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Ok, I promised heavy_mech I would post this one. It’s not German used rifle but it’s about as close to a Mauser Oberndorf Gew 98 as one can get.
This was posted as an Argentine Modelo 1909 parts rifle - unsafe to fire due to excessive headspace. His photos were lousy but I was able to make out the Lange Vizier. I figured Bubba ran a 30-06 reamer in the chamber so he could get c’triges at Walmart to fire in it. With a $175 buy now and $35 shipping I couldn’t resist rolling the dice - especially after he told me it had a great bore.
What I received was indeed a well used but nice arsenal reconditioned Peruvian 1909.
I soon found that 30-06 didn’t fit and a 7.65x53 sank really deep in the chamber. The barrel is a SIG replacement and there is an unusual stock repair on the forend. Also a Turk marked bolt release-that’s strange.
At this point i decided to fire form a 7.65x53 at arms length with my head turned away. As I hoped nothing bad happened and it revealed a chamber reamed approximately 2mm too deep. Not a big deal for me since I form my 7.65x53 from surplus 30-06 brass. I simply adjusted my form die to produce a 7.65x55 Hull.
In this photo the standard 7.65x53 is on the left, the 7.65x53 fired in the this rifle in the center, and a 7.65x55 on the right. Problem solved.
Rifle shoots great - 100 yd group
My theory is that the Peruvian armourer installing the SIG barrel went to sleep at the reamer and went too deep-it is easy to do if using a lathe. The front sight sleeve is also sloppily installed. Soldiers were probably more expendable than rifles in the day so they apparently let it go sloppily reamed. And it likely fired many rounds without issue if the ammo was relatively new and the brass properly annealed.
The SIG barrels were primarily used to update their m1891 rifles I think, but with some fore thought the Peruvians ordered their 1909s with small shank barrels as well.
Regards
Marty
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This was posted as an Argentine Modelo 1909 parts rifle - unsafe to fire due to excessive headspace. His photos were lousy but I was able to make out the Lange Vizier. I figured Bubba ran a 30-06 reamer in the chamber so he could get c’triges at Walmart to fire in it. With a $175 buy now and $35 shipping I couldn’t resist rolling the dice - especially after he told me it had a great bore.
What I received was indeed a well used but nice arsenal reconditioned Peruvian 1909.
I soon found that 30-06 didn’t fit and a 7.65x53 sank really deep in the chamber. The barrel is a SIG replacement and there is an unusual stock repair on the forend. Also a Turk marked bolt release-that’s strange.
At this point i decided to fire form a 7.65x53 at arms length with my head turned away. As I hoped nothing bad happened and it revealed a chamber reamed approximately 2mm too deep. Not a big deal for me since I form my 7.65x53 from surplus 30-06 brass. I simply adjusted my form die to produce a 7.65x55 Hull.
In this photo the standard 7.65x53 is on the left, the 7.65x53 fired in the this rifle in the center, and a 7.65x55 on the right. Problem solved.
Rifle shoots great - 100 yd group
My theory is that the Peruvian armourer installing the SIG barrel went to sleep at the reamer and went too deep-it is easy to do if using a lathe. The front sight sleeve is also sloppily installed. Soldiers were probably more expendable than rifles in the day so they apparently let it go sloppily reamed. And it likely fired many rounds without issue if the ammo was relatively new and the brass properly annealed.
The SIG barrels were primarily used to update their m1891 rifles I think, but with some fore thought the Peruvians ordered their 1909s with small shank barrels as well.
Regards
Marty
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