One day while dropping off repairs at the local shop I do work for I stopped in at the shop around the corner when a woman brings in her recently deceased husband's colection of mausers. Before I acquired my Type "S" in 7x57 I wanted a 7x57 shooter. have a matching trigger and something else for it. Mike, is your 1912 Chilean a long barreled gun? i have a 1912 chilean stock that came off my matching number gun i chopped up (stupid!). Hardness is not the reason to despise Spanish actions, lack of quality is.Īs a matter of course I have all my Mauser actions carburised before proceeding with a build. Surprisingly, the "soft" Turks are held to much better tolerances than the Spanish made actions. It can be ruined just as well as it can be re-newed. But make sure who ever does your heat treating knows what they are doing. Paul Mauser knew what he was doing with Case hardening the soft steels available at the time. Send 'em the receiver and bolt all stripped with what ever machine work already done to it ( trued, lapped, drilled etc.) and they turn out just dandy. There is a company here in Salt Lake City, Utah "Industrial Heat Treat", that does the job for 75.00$ Ive made some outsatanding rifles from soft Turkish Mausers. 010-.015 thick case exterior with a softer core makes a good strong action indeed. Good and tough just like the originals were intended. Gentlemen, have you considered re-heat treating a soft action? I for one dont mind a soft one as after I have it re-heat treated (carburized) its as good as new. I strongly encourage you to look into heat treating the receiver before sinking allot of money and time into it. Taking my poor eyesight into consideration it shoots almost as good as any Turk or 98/22 8MM I've shot but no where near as good as my K98. It will print a 4-6 inch group bench rested at a hundred yards shooting 1960's Spanish or Turk ammo. On the other hand I have another in original military configuration, 1948 I think without looking, that I've likely put apx 500 rounds through. The second one after finally getting the barrel out with the weight of three guys and a cheater bar took a good portion of the receiver threads out with the barrel. The smith said the metal was way to soft and he was surprised I got as many shots (308 Winnie) through it as I did. My first project ever was scrapped after apx 100 rounds from what the gunsmith said was receiver set-back. I tried sportorizing two, one was late 40's the other early 50's. Designated the M43, this rifle was essentially the famous German K98k cham- bored for the 7.92x57mm (8mm Mauser) cartridge.What is exactly bad about a spanish mauser, I read some other places that they are pretty good. Note: In 1943 Spain adopted the the Mauser 98 rifle as standard for its military.
Its true designation is FR8 SP or Special Purpose Rifle. Length is 38.8 inches barrel is 18.5 inches and weight is 7.5 lbs. This carbine was made for training purposes and fires the power reduced.
Barrel and front sight are from a CETME and the rear sight was welded to the receiver. This carbine was made from a Spanish M43 short rifle. A half-depth cut in the left side of the receiver was added to facilitate charger-loading. A change was made in 1896 to the barrel band, which gained a sling ring on the left side, a sling bar was fixed in the left side of the butt in addition to the bar-and-ring assembly beneath the wrist. 1893, stocked to the muzzle, with a small rear sight and the bolt handle turned down. Adopted on 7th may 1895, this was simply a shorth Mod. Made by Ludwig Loewe & Co., Berlin 1896-97 and by Fabrica Nacional de Armas, Oviedo 1896-1915.
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