One day while dropping off repairs at the local shop I do work for I stopped in at the shop around the corner when a woman brings in her recently deceased husband's colection of mausers. Before I acquired my Type 'S' in 7x57 I wanted a 7x57 shooter. have a matching trigger and something else for it. Mike, is your 1912 Chilean a long barreled gun? i have a 1912 chilean stock that came off my matching number gun i chopped up (stupid!). Hardness is not the reason to despise Spanish actions, lack of quality is.ДЄs a matter of course I have all my Mauser actions carburised before proceeding with a build. Surprisingly, the 'soft' Turks are held to much better tolerances than the Spanish made actions. It can be ruined just as well as it can be re-newed. But make sure who ever does your heat treating knows what they are doing. Paul Mauser knew what he was doing with Case hardening the soft steels available at the time. Send 'em the receiver and bolt all stripped with what ever machine work already done to it ( trued, lapped, drilled etc.) and they turn out just dandy. There is a company here in Salt Lake City, Utah 'Industrial Heat Treat', that does the job for 75.00$ Ive made some outsatanding rifles from soft Turkish Mausers. 010-.015 thick case exterior with a softer core makes a good strong action indeed. Good and tough just like the originals were intended. Gentlemen, have you considered re-heat treating a soft action? I for one dont mind a soft one as after I have it re-heat treated (carburized) its as good as new. I strongly encourage you to look into heat treating the receiver before sinking allot of money and time into it. Taking my poor eyesight into consideration it shoots almost as good as any Turk or 98/22 8MM I've shot but no where near as good as my K98. It will print a 4-6 inch group bench rested at a hundred yards shooting 1960's Spanish or Turk ammo. On the other hand I have another in original military configuration, 1948 I think without looking, that I've likely put apx 500 rounds through. The second one after finally getting the barrel out with the weight of three guys and a cheater bar took a good portion of the receiver threads out with the barrel. The smith said the metal was way to soft and he was surprised I got as many shots (308 Winnie) through it as I did. My first project ever was scrapped after apx 100 rounds from what the gunsmith said was receiver set-back. I tried sportorizing two, one was late 40's the other early 50's. I have an old Chilean 1895 carbine I am planning to restore.What is exactly bad about a spanish mauser, I read some other places that they are pretty good.

Does the rifle state a provenance of manufacture? The Spanish and Chileans imported Mausers in 7 mm from Germany since about 1893 or so. The Germans and Spanish were BFFs when Germany helped Franco beat the leftists. Thanks in advance for any advice!ДЄmmo? 8 mm Mauser. Anything else I should be worried about? I may take it to a gun smith to get checked it out but I'm not sure that's necessary. What type of ammo should I get and where should I get it? I've also read about the need to Ben wary of newer, higher pressure ammo that may damage the rifle. Some minor rust around the bottom of the receiver, but overalls it's in great shape. It seems to be in good shape, I took apart the bolt and everything is in working order. I've read it sometimes mistakenly referred to as a 8mm Mauser.

There are a few other markings, I'll try to post pictures later on. That's about the extent of what I know about it. I inherited a La Caruna 1946 Spanish Mauser, 7.92 cal.

Spanish mauser 8mm