At a recent gun show I was looking at a Mauser Carbine and I swore it was a 7 X 57 Spanish carbine. It had everything that my Spanish 1893 & 1895 carbine has. He swore the Germans first used Spanish carbines for the first batch of 6.5 carbines. The serial number was in the 8,000 range, it had a Spanish cavalry sling swivel, missing was a cut through the stock for the sling. The receiver did have a cut on the left side for reloading by stripper clips, and missing a bayonet lug. There wasn't any extension on the cocking piece, the muzzle and sight protectors was secured by a screw, and not one Swedishicon marking on the receiver.
I have had many Mauser carbines over the years and I know that it wasn't a Swedish 94 carbine. I haven't found any information in any of my books but I thought I would ask.

Did the Germans use Spanish carbines for the first Swedish carbines?

The gentleman said he read this somewhere, but couldn't recall where he found the information.
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