![]() ![]() I’d seen some posts here that suggested the 1896 Swedish Mauser bolt sleeve/safety/cocking piece/firing pin could be swapped into the Argentine Mauser with minor fitting, but the majority of what I could find was (and I’m sorry I can’t remember the poster here) referring to using a low scope safety along with the Swede bits. My early gun didn’t have that, and under close examination, it also appeared the firing pin collar had a crack in it. Had redesigned the bolt sleeve to reflect the then-new 93/94/95 bolt sleeve - with a slight “wing” to the right and left of the lug raceways. Even Mauser realized this, and in the mid-late 1890s. Admittedly, the load in question was weak, but the gas handling ability of the action was still worrisome. Now, these early guns, the firing pin screws into the cocking piece, so you’re left with either “too much” or “not enough”. It shot well, but I noticed under certain circumstances (shooting light loads of Universal and pistol boolits sized 313) that I got some blowback through the action.įirst solution was to check firing pin protrusion and reset it. I’ve got an early gun (made 1891-92) that - like most- was sporterized in the 1960s by one of the importers - cut down barrel, bent overt bolt, but was all numbers matching. Just wanted to drop this little bit of knowledge I pieced together for all you folks with the old 1891 Mausers.
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