1895 chilean mauser

[444ttd]

i bought a 1895 chilean mauser action, just because..........

its way down on my list to build back up a military rifle. or do i customize it? i think it is chilean navy action, the crest is a star over the sea anchor. it also has a police badge(?) with 3 serial numbers. i have to look it up to find the year it was made.

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[Texas by God]

That is a nice action to start with; whichever way you decide to go!

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[smithnframe]

Be a good action for a lo to mid pressure cartridge.

[richhodg66]

I have come to like small ring Mausers the past few years.

My vote is 7x57.

[atr]

.257 Roberts or 7x57Mauser

[TNsailorman]

I would like to have one of those 95's or even a 91 but the price that people ask for them now is just ridiculous. I can almost buy a new Remington action for what the asking prices are for them right now. I guess my buying days are over for the old military actions.

[444ttd]

i bought my 95 mauser action for $120.

[gwozdz]

It's amazing how prices have changed since the late sixties. In my last year of college, my friend had a friend who had a FFL. They went over to Century Arms and came back with a Chilean Mauser, still in cosmoline for $18.00. I still have it and still not a scratch on it. The first thing my friend did was sporterize it.

[Texas by God]

A Remington 700 take off barrel in 30-06 can be shortened, turned down and rethreaded on the breech end to come up with a 7.62x57mm. Just saying because barrels seem to be hard to find right now.

[444ttd]

right now, i'm scratching money together to rebarrel a 93 spanish mauser to 7x57(either douglas or green mountain barrel). then i have to other one(93 spanish) in 257 roberts including d&t for a scope mount and bend the bolt handle. i like the idea of 7.62x57, but i have a 30-40, 30 remington and a 7.65x53 argentine. i have a 98 mauser that is 8x57 and a husky m46 in 9.3x57. maybe i'll do a 6.5x57 or 9.5x57 or 338x57 or............

[beemer]

It's a shame you don't have the rest of it, with a good bore they are scary accurate. How would a 6.5 X 55 work?

[Texas by God]

Think .32- 40 Schutzen length.....

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[LAGS]

I built my small Ring with a Short chambered 257 Roberts barrel for a Large ring action.
I just had the shank turned down and rethreaded to the small Ring shank size.
Friends had the same thing done in .308 and 7x57 Sporter barrels.
At the time a few years back all you could find in stock was the .35 Remington barrels for the small rings.
Like new 98 take off barrels were dirt cheap.
New 98 barrels were half the price of the small Ring barrels of any quality.

[Uncle Grinch]

Here is my SR Mauser that I had built into a 35 Rem. It has a stock set up for receiver sights and an 18 inch barrel.

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[444ttd]

It's a shame you don't have the rest of it, with a good bore they are scary accurate. How would a 6.5 X 55 work?

probably the same. the 6.5x55 swede was based off a 7x57 and the action is 93 mauser(and later the 96 mauser swede). while the 6.5x57 mauser is based on 7x57 and i "think, but don't know," the action is 93 mauser. the 6.5x57 cartridge is a european favorite, but you can them here. grafs sells prvi brass and dies.

[Texas by God]

The 6.5x57 is a great idea for a light hunting rifle.

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[jimb16]

Just saw an ad for the 1895s at Cabela's, if I remember correctly. Prices for a reconditioned rifle ranges from $799 up to $899! NO WAY! They may be historic, but they aren't worth anywhere near that!

[444ttd]

i wonder how much they will give for a action? lol!!!

[RU shooter]

Since I'm a 35 cal fan I'd turn it into a 9x57

[WILCO]

I have come to like small ring Mausers the past few years.

My vote is 7x57.

Me too! Love the 7x57mm.

[444ttd]

Me too! Love the 7x57mm.

i like the 7x57. i had a 98 mauser action and me and gunsmith(RIP) decided on the 7x57. we built it and i took her out and for years she slayed deer. i gave her to my oldest boy and she sure slays the deer.

[Texas by God]

22-257 or 27-57; get weird with it! Don't get me wrong, I love the seven by 57 mm as much as anyone.

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[Larry Gibson]

Perfect candidate for the 30x57 or the 35x57, both perfect with cast bullets.

For the 30x57 a new 30 cal barrel with with 12, 13 or 14" twist. Use 8x57 cases to form with shortened 30-06 FL die so case neck is '06 length. Shorten seating die same amount. No custom dies needed. Ream chamber with 30-06 reamer to headspace on formed cases. Basically same case capacity as the .308W but with more body taper and length to fit and feed smoothly in M95 action.

The 35x57 is formed the same except using shortened 35 Whelen dies and a 35 Whelen reamer. Same basic capacity as the 358W.

Pre-threaded for SR action contoured barrels can be had short chambered in 300 Savage and 35 Rem. A rough reamer is not needed with those, only the finish reamer.

Here is the 30x57 (left cartridge) and the shortened 30-06 FL die;

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Here is the 35x57 next to the 35 Whelen and 9x57;

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[RU shooter]

Mr Gibson , besides the longer neck is there any advantage or disadvantage in your version of the 35x57 vs the standard 9x57

[Larry Gibson]

Mr Gibson , besides the longer neck is there any advantage or disadvantage in your version of the 35x57 vs the standard 9x57

If you're building the rifle then the 35x57 can be done with standard 35 Whelen reamers which are readily available. Standard 35 Whelen dies are used so no costly custom or semi-custom dies are needed. Additionally, with cast bullets, in the 3" magazine of most SR actions the shorter length of the 35x57 and the 9x57 give more trouble free feeding, especially from the left side of the magazine, with bullets having a meplat. That is w/o any alteration of the feed rails on actions made to feed pointier FMJ bullets. The 30x57 will have all the case capacity needed for cast bullets and with jacketed bullets one can duplicated 358W velocity and psi if one desires.

No criticism of the 9x57 intended, just that the 35x57 is easier and less expensive to build a rifle for if those are considerations. All that is usually required is just a barrel installation and finish ream to headspace with a standard 35 Whelen reamer and to shorten the 35 Whelen dies.

[copperlake]

Larry, do you have a source for: "Pre-threaded for SR action contoured barrels can be had short chambered in 300 Savage and 35 Rem." that are inexpensive? And what about .338X57?

https://www.chuckhawks.com/338_OConnor.htm

[405grain]

I have two '95 Chilean actions. Both of them are in great condition and have hinged floorplates. One of them is getting turned into a 7x57, but I haven't decided what to build the other one as yet. I've built half a dozen small ring Mauser's in various calibers but the '95 Chilean is my favorite small ring action. If your action was made by Ludwig Loewe that "sheriff badge" on your '95 is a star of David. Also, if it's a Chilean Navy '95 it will have a large fouled anchor as the crest. If it has what looks like a small anchor on the side of the receiver, that's just a pair of stylized German letter "L" back to back (that looks like a pair of J's back to back) and is a symbol for Ludwig Loewe. Any cartridge based on the 57 case, plus the 6.5x55 Swedish, will be good in your action, but you'll need to respect the strengths of the receiver. It's a well made action that will make a fine rifle, but you have to keep the pressures down in the range that it was designed for. If the rear bridge is stamped NATO, then the rifle that it came out of was converted to 7.62x51. If that's the case, check the bolt lug recesses inside the receiver to make sure that there isn't any bolt lug set-back from firing high pressure 308 Winchester. If the bolt lug recesses are smooth and flat the receiver is probably in good condition. If the recesses are depressed back the receiver is dangerous to use and should be scrapped. If the rear bridge isn't marked, then most likely the rifle spent it's life as a 7x57 and is probably fine.

[444ttd]

the action isn't one of nato's. i'll have to check on the "LL". between sanding my and youngest son's stocks( http://rifle-stocks.com/ ,i have a 98 mauser and my son's 93 mauser) and recently got two 1898 spr armory actions(no bolt or stuff) that screams to me, "22 hornet", i have a 93 mayser that i want to do(257 roberts)and i have to funds for my youngest son's 93 mauser barrel(7x57), either douglas or green mountain barrel. i got too many irons in the fire:oops:

i haven't thought much about the 95 mauser, but i'm thinking that 6.5x57 or a 35x57 or a 9.5x57 will be it. but as of right now, the 95 mauser is on my back shelf. when i'm sanding and buying a barrel, then i'll begin on one of the 1898 spr armory action(22 hornet).

[samari46]

Have a Belgian military 7mm barrel 29" long and never been on a rifle. And a 1895 Chilean action. Bolt face could use a bit of cleaning up due to the corrosive primers. Barrel has no sights and never did. Would definitely be a great canadate for the 7mm. Course would have to get the bolt setup for a low mounted scope and drilled and tapped. And I seem to remember seeing a 1895 stock sitting in the closet. And a couple 1891 Argy actions,a Siamese action,Russian/Finnish action with the winged connector. The only thing I don't have is money. Frank

[Larry Gibson]

Larry, do you have a source for: "Pre-threaded for SR action contoured barrels can be had short chambered in 300 Savage and 35 Rem." that are inexpensive? And what about .338X57?

https://www.chuckhawks.com/338_OConnor.htm

Midway has Green Mountain barrels for M98 actions in 35 Whelen and 30-06 for $90 to $150. Any good machinist/gunsmith could easily rethread for SR actions and set back for the existing chamber to headspace on the 30x57 or the 35x57 formed cases. That would save the cost of reamer rental also.

I guess the changes of time have caught up with me regards to the SR prethreaded Shilen barrels I got from Brownell's and Midway. Seems "reasonably priced" has gone up....considerably. They also are no longer in stock at Brownell's or Midway. From midway they are special ordered and if ordered today should arrive in October which is pretty fast actually. They are "long chambered" so a finish reamer isn't needed but a lathe is still needed and used to set back the barrel shoulder to final headspace. I have done that with a couple barrels and it's fairly easy and simple. They run $329 to $350 at Midway.

As to the 338x57; that would entail a new barrel be fitted, a rough and finish reamer to chamber and headspace and custom reloading dies. All in all hardly inexpensive and one I would not do on a SR Mauser action.

[WILCO]

i like the 7x57. i had a 98 mauser action and me and gunsmith(RIP) decided on the 7x57. we built it and i took her out and for years she slayed deer. i gave her to my oldest boy and she sure slays the deer.

Great family story.

[444ttd]

Great family story.

if you want a family story, i got one!!! my great grandfather, pap, dad, late uncle, me and my oldest son have used and killed many deer with the 1898 springfield armory(bubbasized) in 30-40 krag. i was the first one(krag who uses cast boolits, heck, i'm the first guy who has ever handloaded in my family.