Though a '95 bolt will fit in both a '93 and a '95 receiver, a bolt from an 1893 Mauser will only fit into a '93. It was later discovered that the chin was unnecessary, and it was omitted from later designs. At the time it was produced Mauser thought that this chin would assist in stripping rounds from the magazine. First, and most obvious, is that the '93 bolt has a square "chin". There are two main differences between a '93 bolt and a '95 bolt. They were manufactured into 1902 and differ from Model 1893 in a couple features so they are not identical to the Model 1893 Mauser. The quality and workmanship was as good as was humanly possible. In my opinion the Ludwig Loewe firearms were the finest firearms manufactured by the hand of man. They were manufactured by Ludwig Loewe and later DWM. This Chilean 1895 is a beautifully manufactured rifle that takes second place to no other rifle. Today, in 2021, this rifle would bring over $1,500, IMO. Prior to the Gun Control Act of 1968 rifles like this one were imported in as-new, unissued condition like this one below. It turns a rifle into a piece of wall art. This is one of the main causes of excessive headspace. This happens when the bolt lugs push back heavily and repeatedly into the lug races.
I also cut off the receiver barrel threads to show better the bolt lug races, upper and lower, showing lug set-back. And I'd bet money they'll fail a field headspace gage. If you have one of these and want to shoot it I suggest only cast bullets with moderate pressure levels. I'll leave the debate to others since my mind is long ago made up. What to do? Cheap solution was to re-purpose them in the current caliber of 7.62x51 Nato. This conversion was a matter of military expediency. My webpage on this rifle has been online for twenty years and is heavily visited. Apparently this was a 1st in internet history. I removed the barrel and sectioned the breech end of the barrel. Having a vertical milling machine in the shop made this a no-brainer. Probably not real noticeable to a lot of fellows but I can be inquisitive at times. In examining I noticed a silver colored ring at the breech of the barrel. However that's the case for any milsurp out there under the sun.When Century Arms in Vermont was selling off a bunch of junk I bought two of these Chilean Model 1895 Mauser rifles chambered in 7.62 Nato. However, that is not to say any one individual rifle of the type does not have headspace problems or other flaws.
#Spanish mauser 7.62 full
The basic conversion as done, with the small ring Mauser action is SOUND for full 7.62 NATO. 308 Enfields since before there was a worldwide web on rec.guns and mail lists. And the same misinformation has been bouncing around the net over the Civil Gaurdia rifles, Israeli converted Mausers, and the FR-7 and FR-8, and the Indian Ishapore. White labs has tested some of the Spanish Civil Gaurdia Mausers to failure only after a proof load that was several times SAMMI. While 7.62 may or may not have seen use in second-line converted Mausers, they were converted for full 7.62 NATO and nothing else. (much like Japnese 7.62x51 for their MBR)ħ.62 CTME is dimensionally identical to 7.62 NATO and was only developed to aid in full-auto controlability. However, it is loaded at much lower pressure. 308ħ.62 CETME is very much dimensionally similar to. I believe that was actually for 7.62 CETME cartridge and not.