some do! I can use it at most indoor ranges because of it's lack of bullet weight and penetration. New stock, made a set of double set triggers and then played around putting a scope on it. The long and fascinating history of Mauser rifles began with the acceptance of the Model 1871 by the Prussian War department. They are being advertised as chambered for the '7. Paul and Wilhelm Mauser couldn’t possibly have known the impact their simple yet effective turn bolt design would have on the future of firearms. Originally Spanish Model 1916 short rifles, these were converted by the Spanish from Spanish 7x57 Mauser to the Spanish 7.62x51 CETME some time after 1963. They were cheap and the dealer was selling the cheap so I swung a deal and bought the entire tableful of them, about 8,000 rounds, Fun bullets made from ballistic plastic and quite accurate out to about 100 meters which is their intended use (limited) but the velocity is just shy of OMG. 308 Hi Jon, I suspect you referring to the 'Guardia Civil Spanish Mauser - Cal.08 Win' SAMCO is offering. they were in 500 round plastic wrapped battle packs. So.Ī number of years previous to this I had purchased an obscenely large quantity of 7.62 Nato plastic training rounds. I stumbled upon one stuck back in a closet and has a bad case of boredom.
The good 1916 Models are pretty plentiful and not terribly expensive/ They are not really my thing and I have had a few. TRAP55 is 100% correct! The later 'large ring' Mausers are fine.
