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Argentine mauser model 1891

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inline:
So S7185 was part of the 1899 order of 53,000 rifles, and that year they manufactured from O5000 to T7999, so yours would have been made in the fall of 1899.

I found this on pg 109 of Colin Webster's excellent book, "Argentine Mauser Rifles 1871-1959", which I highly recommend you buy and read - very much worth it.

Best,
Kevin

jcorl:
My poor gun has really been butchered.  The end has been cut off, so I need to re crown the barrel.  I really appreciate the information.  Someone took a grinder to the top of the rifle in order to mount a scope.  It has had a hard life.  It has shacking hands proofs all over it.  They seems strange. 

Jim

inline:
Actually the ground-off Coat of Arms was done by the Argentine military itself... a few had been sold to Chile, and some Chileans shot a few Argentinians, and were captured, and the soldiers were very upset that they were being shot at by their own guns (which at the time was the finest military rifle in the world), and so from then on all the rifles sold had their Coat of Arms ground off... mine is the same way.

The book explains all the symbols... the shaking hands for instance is a symbol of the uniting of the southern provinces.  It is found in seven locations.  MB in script is the test-firing mark, and there is also a Frigian Cap, Rising Sun, Oval, Anchor, Half-Moon, Four Point Star, Buckle, Five Point Star, Cross, Flattened Oval, Triangle, a different Four Point Star, and a Circle.

But too bad about the shortened barrel...  ruined for collecting purposes but still cool to own.  I paid $650 for mine last year, pretty much in perfect condition, but lightly fired. 

K

jcorl:
Very kind of you to share your knowledge.  I am going to do my best to rehabilitate it into a shooter.  Have a nice evening and thanks again for sharing your knowledge about this nice gun.  Jim

inline:
Here is one that has a shortened barrel and shortened stock, and still estimated for 100-200 with matching numbers and a re-attached front sight.


http://morphyauctions.hibid.com/lot/21114290/--model-1891-argentine-mauser-bolt-action-rifle-?cat=0&sort=1&hide=0&qs=0&view=0&aView=0&q=mauser&selCat=0


This auction house is very very conservative with estimates... most things 2x their estimates so maybe 200-400 is what it will really sell for.  Might be an interesting item to watch.


Of course the pictures are small, and there are no pics of the parts we'd like to see - the shortened barrel or the coat of arms...  I've been to this auction before and the pics are always like that.


-K

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