Pictures of my 1893 Chiliean Mauser?

[Patrick Chadwick]

It would appear that fishn861's Mauser would be in the DWM serial number range that WAS succesfully delivered by ship and rail to Pretoria from that info if I read it correctly.

Please do not misinterpret what I wrote. The delivery of examples from that range of numbers is proof of the pre-1898 manufacture. It is NOT proof that this particular rifle is a Boer Mauser. Some rifles got through, but a lot were intercepted by the British, and years later marked with the Chilean crest and delivered to Chile. Boer rifles often (mostly?) had some kind of personal marking, and tend to look like they had a hard life out on the veldt. The rifle in question looks like it could have been one of the intercepted ones.

RobD, your opinion would be welcome here!

Patrick

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