Due to many rifles being diverted to Chile, many of the rifles there have the inscription “O.V.S” (Oranje Vrij Staat),Orange Free State. Roughly 50,000 Mauser rifles were ordered but only 37,000 were delivered because DWM diverted them to fulfill their contract with the Chilean army. The Model 1895 was also deployed to republic of the Orange Free State and the South African Republic (more commonly known as “Transvaal”) by DWM shortly after the Jameson Raid in December 1895 to deal with the shortage of modern magazine fed rifles for the state army. In this period, over 80,000 Model 1895 rifles and 30,000 Model 1895 carbines were shipped and deployed to the Chilean army. Expect to pay $750 to $1,500.First supplied by the Ludwig Loewe & Co during 1895-1896 then later by the DWM (1897-1900), the Mauser model 1895 first made its appearance during a small arms race between Argentina and Chile in 18. They are expensive rifles to purchase and they are irreplaceable. were still in the 10 rifleĬrates from DWM as they sat in storage in Chile. It was unused, unissued and in many cases, when imported into the U.S. But I have a hard time calling a rifle such as this "surplus". In the United States rifles in this condition were imported prior to 1968 when most of the better Rifles like this come along very seldom but they are out there and turn up for sale on occassion. 308 Winchester data from ANSI/SAAMI document Z299.4-1992, "Pressure and Velocity, Centerfire Rifle Sporting Ammunition".įeast your eyes on an El Supremo Chileno Modelo 1895 US Army 7.62x51 chamber headspace gauges:ħ.62x51 NATO pressure data from: TM 43-001-27 "Army Ammunition Data Sheets Small Caliber Ammunition" and headspace data from Kuhnhausen's M1/M1A shop manual. 308 Winchester chamber headspace gauges: The following was kindly supplied by Kyrie Ellison: Is still engaged with the sear and accidental discharge can occur. Personally, I dislike those sporting safeties that act on the trigger, as the cocking piece
Initially utilized via a patentīy Paul Mauser on the Infantry Gewehr 1871 it has remained virtually unchanged throughout the entire series of Mauser military rifles. The Mauser system safety is about as perfect a safety as can be devised. This can sometimes be adjusted by stoning the camming angle to allow it to pick up the cocking piece. In many rifles the safety is difficult or The safety lever cams the cocking piece away from the sear and blocks its forward movement. Its not much of a safety shield between the bolt and the shooter's eye.Īdd to this the fact that the 1895 model Mauser has -zero- gas escape features designed into it. This safety lug is only utilized if the two bolt locking lugs should happen to completely shear off. This is the so-called safety lug for the bolt handle. Notice the uneven wear on the lower lug race compared to the upper race. The barrel threads were cut off revealing the bolt lug races. The longitudinal lines in the grooves are from the rifling cutter, and the radial marks on top of the lands are from the precision reaming of the
The "smushed" rifling in front of the chamber neck is the leade, or throat. This close-up shows the tearing of the chamber by a dull chambering reamer, just below the neck and in the neck area. The gap in front of the chamber is thought to be caused from gas cutting of the soft solder joint. This is not a particularly prudent conversion as the action was not designed for subsequent use This sectioned barrel shows the chamber insert and solder joint. They are beautifully built rifles, but they are not suitable of endless thousands of rounds of 7.62 NATO ammunition, nor even token amounts of. I have several of these rifles in my collection in the original caliber of 7x57mm and enjoy shooting them. If the stock is dated 1898, which many DWM are.ħ.62x51 NATO cartridge.
BATF, but the DWM are classified as "Curio-Relic" (modern) even Those rifles manufactured by Ludwig Loewe are considered antique ~See new images at the bottom of this page~Īpplies to models made by Deutsche Waffen - und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) as well. barrel modification, safety, sear, lug races, bolt handle notch. 1895 Chilean Mauser, Modelo Mauser Chileno 1895, 7.62 Nato conversion