My experience with the Spanish '93-type actions is that they are not suitable for rebarreling to any modern cartridge at all. I snapped the firing pin and will have it hanging on the wall of my office soon. 308 rounds out of it.įinally got the headspace checked by a gunsmith, and - well, the bolt locked EASILY on "no-go". Took it deer hunting every year until last year, when I heard about the same thing you did. I've had my 1916 Spanish Guardia Mauser from Samco for about 20 years now. Oceans - It is true, as I found out today, sadly. I do not know if this is true, maybe someone on the board does? I will say, that the rifle is handy, and nice looking. I was told that the Guardia Mauser was chambered for a very similar Spanish round, and not the NATO 7.62x51, and that this Spanish round was loaded to lower pressures. I was always leery of a 1893 action chambered in. He talked about it constantly, shot it every time he went to the range and even bought an expensive case to haul it around in. This guy loved that rifle like it was a 1930s model 70. Dad, I knew a correctional officer in the late '80s, who had one of them in what was supposed to be. You can better spend your money on something new, something that you can push a 7mm or whatever, to modern velocities and pressures. Your reloads would have to stay within 19th century pressures and velocities because you run the real risk of receiver seat set back. Spanish mausers are among the worst built of early mausers. Rifle receivers today are made of alloy steels which have a much higher yeild and tensile strength. You just have to spend time looking to find that these old actions, and they are very old, were built in a period of primitive and non existent process controls, were made of out plain carbon steels that today, are so cheap and low grade that they are used for rebar. Spanish Mauser rifles as a class have a poor reputation and it is deserved.
Since it was free, you are not out any money on it, and that is a good thing. Now I am going to tell you that the best thing to do is not sink any money into this rifle. What's your feeling on whether a new barrel is worth the cost and what kind of accuracy could be expected from a rifle of this class?įrom what data I have found the original M1893/M196 small ring rifles in 7mm Mauser had a service bullet of 173 grains that only went 2100 fps in a 29 inch barrel. I'm willing to put some money into the rifle, I like the way it feels and looks, but not sure it's worth it. So first question - does anyone have a guess on how much difference a 173 grain round will make? I've seen posted on various internet sites that this chamber is best suited for a bullet in the 173 grain range. If my math is right, that's around 16 MOA. I've tested in twice with different scopes at 25 yards and am getting, at best, a four inch pattern. However the only rounds I can find locally are the 140 gain Remington PSP's.
I spent three days running patches and brushes down the bore and removed somewhere around 8 pounds of crap and still going.
Spanish mauser serial numbers#
The only marking is the circle cross stamp on the bottom of the trigger guard and matching serial numbers and a few stamps on the bottom of the receiver that I can't find any references for.įirst off, it's a 7x57 chamber and it doesn't shoot at all. All indications is that it's a Spanish 1916.
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