Help Identifying Rifle

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The seller says that it's a Spanish Mauser 7mm which if not mistaking uses 7mm Mauser. I'm being offered this rifle for $175. The rifle doesn't have no info in it.

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Perhaps someone can help me identify this rifle if possible. Hopefully this is the correct place to post this thread. Thanks.
 
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Go for it !!!

I'm being offered this rifle for $175. The rifle doesn't have no info in it.
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At this point, it really isn't that important. If the bore and general condition, is as good as it looks, jump on it. Offer him $160.00 which ,ight make you feel better. ...... ;)

The rifle doesn't have no info in it.
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Keep looking, it's there !!! ..... :)


Be Safe !!!
 
+1 on the Spanish 1916, one thing to look at if it's still in 7mm or been converted to 7.62. I picked up one from Samco that had been converted right before they went out of business. I checked the head space and it was WAY past a field gauge. But I picked up a 45ACP barrel from Rhineland Arms and it makes a neat little shooter.
 
Huh, I wonder who would've scrubbed the receiver? Usually there's a crest up there noting the country of origin and possibly other useful information.
 
Huh, I wonder who would've scrubbed the receiver? Usually there's a crest up there noting the country of origin and possibly other useful information.
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1893s converted to the 1916 pattern were often scrubbed.
I have two like that.
 
The best way to tell if it an M93 or M95 is look at the bolt face. The M93 and 1916 which is based on the M93 will have a flat bottom on the bolt face. The M95 is round.
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It.s a 93, it doesn't have the safety notch at the bolt handle. $175 sounds OK as long as it still has any rifling left in it. Personally, I wouldn't pay more than $150 for and Spanish 93 rifle. Spend the money on something else unless you just gotta have it.
 
Based on what I see, I'd be at $100.

It may be fun to shoot. But there's always the question of safety.
The Spanish Mausers - of any variety - were always questionable, and can't stand up to much more than 19th century ammunition standards (if that...).

Buy it as a decoration.
If it's marked for .308 or "7.62", just hang it on the wall. That marking is for .308 CETME. (A subject unto itself.)

If it's unmarked, chambered for 7mm Mauser/7x57mm, and you want to shoot it, have a qualified gunsmith check it out; and then never push it beyond standard pressure ammunition.
 
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Well would have liked it to shoot it but if not able to, not a big deal. Would like to still have it and hang it but still would like to have a gunsmith take a look at it. Just have to find one near me.

A friend on mine also mentioned about probably not firing the rifle being an old one.

Out of curiosity, how popular are these as far as for shooting or just to have? The price being what it is can only have me suggest not a popular item or because of the condition it currently has. Thanks again guys for the help.
 
how popular are these as far as for shooting or just to have?
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They were brought in by the boatload back in the 1960s and sold for $25-$50 in good condition. I bought one for $60 back in 1977, and it was absolutely pristine. There was also a lot of military ammo brought in at the same time, almost universally corrosive. 50 years later, most of them have been "sporterized" by cutting off the end of the military stock (sometimes well done) and most of them are pretty beat up and worn out. Over the past 30 years or so, the 7.62 conversions have been sold by various retailers, but I would consider them marginally safe with commercial ammo. They were never a great rifle to begin with, and being abused for 50 years is never good. We are reaching the proverbial "bottom of the barrel" as they are selling them online for $150 in just about worn out to almost scrap condition.
 
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