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Mauser 1895 Chilean Restoration Project
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04-07-2013 07:21 PM
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I don't know if this helps or not, by here is mine....
It was the first milsurp I ever collected....
1895 Mauser - Lowe
Regards,
Doug
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Doug,
Is that all the same rifle?
The upper photos showing the entire rifle is what I believe my older 95 aspires to be. It was black with oil and dirt when I got it and repeated cleanings got it to a darker shade of the reddish color yours shows.
However, the photo of the butt stock color is closer to the newer of my two 95's although I believe mine is a bit lighter still.
I didn't even know my older one had a cartouche on it until I cleaned it. I've debated trying to clean it some more but it doesn't look bad as is.
The one thing about it is it had a deep dent that actually forced the wood up around the edges. And this is where the sanding part comes in. I sanded that down to the same level as the rest of the wood. Only place on the entire rifle I used sandpaper and of course that one area is a light red compared to the dark red everywhere else. Lesson learned.
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Originally Posted by
Aragorn243
Doug,
Is that all the same rifle?
Yup, all the same rifle....
The pics aren't that great as they're the ones the seller sent me. I never got around to taking better quality or more detailed pics...
Regards,
Doug
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Originally Posted by
clintdaniel
sand down the stock with 325 grit
no no NO NO NO
I presume it's really a joke, and you are just trying to wind me up.
OK, you succeeded.
Now go and do it properly. Search the restorers forum with the keyword "boning". Read, practise, and enjoy the result.
And of course it's walnut. They didn't use anything else in those days. But walnut can vary from a light, almost beige color, to something that looks like old creosote-soaked railroad ties. My jay-noo-whine Boer carbine (1895 model, see Ball, appendix on ZAR rifles) also has a very light walnut stock.
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It's all walnut
Just to make the point:
All European guns!
Last edited by Badger; 04-10-2013 at 06:19 AM.
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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!
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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?