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According to the Steyr factory records this arm, patented in 1898, was originally introduced as the Model 1900 and used a special 8 mm of 1912 13 The Greeks seemed satisfied with the rifle s performance and their armoury was increased with a new batch of 50, 000 rifles from Steyr in 1914.Mortar Sidearms Luger P08 Roth Steyr M1907 Steyr M 1912 Dreyse M1907 Mauser C96 Walther P38 Smith Wesson Model 10 Rifles Steyr - Mannlicher M1895 Submachine.M1910: in Bolivian service Luger Model 1906: bought by Bolivia from 1912 Mannlicher M1905: bought by Paraguay Mauser C96: bought by Bolivia prior to.92 57mm Mauser M1907 and M1908 Brazilian in 7 57mm Mauser M1909 Argentine in 7.65 53mm Mauser M1910 Serbian in 7 57mm Mauser Steyr Model 1912 Mauser for Mexico.It was exported to many overseas powers, including the The Mauser Model 1895 is a bolt operated magazine fed rifle using the 7 57mm Mauser cartridge.M1910 Serbian in 7 57mm Mauser M1909 Argentine in 7.65 53mm Steyr Model 1912 Mauser for Mexico, Chile and Colombia, in 7 57mm Mauser Type 24 Chinese in 7.rifle Steyr Model 1912 Mauser - bolt - action rifle Steyr SSG 69 sniper rifle Steyr Scout scout sniper rifle Steyr SSG 04 sniper rifle Steyr SSG 08.38, 000 DWM - made rifles were delivered, and 40, 000 more made by Steyr The Mexican Mauser Model 1910 or Mauser Mexicano Modelo They’ll probably feel like they’re jumping into the chamber by themselves, and the cases will be undamaged. Then do the same thing with five 7x57 cartridges. Also, the cases will be dinged and gouged, and there will be little brass shavings in the magazine and under the extractor. TOTAL UNITS MADE 37500 IN CONTRACT TO CHILEAN GOVERMENT. Chances are the last round will be hard to load, and the bolt will hang as it feeds from one side of the magazine. CHILEAN MODEL 1912 SHORT RIFLE 98 MAUSER MADE BY STEYR AUSTRIA. To see what I mean, put five 308 cartridges in the magazine and cycle them through the gun. Soon thereafter, a Chilean Model 1895, also a 7mm Mauser, was added. The Crest on the Modelo 1912 was from Chile, so along with definite proof that the Model 1935 was also Chilean, that pinned down the fact that both were 7x57mm Mausers. Because of that, if this rifle was originally a 7x57, it’s an ideal candidate to convert it back. Then the research began primarily in Mauser Military Rifles of the World, Third Edition by Robert W.D. Arsenal-converted guns rarely had this work done, so they rarely feed smoothly. If you rebarrel or rechamber to a cartridge with a different taper, these dimensions should also change if you want the same level of function. Feed rails and magazines of military Mausers were designed and built to work perfectly with only one cartridge. Feed rails and magazine boxes on commercial rifles are a compromise of dimensions, so they work fairly well with many cartridges. I’ve owned several Mausers that were arsenal-converted to 30/06 or 308, and none of them worked right. Steyr quality has always been top-drawer, but the quality of work done at the arsenal could be another story. The crest will be from the country for which the rifle was made, not Austria.
Chilean mauser 1912 steyr short rifle license#
Steyr made Mausers under license for several countries. Top: M1912 7mm Long Rifle Middle: M1912 7.62Nato Short Rifle Bottom: M1912 7mm Short Rifle Close Up of receivers & bolts I hope the following observations will help others who are contemplating collecting one of the Steyr manufactured Model 1912 Mauser rifles (98 Mauser variant) with Chilean crest.