This would make a great hunting or “sport utility” gun, given its all-weather Cerakote protective finish. Order with complete confidence Your satisfaction is guaranteed, period We stand behind every item we sell. No visible import marks, so this appears to have been imported before 1968. 5 out of 5 star rating (3 reviews) Item currently sold out Satisfaction Guarantee. 13, 09 Applies to models made by Deutsche Waffen - und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) as well. has left-side sling swivels typical of Chilean rifles issued to infantry and artillery. 1895 Chilean Mauser conversion from 7x57mm to 7.62x51 NATO-barrel modification, safety, sear, lug races, bolt handle notch-See new images at the bottom of this page Nov. Action is smooth and the bore is quite nice with distinct rifling. I had both the wood and metal refinished at great expense.
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#Pre 1898 chilean mauser serial number
The serial number was re-applied to the wood. The freshly-refinished wood shows a lot of character. Condition overall is nice with 100% flat black Cerakote finish on the metal, showing a trace of cleaned old pitting on the bolt under the Cerakote.
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Mismatched numbers on bolt (off by 8 digits) and floorplate. This one is a Ludwig Loewe in the G block which makes it a pre-1898 antique. These were made by Ludwig Loewe of Berlin and later by DWM. Description: This is one of the nicer condition Model 1895 Chilean Contract Rifles we've encountered in the past couple of years. Worn unreadable crest on the receiver ring and left side buttstock. Mauser Model 1895 Contract Rifle by Ludwig Loewe, not K98. Marked on left side receiver rail ”MAUSER CHILENO MODELO 1895 MANUFACTURA LOEWE BERLIN”. 23.5” barrel, hardwood stock, inverted ”V” front sight and an original graduated 1400-meter rear sight, with un-numbered cleaning rod. (Dates to late 1895 or early 1896.) Chambered in 7×57 Mauser. To this day, after over one hundred-twenty years, the Mauser rifle is still one of the world’s most popular bolt action rifles.A freshly black-Cerakoted late B-series prefix Chilean 1895 Mauser Short Rifle, Serial # B997X. M1912 Chilean Mauser 5 Round Bolt Action 7mm Mauser by Waffenfabrik Steyr - Made In Austria - Surplus Fair Condition, Missing Parts, Incomplete. Among those are the M1903 Springfield, Winchester Model 70, M1917 Enfield, Savage Model 110, Remington Model 700, and the Ruger Model 77. The Mauser rifle design has inspired some of the most popular firearms in the world. By 1944, the number of employees at Oberndorf had skyrocketed to an amazing 12,000 people with production being concentrated on the Models 98K, Luger, P-38 and HSC. This may have been the end of the Mauser legacy, if not for the rearmament of Germany in the 1930’s. Marked 'Mauser Modelo Argentino 1891 Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken Berlin'. The Mauser plant at Oberndorf, which had produced so many of the military weapons used in WW1, was greatly scaled down after the war to approximately 750 workers who were engaged in the production of sporting rifles and pistols. Argentine Mauser M1891 Long Rifle for sale. Turkey, China, Serbia, Mexico, Costa Rica, and numerous South American countries ordered rifles of the Mauser design. Model 1895’s made by Loewe are antiques those made by DWM may not be antiques as many were made by DWM after 1898.
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This would also prove to be a highly successful design and just one of many models to follow.įollowing the development of the Model 98, the Mauser name began to receive worldwide recognition. Our Assessment: This Chilean Model 1895 Mauser was made in Germany as a contract rifle for Chile before Loewe and Company formed Deutsche Waffen-Und Munitionsfabriken (DWM). It was twenty some years later that the Mauser Military Model 1896, commonly referred to as the Broomhandle Mauser pistol, was introduced. The long and fascinating history of Mauser rifles began with the acceptance of the Model 1871 by the Prussian War department. Rare OVS Boer War / Chilean M1893 DWM Mauser 7×57 Rifle in Very Nice Condition. Paul and Wilhelm Mauser couldn’t possibly have known the impact their simple yet effective turn bolt design would have on the future of firearms.