True 1893 Spanish Mauser Carbine?

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krippp	True 1893 Spanish Mauser Carbine?	Lead	[-]
Posts: 38 (03/11/09 12:34 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None I happened upon a 19yr old working at our local carwash yesterday and he saw the Mauser logo decal on my rear window and asked if I'd be interested in buying one, all he knew was it had berlin on it and was 7mm. I gave him my card and he arrived later that afternoon at my house and sold this little jewel to me for $40, I do love private, ftf local transactions. I believe this is a 1893 Model original Spanish Mauser Carbine , the stock looks to have been sporterized by removing the upper handguard and the front portion of the stock, also there are 2 plugs on the bottom of the wrist where the sling mount was to have been. All numbers match and after about 20 passes with a brush and some Hoppes the bore and chamber look superb. So judging by the pics, am I correct in the ID of this gun and did I get hurt for $40.
Aubullet		#1	[-]
Posts: 1057 (03/11/09 12:55 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Bet it's got a "square" bolt face. Looks pretty good overall, to bad about the stock forend & handgaurd, as the original configuration wasn't all that much longer anyway. If it shoots anywhere near okay, how can you have gotten hurt for $40. Only the seller can get hurt at that price on a working firearm, specially if it has some history, as this piece obviously does! Have to wonder a bit about how the seller came to have it and let it go so cheaply? I suppose it's just a sign of the economy, but that can still be taken a couple of different ways?!?! Hope it proves to be a good shooter for you. Last Edited By: Aubullet 03/11/09 01:03 PM. Edited 1 times.
Doc AV	Excellent find.	#2	[-]
Posts: 2229 (03/15/09 02:02 AM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	This is the Contract predecessor of the M1895 (Spanish) Cavalry Carbine. Rarely seen in the 1894 Loewe Berlin version (Most "refurbed" out of all recognition in the 1930s) IN 1895, it was accepted as the standard "mannlicher style" Carbine ( full woodwork and metal muzzle cap and sight ears, which yours is obviously missing.) It would be permissible to get a recent M1895 stock set, and swap out to complete the item, or simply "splice" new wood, and add the right band and muzzle cap, to completely restore it. It will always be a "restored rifle" but, in absence of a complete one, it is the best around. Those M95s still remaining serviceable in the 1950s were converted to 7,62 CETME, for Guardia Civil use ( as they had been in 7x57 before the 50s). And the price was also a steal ( admittedly, it is a "truck gun") Good luck on restoration, Best regards, Doc AV AV ballistics.
Fritz1255		#3	[-]
Posts: 329 (03/26/09 08:03 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	A good buy for $40, whatever it is. How long is the barrel? Looks a little longer than an original 18" carbine barrel, but hard to say from a picture. It looks like a "Montgomery Ward Sporter" from the 1950's - see the attached link: http://www.geocities.com/fritz125541/Odds_and_Ends
Hotel1Actual	Mauser Carbine	#4	[-]
Posts: 48 (04/26/09 08:14 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	A few months ago, I stopped at a local gunshop and they had just taken a bunch of guns in for consignment. One was an all original 7MM Cavalry Carbine, I dont remember if it had the crest still intact or not. At first I thought it was a 6.5x55, but I looked it over and Im pretty sure it was a 7MM, I told a friend about it later that day and he went to buy it, but it was gone. Price was 275.