Pictures of my 1893 Chiliean Mauser?

[stan61]

This historical info is what makes collecting milsurps so interesting! 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.
Another story now is how did it get to Chile? I was under the impression only the intercepted and returned to Germany rifles ended up as part of the Chilean order.
My knowledge of this subject is quite limited, so please forgive any mis-information I may have repeated regarding the Boer Mausers.

[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