Mauser: Small Ring, Big Controversy
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Nice Chilean Mauser model 1895 chambered in 7.62 NATO. This Mauser is in the original configuration, the markings are clear and intact, the bolt is matching to itself along with the magazine floor plate and the rest of the numbers mismatched. Originally this rifle was chambered in 7mm Mauser but was rechambered at the arsenal to 7.62 NATO. The Mauser Model 1895 adopted as Fusil Mauser Chileno Mo 1895. By Chilean forces, is a bolt operated magazine fed rifle using the 7×57mm Mauser cartridge. It is the first major modification of the Mauser Model 1893 and was produced by Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken, known as DWM, and Ludwig Loewe Company during the period of 1895-1900 Contentsshow History First supplied by the Ludwig. You are bidding on a rare WW1 Vintage Mauser Gew 98 Amberg Rifle Bolt Complete with matching numbers 5747 in very good original condition.The bright finished bolt has some oxidation on the bolt handle itself but otherwise it is a hard to find original that is all matching with correct proofed small parts.This bolt will work in any standard length mauser 98 action but it is correct in a WW1. Jul 09, 2015.
By Mike Hudson
Mark Twain once observedthat a lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still puttingon its shoes and nowhere is that axiom more true than in the world of firearms,especially since the advent of the Internet. A word then, perhaps, about theinherent “weakness” of small ring, non-98 Mauser actions, including the 91, 93,94, 95 and 96 models manufactured for use by Spain, Argentina, Sweden, Chile,Turkey and many other countries around the world. This non-issue has beenwritten about by illustrious gun scribes and aped by ignoramuses far and widefor decades.
“The steel used by theSpaniards is considered to be soft,” one know-nothing opined on a web pagerecently, perhaps not realizing that all of the true 1893’s were built byMauser, Ludwig Lowe or DWM in Germany. The truth is, while the earlier actionsare indeed not as strong as the rugged M-98, they are plenty strong enough whenused as intended. For years, the Swedish firm of Husqvarna turned out finesporters based on 96 Mauser actions in .30-06 caliber.
Thousands of beautiful customsporters in useful calibers like 7x57mm Mauser, 257 Roberts, 8x57mm Mauser, .35Remington, 9.3x57, 6.5x55 Swedish and the .300 Savage and .250-3000 Savage havebeen turned out using small ring actions, which have a number of advantagessome believe offset the fact that they can’t be chambered for the .458Winchester Magnum. Izotope ozone 5 keygen windows.
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In truth, the myth about theweakness of the earlier Mauser actions coincided almost perfectly with thefoundation of the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute(SAAMI), a private organization established at the behest of the United Statesgovernment. This was in 1926, more than a generation after Mauser began turningout smokeless powder repeating rifles.
Currently, SAAMI dictatesthat ammunition sold in America for most of the calibers mentioned abovegenerate no more than 50,000 psi when fired, a mandate that has led to theunderloading of popular European calibers like the 7x57 and the 8x57, as wellas some American calibers. The .257 Roberts very nearly became extinct becauseof SAAMI pressure standards set arbitrarily and absurdly low due to the largenumbers of small ring Mauser and other surplus actions used as the basis for riflesbuilt for the former wildcat cartridge.
In its original militaryloading, the 7x57mm cartridge produced an average pressure of 50,370 CUP whenfired through the M93 Spanish Mauser rifle, according to J.M. Whittemore’s 1899treatise, Report Of Test of Mauser Arms And Ammunition Relative To PressuresAnd Velocities. Whittemore drew from the work five years earlier of theSpanish ballistician Salvadore Cardenal, whose 1895 report for the Spanishgovernment reached the same conclusions.
However, SAAMI has publisheda Maximum Average Pressure of only 46,000 CUP for this round, which leads tothe possibility that commercial rifles built to SAAMI standards may not bedesigned to withstand the powerful military cartridges intended for the morerobust pre-98 Mauser designs.
It’s a well known fact thatolder military cartridges loaded for sale in Europe are hotter than theirAmerican counterparts, but it isn’t generally known why. Certainly, theEuropean governments care as much as the Americans about citizens dying fromcatastrophic firearms failures.
Instead of SAAMI, theEuropeans employ C.I.P., the Permanent International Commission for FirearmsTesting. A far more independent organization, the C.I.P. was founded in 1914and does not answer to corporate American or European gunmakers. According to officialC.I.P. guidelines, the 7×57mm case can handle up to 390 MPa (56,564 psi) piezopressure. In C.I.P. regulated countries, every rifle/cartridge combination hasto be proofed at 125% of this maximum C.I.P. pressure to certify for sale toconsumers.
By contrast, SAAMI specifiesa far lower maximum pressure of 46,000 CUP or 51,000 psi. Although this lowerspecification is due to concern about the allegedly weaker actions of the olderMauser 93 and 95 rifles, this anxiety is misplaced, as the original ammunitiondeveloped for, and issued with, the M-93 Spanish Mauser produced an averagepressure of 50,370 CUP in those rifles. Since the Spaniards continued buildingM-93s themselves into the 1950s, continued C.I.P. proof testing would haveuncovered any inherent weakness in the action.
Some might argue that thecentury old steel in original 1891, 1893, 1895 and 1896 Mauser actions issomehow not as strong as it was when first manufactured. In the case of rusted,pitted, dented or otherwise damaged examples, this would indeed be the case. Anyonewho thinks fine steel somehow degenerates in ways not apparent to the naked eyeover a period of time as brief as 100 years would do well to research Japaneseswords turned out on primitive hand forges as early as the 13th and14th centuries. The pristine blades are as strong as they ever were,in many cases stronger than steel blades turned out today using moderntechnology.
I suppose I’m thinking aboutall this today because, on the table in front of me, sits a Spanish M-93action, turned out by Ludwig Lowe of Berlin in 1896. A quarter of an inchshorter and two ounces lighter than the large ring M-98 action, it remains, Ibelieve, the perfect platform for the 7x57mm cartridge, the round for which itwas specifically designed 120 years ago.
I’ve decided to go ahead withthe project, a lightweight sporter in the classic configuration, and have justspent the morning happily ordering a new stock and barrel, an adjustabletrigger and bolt safety, a set of iron sights, scope bases and rings. I know agunsmith near here in the Santa Monica Mountains who can put it all togetherfor me and in a few months I’ll be the proud owner of a custom 7x57 capable oftaking anything I might find out here in the west, from coyotes to elk, so longas I do my part.
One thing is certain. Nomatter what ammunition I use, I’ll be a lot more concerned about my ownstrength and stamina than I will about that of the Mauser action Lowe turnedout 60 years before I was born.
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For sale/trade: Mauser Model 1895 Chilean Short Rifle made by Ludwig Loewe and Co in Germany for the Chilean Army in either 1895 or 1896, before Ludwig Loewe and Co became DWM. Rifle has had its stock cut down to in front of the rear barrel band at some point but whoever did it did a good job. The trigger guard and base plate match the receiver but the bolt does not. There is some pitting on the front of the receiver ring but otherwise there's no significant damage or pitting. The barrel has clear rifling and is excellent for a 125 year old rifle. Bolt is smooth and feeds well. Fires tight groups at 50 yards.
In Waterloo area but willing to travel a little. I don't always reply immediately, so be patient please. Would prefer to sell/trade to those that have a carry permit or permit to purchase.
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In Waterloo area but willing to travel a little. I don't always reply immediately, so be patient please. Would prefer to sell/trade to those that have a carry permit or permit to purchase.
I WILL NOT SHIP OUT OF STATE.
Additionally, if the listing is up, the rifle is available. Emails asking if available will be ignored.
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Asking $350 but willing to accept other offers.Possible trade for other surplus rifle. Willing to take ammo in surplus calibers, metal AR or AK mags, or surplus gear for some trade value.
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