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3/19/2009 7:14:47 PM EDT
I was at a local shop today and noticed a FN / Mauser rifle, that I'm unsure of, and the staffs not up on Mil-Surp.

Small ring 96 style design
straight bolt handle
7x57 mauser
1920 date on stock, roll mark on receiver almost impossible to read
length of rifle same as Swede Mauser.

Anybody have a clue.

$120.00 in good shape
3/19/2009 9:09:20 PM EDT
[#1]
If I saw one like that for $120, in 7X57, I would buy it in a heartbeat,  and then be posting this question, along with pictures.
3/19/2009 9:23:54 PM EDT
[#2]
Spanish 1916? Or South American? Guesses only.

You should get it before it gets got.
3/20/2009 5:53:37 PM EDT
[#3]
Spanish 1893 Mauser.
3/20/2009 7:40:43 PM EDT
[#4]
if its the same length as a swedish M/96 then im guessing its an 1893 spanish mauser. There are alot of them and they were made as a contract rifle.
3/21/2009 7:03:56 PM EDT
[#5]
Thanks Guys

it's a 1893 alright.
3/22/2009 7:29:43 AM EDT
[#6]
A true 1893 Mauser has an extra 'ridge' in the left receiver groove. The bottom of the boltface is also machined flat, not round like most Mausers.

Later M95/M96 Mausers are similiar, almost identical to a Spanish M93 otherwise. Also other countries used these rifles (M93) in 7mm too.

FN produced Mausers of several different styles, and for many different countries.

If it's an un-bubba'd 7mm M93/95/96 style actioned rifle, I'd buy it at the price mentioned, then worry about figuring it out. Probably is South American if it's made by FN.
3/22/2009 10:49:16 AM EDT
[#7]
Quoted:
If it's an un-bubba'd 7mm M93/95/96 style actioned rifle, I'd buy it at the price mentioned, then worry about figuring it out. Probably is South American if it's made by FN.


That's the plan.

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