7,92x57 Portuguese Mauser Vergueiro Photo Thread

[jmoore]

Found this one recently. Weird, weird, weird bolt design, given it's 20th century design timeframe. (1904 adoption date.) Otherwise a nice rifle:






Split bridge to accomodate the bolt handle in the midsection. A late design to incorporate such placement.













Only external hint that these rifles were either rebuilt in Germany or had parts sourced from there:


Have more later if there's interest.

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[jmoore]

Here's diopter's video demonstration of the bolt field stripping:

https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=33987

Vergueiro Portuguese Mauser Bolt Disassemble and Re-assembly Video

And bigduke6's techie photo thread. Good look at the barrel and action pulled apart!:

Portuguese M1904 Mauser (Re barrel)

https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=11718

Here's a MKL photo file of Badger's:

http://imageevent.com/badgerdog/germ...ortugueseg3853

There doesn't appear to be a formal MKL entry, yet! Reminds me of some of my photo projects that are in limbo...

ETA: Anzac15's thread which has no "Verguiero" in the thread title:

My unusual $80 Portuguese 1904/39.

[diopter]

Just realized I never posted pictures, even though I did a Youtube Bolt Video.

























Double click to enlarge enough to read.

[Calif-Steve]

A local Portuguese design, as they did not want the Mauser 98. You must understand they turned down the early pre-WWI 98 rifles in favor of their own design. Made by DWM, I'm certain they looked great in 1904. Still seen at the big gunshows, that are an interesting rifle.

[tahoe2]

Great looking rifle, and I imagine that is a great hunting cartridge, 6.5x58 seems like a Swede with a little extra punch, and Swede's are known for their accuracy!

[Anzac15]

I'm going to try the bolt takedown. Preferably on a day when I have nothing planned!
Oh yeah, what's up with the small hole drilled halfway in the barrel?

[Seamie]

Sanded, non-matching example.

Did national pride prevent adopting a proven off the shelf design? It must of been expensive for DWM to tool up in order to make a new design for a limited contract.

[diopter]

I'm going to try the bolt takedown. Preferably on a day when I have nothing planned!
Oh yeah, what's up with the small hole drilled halfway in the barrel?

What hole? you have a picture?

[Seamie]

What hole? you have a picture?

He may be referring to a port drilled into the siderail.

[diopter]

Portugal loved the Steyr Mannlicher designs, but it was too much per unit cost.
Designing their own bolt cut out the designer royalties.
DWM must have owed them a favor, or a lawsuit settlement.
Sort of like the American car manufactures saying seat belts were a bad idea, until the Volvo gave the patent up for all to use.

Springfield 1903 is a good example of trying to circumvent patents.