Mauser 1895 Chilean Restoration Project
I own a 1895 Chilean Mauser which is in great shape and a good shooting rifle. I decided today to break it down and clean the metal and gently sand down the stock with 325 grit and then hand rub it with about 15 coats of boiled linseed oil. I just finished a Yugo M24/47 Mauser with a black walnut stock which came out to look like it was just released from the factory. It's beautiful. I was wondering if any of you know what kind of wood the 1895 Chilean Mauser was made from before I start my sanding so that I can tell everyone what I'm working with when the project starts tomorrow? Looks like walnut but lighter and softer?
Thanks for any info!
1895 Chilean Mauser Restoration Project!
Thank you all for your help. The gun really didn't need sanding and I guess I just was curious about what it would look like inside after I broke it down. It was clean and no cosmoline and the metal was really a nice blue steel so I just light sanded with 325 and did not go for taking out the dent (history in those dents) and will finish it with a light walnut stain and hand rubbed boiled linseed oil and it should look great. Hope all who own this gun enjoy shooting it as much as I do!
Mauser Restoration Project Discovered Cartouche Question?
When I broke down my Chilean 1895 Mauser, I discovered the "Krupp" steel company three ring trademark on the top and under the wood handguard. I know that the rifles were made by Loewe, owner of the original Mauser Werke, in Germany (home to Krupp steel). The 1895 Chilean Mauser was considered stronger with better metal than the 1893 Spanish Mauser and I think the metallurgy on German mausers is far from suspect. Does anybody know, given that the Krupp train wheel logo (three circles) was on my rifle, was it made with Krupp steel or was the logo designating the bayonet connection to Krupp who's steel went into the 1895 Chilean Mauser bayonet?