The magazine can be removed from the rifle but it need not be, as the rifle was meant to be loaded through the open action. The rear sight notch is a V, matching the inverted V of the front sight. The rear sight is a typical, military ladder type, graduated to 2000 meters. The bolt action is smooth and the trigger, the usual two-stage military type, is not light but breaks cleanly. Factory loaded ammunition for the 7.65x53 (7.65mm Argentine) from Norma is available in the US with a 180 grain soft point bullet loaded to a. The Loewe Company was known for good workmanship and it shows in the Argentine Mauser. Handloaders should approach maximum loads with caution, as the old Mauser 1889/1890/1891 rifles in which the 7.65x53 is usually found are not as strong as the later Model 1898 Mauser or modern rifles. Argentina became a world economic power in the late 19 th century and, wanting to maintain a strong military, ordered 180,000 of these rifles. The Argentine design had appeared a couple of years earlier in groups of rifles made for Belgium and Turkey, and was manufactured by the German firm of Ludwig Loewe and Company. 308”, I say, “close enough!” The Model 1891 shown in the picture is a bolt-action, magazine rifle with a barrel about 29.2 inches, all held in a walnut stock. So is the 7.65 a “thirty?” Well, comparing. The Argentine launches bullets that have a diameter of 0.311 inches. Yes, cartridge designation can be complicated and confusing.įrom this, you can see that the 7.65 cartridge would be a smidge larger than thirty-caliber, and that is the case. The American Army adopted the 7.62 in 1957, and when the round was offered for civilian hunting use it became known as the. In 1953, NATO forces adopted a cartridge called the 7.62 x 51 NATO. 30-caliber rifle would have a bore diameter of 7.62 millimeters. Since one inch is equal to 25.4 millimeters, we can calculate that a. 30-caliber cartridges that have succeeded them have a bore diameter of 0.300 inches and launch projectiles having a diameter of 0.308 inches, a bit wider than the bore diameter so as to fill the grooves of the rifling. It was intended to be a fast loading repeater. The 5 round box magazine loaded from stripper clips was a first.
#1891 ARGENTINE MAUSER FAST LOAD SERIAL NUMBERS#
All serial numbers match and G-60XX indicates it was made in 1894. The old American thirties that I like to work with, the. (Owners of Mauser) obtained a contract to build these for Argentina.
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