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Death.
02-12-2006, 09:26 PM
Ok, my friend has this rifle:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/Kevin-/masuser005.jpg
He thought it was a mauser but it doesn't look like any mauser I've ever seen, K98 variants atleast.

This is my Yugo M24 mauser which obviously looks nothing like it.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/Kevin-/RL%20Weapons/Pc260022.jpg

Do any of you know what his gun can be? At first I thought it was a Japanese "Type" rifle but I don't think any of 'em had curved bolts..
Freibier
02-12-2006, 09:42 PM
Looks like a turkish mauser variant
Limeyfellow
02-12-2006, 09:51 PM
Looks to me like an 1893 mauser.

http://jeanplam.www3.50megs.com/images/sp93.JPG

This one in particular is a Spanish one but they were used by a number of countries that used them like Turkey and Chile amongst others. Sportsmans Guide is selling Turkish ones if I remember correctly.
JoaMei
02-12-2006, 10:11 PM
Ok, my friend has this rifle:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/Kevin-/masuser005.jpg
He thought it was a mauser but it doesn't look like any mauser I've ever seen, K98 variants atleast.

This is my Yugo M24 mauser which obviously looks nothing like it.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/Kevin-/RL%20Weapons/Pc260022.jpg

Do any of you know what his gun can be? At first I thought it was a Japanese "Type" rifle but I don't think any of 'em had curved bolts..

Well, the easiest solution would be if you had a Picture of its markings. That would make everything clear.

For me it looks like a swedish Mauser variant.
Death.
02-12-2006, 10:15 PM
Ok, well unfortunately I don't have 6.5x55 - my mauser uses 8x57 or 7.92x57 to be exact..is that what you mean when you say 7mm?
I'll tell him to get pics of the crests and such.

His rifle reads:

Fabrica De Armas 1915

So I'm guessin it's Spanish ?
Adam Wilhelm
02-12-2006, 10:32 PM
Definitely not swedish.
Death.
02-12-2006, 10:42 PM
I found this picture :
http://www.checkpointcharlies.com/images/product/medium/262.jpg
Looks exactly like his, but it doesn't give much info on the gun :
"MAUSER GEW98 SPANDAU 1915"
JoaMei
02-12-2006, 10:43 PM
Got it, its a SPANISH MAUSER MODEL 1893 RIFLE CAL. 7x57 mm

http://jeanplam.www3.50megs.com/sp93.html
Death.
02-12-2006, 10:47 PM
That looks similiar but it does not have any of that text on the left side of the receiver, nor a straight bolt handle
Beckett
02-13-2006, 12:48 AM
looks like a mauser to my untrained eyes.
mbw1018
02-14-2006, 07:02 PM
Definitely a Spanish 1893 Mauser. Keep good care of that. They are very desirable to collectors.
Vandervahn
02-15-2006, 01:38 AM
The Mauser design was also used by a lot of (spanish speaking) american countries. Did some of them produce domestic versions?
Limeyfellow
02-15-2006, 11:22 AM
Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Serbia, China, Persia, Transvaal and the Orange Free State all used them and most were imports. I know the Orange Free State (now a province of South Africa) were making them and exporting and seen one of their's used by the Chilean military as a slight derivative, but almost all 1893's were made in Germany.