Small ring Mauser in 7.62

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A friend of mine passed away a while back. We were visiting his wife a few weeks ago, and she brought out this Mauser that her husband owned, and asked me what it is worth.

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Typical ####-on-closing pre-98 small ring Mauser. There is some etching on the bolt face, presumably from gas leaking around the primer.

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It is marked 7.62 on the left side of the receiver ring, just behind the collar, ahead of the gas vent in the ring.

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It is definitely not a Chilean 95. Has five characters in serial number.

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I slipped an empty 308 Win case behind the extractor, tried to chamber it, and the bolt closed on the case smooth as butter.

Appears to be complete, including cleaning rod, no Bubba, no missing parts that I can see. The bore is like new: mirror bright with deep, sharp rifling.

What can you tell me about this rifle? Who was it made for? Any idea what it is worth?

Thanks,
Ted
 
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No crest on the chamber?

I LIKE that little rifle. It has class.

Likely, it would have even more class in the original calibre (likely 7x57).

But it STILL would be out of my price range.

If I saw it on a table at a gun show, I would be willing to pay $10 for it. Likely, though, the guy standing behind me would offer 300 more than that (me being cheap and him being fair), so I still wouldn't get to take it home!

LOL!

Have fun!
 
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Is it a repair (croos bolt?) that we see at the wrist?

It's a M/93, ex-Spanish). Seems to have been scrubbed.
Not the best candidate for a high energy round like the 7.62 Nato, but it seems it was modified at the arsenal to somwhat handle escaping gases. This type of conversion is typical of "pourers" countries who wanted to enter the major leagues. The Spanish did not shoot "real" 7.62 NATO but they used their own lower pressure 7.62X51. This action was designed and intended to be used with ammos of about 46 000 CUP MAP (Maximum Average Pressure), wich is about 10 000 CUP less than the standard .308 Win.
When used with nato or .308 Win, they are known to creates lug set-back wich increases the headspace. I can't say from the picture, but the ring may have been created by a too long firing pin, soft (or worn) bolt head (or bad heat treatment) and / or escaping gases from primer failure(s).
Before firing it, I'd have it checked by a very Mauser knowledgeable gunsmith.

All in all a nice find. You can expect about the same $$ as for a converted Chilean M/95 Mauser.
 
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it's one of the model 1916 Spanish M93 rifles that was converted for their CETME 7.62x51 round. It was intended to shoot a clone of the 7.62x51 Nato round, with 112 grain, boat tail bullets, at substantially lower pressures.

They are quite common and average around $325 in the condition your pic shows. If the bore is poor, less. Some of them did have scrubbed receivers as per smellie's comment. All of the carbine models I've seen, have scrubbed receivers. The 1916 models are hit and miss.
 
Worth around $300 to the right buyer. I have one that was bubba'd and I converted to 7.62x39. A nice low pressure round. Full power .308 rounds might fatigue that gun so I reload them down, but generally collectors don't shoot them that much. I'd get it checked for headspace. Firing pin looks damaged from that photo.
 
smellie said:
No crest on the chamber?

I LIKE that little rifle. It has class.

Likely, it would have even more class in the original calibre (likely 7x57).

But it STILL would be out of my price range.

If I saw it on a table at a gun show, I would be willing to pay $10 for it. Likely, though, the guy standing behind me would offer 300 more than that (me being cheap and him being fair), so I still wouldn't get to take it home!

LOL!

Have fun!
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No crest on the receiver.

She wants to sell it, and I have no idea what it is worth, but can appreciate your offer. :)

Ted
 
Baribal said:
Is it a repair (croos bolt?) that we see at the wrist?........All in all a nice find. You can expect about the same $$ as for a converted Chilean M/95 Mauser.
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Thanks Baribal. Yes, it has a cross bolt at the wrist. Looks like an arsenal repair, but I forgot to take a close up. :rolleyes: She is going to take a picture of it and send it to me for posting here.

Ted
 
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Why not?, it doesn't have a cross bolt. It has a grip reinforcing bolt. This isn't uncommon for the model 1916. They were made up from obsolete rifles. They were usually quite well done.
 
Just whoever gets it should load to lower pressures than normal. A slow powder will help here.

Firing-pin might be a little flattish; nothing that can't clean up if you're careful.

Bolt-face etching is from leaky primer-pockets and looks to have been there for a long time. Don't get this very much on modern ammo, but it was common in the old days. You should see some of mine!!!

It's still a classy little thing.

And I still can't afford one!

Keep smilin'!
 
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