The weapon was fed through a 5-round integral box magazine. Sighting was through iron fixtures across the top of the frame and at the muzzle. The metal working components were inlaid to the woodwork and a single band joined the stock to the barrel. The trigger loop was underslung in the usual way with a projecting magazine case featured just ahead of the trigger unit. The bolt handle held the typical knob at its end for ease of use and the assembly sat over the right side of the gun. The Model 1891 featured a single-piece wood stock with a straight-wrist grip section. On every other quality however the Argentine Mauser was essentially the Turkish variant and a Mauser long gun through and through. This included a revised bolt assembly and reinforced extractor unit while being chambered for the local 7.65x53mm Argentine Mauser cartridge. The result was adoption of the Model 1891 largely based on the Model 1890 Turkish Mauser though with subtle modifications to suit the Argentine Army requirement.
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From this design then came the Model 1891 "Argentine Mauser" which, like the Turkish gun, lacked the barrel jacket featured in the Belgian design - a quality ultimately found more detrimental than beneficial.Īn Argentine government commission sought to replace earlier Model 1871s in Argentine service and contracted with Mauser in 1886 to upgrade their existing stocks. The design was then adopted by the Ottoman Empire (with some modifications) to become the Model 1890 "Turkish Mauser". This form was more or less faithful to the German design but added a barrel jacket for strength. Mauser manufacturing hubs were eventually established in several other countries including Belgium which begat allows for production of the slightly altered Model 1889 "Belgian Mauser". If a given bolt-action rifle wasn't a Mauser-based design then it held origins in the competing Austro-Hungarian Mannlicher line of gunes. Once perfected beyond their early offerings, German Mauser bolt-action rifles proliferated the firearms market of the world by the end of the 1800s and into the early 1900s. years ago, we used to do this to all these old military asp's blog: ( autoshowcaseproject ) asp presents: the 1891 argentine mauser rifle on the firing line i don't care what anyone says, these south american mausers are just as german quality as any of the standard issue german a pawn shop find and careful shooting. designated as the modelo 1891, these doing a vintage build out of an old 1891 agentino mauser in 7.65 x 53 mm. patreon forgottenweapons floatplane channel forgottenweapons home cool forgotten just refinished mauser, it had all original matching numbers however the stock had previously been sporterized so i thought lets today, we take a look at a couple of interesting mauser variants from the late 19th century. revisiting the forgotten lore of the mauser sporter, and exploring their relevance in today's world. Support us by purchasing a man can: iraqveteran8888 collections man can amazon store: a look at the argentine model 1891 mauser rifle.