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Posted: 8/29/2025 8:51:27 PM EDT
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I picked up this Brazillian Mauser the other day chambered in 30-06. Metal and wood appear to be in pretty good shape other than missing the rear sling swivel. I can't find a lot of info on this particular rifle so of course I thought I would check to see if anyone on arfcom knows anything about them.        |
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Originally Posted By myitinaw: Beautiful Mauser!  Thanks. The wood was pretty dry when I got it so I rubbed some boiled linseed oil on it. I like the finger grooves in the stock... reminds me of an M1903.  Pretty excited to get it to the range.
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Originally Posted By BigHunt: Were these originally chambered in 30-06 or rechambered from 7.65 Argentine? Brazilian history is pretty convoluted in the first half of the last century. From what little I could find Brazil traded a lot with Germany, which included buying rifles, right up until the start of WWII. They very easily could have joined the axis but they joined the allies instead. When they threw in with the allies they converted their Mausers to .30-06 to make logistics easier for supplying them with ammo. |
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From memory...... These were made in Brazil at Itajuba?? arsenal. It was a copy of the 1930's FN Mauser rifle. Caliber was 7.65mm which was rechambered later to 30-06 after WWII and we gave them large amounts of surplus ammo. Since the bore is larger, accuracy is usually not great, but make good shooters. Bolt's often don't match the receiver, but were "usually" checked for head space by the importer. |
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