1891 Peruvian I Think?

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03-17-2009, 07:52 PM
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1891 Peruvian I Think?

Just bought a barreled action. I'm told it is an 1891 Peruvian Mauser. But it appears to be a bit of an oddball. The barrel length is 23 1/2" and the action screws are only 7" apart. The receiver is scrubbed but there are a couple of Peruvian linked hands on it. The extractor is non-rotating and it appears designed for the single stack protruding mag. Most of the Peruvians that I can come up with are either 29+" or 17" barrels. Anybody got a clue?

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03-19-2009, 02:39 AM
BCLOGGER

Linked hands are Argentine, I think.
03-19-2009, 09:51 PM
skeet1

The linked hand are Argentine and the action looks right but the rear sight on the barrel is someting else I believe. Do you know what it is chambered for? The Argentine should be 7.65X53. I'm guessing that is a 8MM barrel.
03-20-2009, 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by skeet1

The linked hand are Argentine and the action looks right but the rear sight on the barrel is someting else I believe. Do you know what it is chambered for? The Argentine should be 7.65X53. I'm guessing that is a 8MM barrel.

It's chambered in 7.65x53 Mauser. The rear sight is the Lange-Visier used on the German Gewehr 98, I know that the Peruvians kept that style of sight on their Mausers. I just found out from a gent on another forum that the barreled action started out as an Argentine Mauser and was sold to Peru where the Lange-Visier sight was added and the barrel shortened to 23.5". Thanks to all who gave assistance.