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    7.62 Chileno Mauser

    I'm looking at buying a 1895 Chileno Mauser that is described as being in "7.62". I know that there are conversions of the 95 Chileno Mauser to 7.62 x 51, but I always thought that the rear receiver bridge or the receiver ring had some notation of the new caliber--".30", "7.62", "Nato" or some such.

    I can find no notation or indication of the conversion anywhere in the pics.

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    That's a very pretty Chileno. I'm willing to bet ist's still in its original 7x57 chambering. If not, it would be most likely in 7.65 Argentineicon

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    If it is A 7.62 conversion I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole.

    I don't know if there was more than one way of converting these, there may be rebarreled guns that are reasonably safe to fire with the lower pressure 7.62 Ball, but theres a sleeved chamber conversion thats the most dangerous I've seen. the original chamber was drilled out for an insert that was just soldered or brazed in place. I just saw photos of one on the net recently with full explanation. The gas begun to cut through at the end of the insert. Never heard of that sort of conversion before, far too much of the original breech is removed.

    These rifles are fine in the 7x57 and 7.65 mauser chamberings, among the best.

    http://dutchman.rebooty.com/1895Chile.html
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    Thanks Alfred. That was quite informative. I didn't know the Chileans ever converted their rifles to 7.62x51Nato. I have one in 7.65Argentine and it was rebarreled, rather than rechambered and rebored. To bad it is now a sporter with a ghost ring rear sight mounted and an 18.5in bbl.

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    Chileicon converted some M95 Mausers to both "7.62mm" (.30-06) and "7.62mm N" (7.62x51 NATO). However, if you have an M95 in 7.65 Mauser, it was not done in Chile.

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    MGMike, you may be right, I sure can't disprove it. I aquired the rifle already sportered. The barrel could easily be a take off bbl from another 95. It has military front and rear sights, so I assumed it was done by Chileicon.
    Thanks for the information.

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    About thirty years ago I came on a pristine M91 type carbine that had been rebarreled with what was almost certainly a cut down long rifle barrel.

    The crown was turned on the center of the muzzle but the muzzle end of the bore was very much off center. I doubt you could have hit the ground with it if you'd dropped it.

    Older Mauser bores could wander a bit , and a cut in half barrel can show the bore visibly off center, but thats the worst I'd ever seen. Pitty that, the Carbine was a real looker otherwise.

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