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1916 spanish mauser 308 parts3/8/2024 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While there are many that reflect master craftsmanship with regard to caliber conversions, trigger work and handmade stocks the majority were put into the cheapest stocks that could be found or had the original military stocks cut and altered. The older sporterized rifles were often converted and housed in stocks of questionable origin. These rifles were popular and chief alternatives to newly manufactured domestic made hunting rifles. Typically, the barrel was replaced and the stock either modified or changed out to what is known as a sporter stock. The action made for an economical sporting rifle build when compared to sporting rifles built by Remington, Winchester, and Savage. While many were preserved in their original military configuration, a great number were sporterized for hunting and target shooting. Founded in Oberndorf, Germany, in 1874 as Königliche Waffen Schmieden, the company was an effort started by the Mauser brothers, Peter and Wilhelm, several years earlier when they designed and produced rifles for the Prussian military.įrom the end of World War II through the late 1990s, many thousands of Mauser rifles hit American shores via the surplus market. And above all, they were relatively cheap. The name Mauser is one of the oldest names in firearms. The interesting things about them were that they were in really good shape, were carbine length, were Mauser design actions and were converted to fire the 7.62x51 Nato round, which is the same size round and more or less the same power as the 308 Winchester. ![]()
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