![]() 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. 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. ![]()
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