Mauser Identification

[tgardner]

This followed me home, but I'm not exactly sure what I have.

It is a FN Belgium marked Mauser that has obviously been partiatly sporterized.

Anyone care to offer comment or discussion? I think it is in 7x57. My teenage daughter wants me to add a scope so she can deer hunt with it.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

Several South and Central American countries used 7x57. FN and others made Mauser actioned rifles for them. What you have is a shame! I hope it will shoot well for you. Most of those were set up for 175 gr RN ammo for WWI and before and 139 grain spitzer ammo after WWII. I use to find surplus 100 round boxes of early 50's production of FN 139 grain ammo at shows.

 

[Cyrano]

Is that a Mauser 98 action or an earlier one? That firing pin is sticking out 'way far to the rear. Does it have the third safety locking lug?

 

[k22fan]

Is that a Mauser 98 action or an earlier one? That firing pin is sticking out 'way far to the rear. Does it have the third safety locking lug?

It's a pre-98 small ring action without the safety lug. I looks a whole lot like an 1893 but I forget what feature the 1895 added.

 

[LVSteve]

Looks like somebody fitted the stock too tight at the tang and cracked it all around the bolt release.

I believe the action is a FN built Mauser 1893 built for Spain. As far as I can see in Ball's book on Mauser rifles, FN never built the 1895.

 

[2152hq]

The 95 Mauser uses the bolt handle shank as a third safety lug. It sits in a shallow cut in the receiver when the bolt is fully closed.
The '93 mauser doesn't have that feature.

You'd be looking at the cost of a bolt handle alteration and a low 'scope safety in addition to the drill and tap to mount a scope sight on it,,unless you opt for the way-forward 'scout scope' mount style to avoid those features.

You'd still have the military 2-stage trigger if that's what's inside it. Not that they are all that bad,,but some people absolutely can't shoot with them.
Check the headspace too.

An FN or Loewe/Berlin made 93 is a nice rifle if one were to make anything up on a 93.
But when it gets beyond cleaning up the work on an already sportered rifle,,and you're not doing the work yourself,,I'd think about putting the money into a rifle already adaptable to a 'scope (if that's what is wanted) and one that has a stronger and safer action to work with.
Just my thoughts.