangbusters and you have to remove it to strip the rifle. Below the woodline, it had what looked like factory preservative grease everywhere.

Anyhow, it's all cleaned up now, degreased, oiled, and a couple thin coats of linseed oil added to the wood to bring it back to life - a nice tiger striped european walnut. Of course, it's all matching.

With Thanks to CGNer Capt.Cannuck, who bought all the bayonets from the Wolverine estate sale, I managed to acquire the Peruvian-surplused 1891 Argentine bayonet that was likely sold with my 1891. Unlike bayonets surpluses from Argentina which were like new with a ground crest, this one is in the proper serial range (a W like my rifle, Peruvian guns are S, T and W serials), has an intact crest, has definitely been issued and seen use, and the scabbard has been painted black like all other verified peruvian-issue argentine bayonets I've encountered. A lucky find.

Now I need to find a nice Argentine-used 1891 bayonet for a good price and a couple argentine slings to round things out

 

[polaris]

beautiful...