Old mauser, trying to figure out details/caliber. Anyone have some insight? More pics to follow
Spanish Model 1893; originally chambered for 7x57mm.
>>30224600
South American I looks like. Might be 7mm....
Another angle
>>30224661
Show us the receiver from the top view: it's the only way to be sure.
Sorry if it's kinda fuzzy, last pic
>>30224635
>South American
Literally says:
>Mauser Espanol Modelo 1893
Right on it.
>Manufactura Loewe Berlin
Manufactured by Ludwig Loewe & Co. of Berlin. LL&CO. became Deutsche Waffen-und Munitionsfabriken on Jan 1st 1897, so it was made before then.
>>30224696
>sporterized
Fugg. Barrel's been cut down; stock has been cut and re-contoured.
Am I the only one geeking out over the Star of David engraved on the receiver? That marks it as an early Israeli weapon that got pressed into service, like a lot of ex-Wehrmacht rifles.... but how the hell did they get their clamhooks on a small ring Mauser and where could they have gotten ammo for it?
>>30224811
No, it's a typical proof mark found on rifles made by Ludwig Loewe & Co. from 1892-1895. The Loewe family was Jewish.
>>30224600
i dunno. maybe if you took the fucking time to rotate your fucking picture the right way i might have time to look at it and tell you. faggot.
>>30224866
Oh.
/scribbles note
>>30224889
Rifle isn't immediately handy, otherwise I'd fix it
>>30224692
Seconded
>>30224866
>>30224811
Cue in the "Judenflinte" legend. It was a HUGE scandal about the Gewehr 88s made by Lowe that were supposedly super sub par.
Interesting story.
>>30224630
Could it be the 7mm mauser that you could accidentally load an 8mm shell into it and kaboom the receiver? I remeber a friend telling me that he got an old Argentine Mauser and discovered that he was shooting the wrong ammo out it. But hey, the magic metal they made those things out of back then were tough and way over engineered.
>>30227309
You'd have a very hard time loading an 8x57mm into a 7x57mm chamber. The 7x57 barrel's throat would have to be terribly eroded; the shoulder on the 8x57 is further forward than that of the 7x57, even though their case-length is the same.
