One is an image of hands clasped in a handshake. There are several small icons that are stamped in the wood and metal of an Argentine Mauser. When your piece says Loewe or DWM, you know you have the German quality. Argentines made after that time are marked with this ID, but some examples of the later 1909 Argy were manufactured in Argentina and are so marked. Loewe was merged with an ammo company in 1896 and the combo became known as Deutsch Waffen und Munitions Fabrik. Earlier examples of the Argentine Mauser were made by Ludwig Loewe of Berlin.
They indicate manufacture in the year 1900.
1891 argentine mauser very accurate serial numbers#
Serial numbers of all parts, including the stock, are matching. A number of icons stamped in the wood, including a serial number, never saw a piece of sandpaper. The hand guard finish does not match the stock and is the only component that is not original to the rifle. The wood, except for a few handling scratches, seems new. Except for a few splotches of corrosion due to storage, the metal finish is very good. The excellent condition makes me wonder whether the rifle was ever issued. Note handshake icon on receiver ring and Phrygian cap icon on bolt release Stay with the program a while longer and take another The gun in this article had that kind of origin. Folks like Sears and Roebuck did the work and sold the product at a low price. Gunsmith services for a scope base and trigger work would up the ante.īut none of this was really necessary in the heyday of surplus Argentines. A talented gun tinkerer could do the job (working patiently and carefully, of course).
1891 argentine mauser very accurate install#
Just cut and recrown the barrel, install a new front sight, shorten and reshape the stock and you were good to go after deer, bear, elk, whatever. The action was not strong enough for conversion to. Surplus military and factory rounds were both available. No rebarreling was necessary because the 7.65 x 53 cartridge was an excellent hunting cartridge that got the job done. Nonetheless, the 1891 was popular for sporterization because it was an easy conversion. Then, when you see one up close, the level of craftsmanship is really impressive. It blends with the trigger guard and is an identifying feature, not to mention that it holds five rounds of powerful 7.65 ammo.
Some folks may not like the long magazine, but I do. They are compact, have good lines, and look handy and effective. I have always liked the looks of sporters based on the Model 1891. Good bolt action sporting rifles were often made by converting surplus military rifles. The long magazine is an identifying feature. It is a typical military configuration for the time, a long stock with two bands, a ladder sight, and a straight bolt handle. What it looks like is shown in the picture. Model 1891, often called the “7.65 Argentine” because it fired the 7.65 x 53 Mauser cartridge. A few changes were made when Argentina placed a large order for military rifles. The bolt took its cartridges from a single stack, vertical magazine that could be charged from a stripper clip. This Mauser brothers issue has an action that first appeared in the Mauser Model 1889, a landmark in Mauser development because it was the first “small” caliber Mauser for smokeless powder and it introduced a bolt with dual, opposed locking lugs that became standard practice and is still with us today.
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