Peruvian Mauser Model 1935

[mroliver77]

A friend I horse trade with dropped off a 1935 Peruvian Mauser for my inspection identification etc. I don't remember ever seeing one of these. It is short rifle config (23" barrel)and has been changed to 30-06. Researching it I found that it was built and also rebarreled/rechambed at FN plant. Everything I read states that reciever bridge should be stamped .30 cal but it is not. The stock is marked .30cal with matching serial # to the receiver #. Bolt also has correct #. Gun is in good shape overall but barrel and other metal excluding the receiver seem to be in the white. Bluing on reciever is nice with the crest being well stuck and still bold in appearance.Rifling is nice and shiny and well defined. You can see a little cleaning rod wear on the lands at the muzzle. .30cal bullet in muzzle does not allow much in barrel. It is missing the cleaning rod. I fired one 311284 over 16gr 2400 to check what fired brass looked like. With rear sight bottomed out it hit bulls eye at 35 yards and penetrated through a 30 gal propane tank top and bottom. Buddy wants to know what gun is worth and am I interested in it. Looking around on net it is hard to find a value. It might go up for sale on this site.IIf anybody is interested in it I could get a couple pics posted tomorrow. Comments, questions offers?
It really is one sweet Mauser!!
Jay

[junkbug]

I have one in 30-06. Paid $300 for it several years ago. Haven't shot it yet, but it it on the list to be loaded for soon.

My metal is all blued, except for the bolt. Also, like you menttioned, my receiver has the 30 cal mark. Also, the receiver has a relief cut in the back of the front ring to allow the longer 30-06 cartridges to be clip loaded. Does yours have these?

Good luck.

[oldhickory]

From what I gather on these, it's a standard M35 FN Mauser for export to Peru, with the exception that the safety is reversed from the well known M98 configuration. My book is several years old, (2005) but shows values depending on condition between, $135.00-$350.00.

Hope this helps, Mr.O

[bob208]

all matching and not sporterized about $400 +. i have one in still in 7.65. the peruvian mausers also had a reverse safety.

i do have a columbian and a brizillian in .30-06

[mroliver77]

Yep, it has the relief cut. Strange it is not marked .30 cal on the receiver.Odd the lack of bluing and marking as I would otherwise say this thing has never been messed with. Also of interest is this is probably the smoothest Mauser 98 action I have handled.
Thanks all,
Jay


I have one in 30-06. Paid $300 for it several years ago. Haven't shot it yet, but it it on the list to be loaded for soon.

My metal is all blued, except for the bolt. Also, like you menttioned, my receiver has the 30 cal mark. Also, the receiver has a relief cut in the back of the front ring to allow the longer 30-06 cartridges to be clip loaded. Does yours have these?

Good luck.

[old turtle]

I think I would slug this barrel just in case. This would make sure of the diam.

[NickSS]

My second rifle I ever bought was a 30-06 Peruvian Mauser that I bought in the good old days before federal forms for a big $25 which to me at the time is about the same as $500 today. It shot great and I did my very first reloading for it using a Lee loader. I also killed my very first deer with it. It was in good shape except for heavy pitting on the action and barrel along the top of the stock. It is long gone but fondly remembered but I sold it to buy a suit for job interviews when I graduated from college. I did not want to show it in a sweet shirt and jeans looking for a job in an engineering office.

[bob208]

my columbian has the cut the other does not.

i would check the bore it could have been rechambered by an importer. my father had a 1909 arg. that was done that way it would not shoot unless i loaded it with .311 bullits.

[mroliver77]

Ok, slugged the bore. .300/.308!! fired a couple dozen of the 311284 with 16gr 2400 at 100 yds this afternoon. 65 deg and breezy here. At first it shot 3"+ but each group shrunk some. The last was about 1 3/8" five shots at 100. The V and V sights are very fine and hard for a 50 year old one eyed man to see well. I took my time and she will shoot!It still looks like some cleaning rod wear at the muzzle but a boolit with a .300 nose is snug in the muzzle. Bore is sparkly clean and awsome. Now if'n I can get it bought.
Jay

[taylordc15]

Jay,
are you still trying to sell this rifle?

[MtGun44]

Mine has the .30 marking but has a .311 bore, normal .30-06 chamber. I assume that they
just ran a reamer into the original bbl.

Bill

[DB404]

This is a really old thread, but I wanted to add a bit to the shared knowledge. My Peruvian 1935 was converted to 30-06 and has the notch in the front receiver ring but is not marked anywhere on the receiver as cal. 30. It is the only full military configured M98 I've found that has a checkered trigger, which looks to be original. All metal part numbers match; the stock is off by about an even 1,000. The stock is stamped Cal .30 just above the serial number. This gun was re-barreled and otherwise converted at FN, according to some research (I want to say the info is from Carbines for Collectors) I did. It appears that the FN conversions have .30/.308 bore dimensions. I believe that many more conversions were likely done in-country by Peruvian arsenals, and in these conversions, rather than switching out the barrels, they merely rechambered them from 7.65 to '06, and notched the front receiver ring, and had Cal .30 stamped on the receiver; IIRC, at times the stamping was on the rear receiver ring, but can also be found on the side of the front ring, on some of these short rifles. Perhaps it could be sorted out by comparing serial numbers and features to determine which were FN rebarrels, when (or if) FN marked the action with Cal .30, when Peru began conversions, whether or not they are all rechambers or include rebarreling, too. The reversed safety is a trip. Be careful!

[Multigunner]

Which South American country converted rifles to .30-06 using barrels made on American WW2 surplus Springfield 03 or 03A3 barrel making machinery?

I haven't seen one of these yet so I'm wondering if these are four groove or two groove barrels.

I can see why they wanted to stamp .30 into the receiver ring, these would still chamber the 7.65 cartridge with probable bad consequences.

If the chamber neck isn't too tight the Hornady .312 bullets should work okay in a 7.65 bore. They work great in my .303 rifles.

[crazy mark]

The Chilean 1912-61 large ring used spare 1903-A3 cut back barrels and chambered for 7.62 Nato/308. I have 2 of them one is original and the other one was scrubbed. They are great shooters and both have 2 groove barrels.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

I have two Peruvian rifles in my collection. The first is a Mod. 1935 short rifle, all parts blued, very nice crest, rechambered to .30-06 with ".30" stamped on the charger bridge. The second is a dead ringer for the German Gew 98 of WW I fame, complete with the Lange rear sight, same crest. Both have .311 bores and do not shoot well with standard .30-06.

[MtGun44]

+1 on Steyr Chilean 1916 dated 98 Mausers converted to 7.62/.308 with cut off
1903/1903A3 barrels. I have two, one is two groove, one is 4 groove. Both shoot
well, given the stock sights. 4" at 200 yds is doable with ordinary surplus ball.
Better ammo, better groups.

Bill