another 93 mauser, 1898 krag sporter stock and a barrel

[444ttd]

why? i just want to know why?

i bought at an auction a sporter 93 mauser in i think, 7x57 and i bought a 1898 spr armory sporterized stock. its less than two of ben frankilin's bills.

i think(i'm doing too much of that lately) its a Venezuelan 93 mauser and its serial # is A 9XXX. it has for a crest the words fabrique nationale herstal liege instead of a picture. the picture doesn't show it. i am cleaning out the bore(boy does she need it!!!!) and the next step will be to take off the stock and clean the rifle off. i don't what i can use it for.......

on the other hand, i have a 1898 spr armory sporterized stock that will be used in my action. i have four of them: 2 rifles and 2 actions sans bolt. the actions are now stocked, everything else i have to buy.

....and when the mail showed up, i was greeted with a Numrich 6.5x55 swede "in the white" barrel. i will put that my son's 93 mauser(if the gunsmith approves). if not, there's always the 95 Chilean mauser action. and i forgot to photograph it.

93 Venezuelan? mauser




1898 spr armory stock




notice the screw inside the cleaning rod!!!! i like it!!!!!!

[Texas by God]

I had no idea that FN ever made 1893 Mausers. Man, the bargains you come up with! I'd like to hang out at your place; we'd build something cool with all your project material!

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[BigAlofPa.]

Nice rifle.

[richhodg66]

I have really come to like small ring Mausers the past few years. Bought a neat '93 Sporter about two years ago in 7x57, love it. I believe I'd have bought that one for under two as well.

[444ttd]

I had no idea that FN ever made 1893 Mausers. Man, the bargains you come up with! I'd like to hang out at your place; we'd build something cool with all your project material!

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i didn't either!!!!! as far as i can tell(which ain't much), i think she is Venezuelan.

[Baltimoreed]

Interested in the Krag builds whenever you get around to them. You can never have too many projects. Or so I’ve heard.

[444ttd]

i have one krag that is gong to finished.....next week? it's my heirloom(great grandfather, grandpap, dad, late uncle and me) and it was/is bubbaed up, so there is no big loss. i've put on a redfield 102k aperture sight 8 or 9 nine years ago and the stock needed finished. it needs some more rotten stone/3 in 1 oil and johnson's paste wax to finish it.

i've got another krag that i stripped the stock with citristrip and now its sitting there. also i evapo-rust the gun steel (it was rusty) and i did oxphu-blue it. that will be my next project alongside with one of my 93 mauser (youngest son's soon to be rifle).

1898 sporterized krag before

[444ttd]

when i took the stock off of my 93 Venezuelan? mauser, i'd seen three proof marks that were Belgium and one that makes my head hurt. it is a star over the letter A. also there is a caliber, 7MM. right next to it, N (what i think is) beb.blindee

there is some pitting underneath the barrel, so the beb part is/isn't right.

i bronze wool it and now it is soaking in g96 gun treatment. i did the bore with sweets(i only have little bit left) and shooter's choice mc #7. gunslick's foaming bore cleaner was used last nite. the bore is clean, but the rifling is around 50-60% good, sorta. when i look down the chamber, i can see the first couple of inches that the rifling is worn out to about 20-30%. then about 1 or 2" from the muzzle, its about 40ish %.



http://www.nramuseum.org/media/940944/proofmarks.pdf