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Mexican Mauser barrel thread?
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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 412975" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>Kind of like a "Mexican Chiang Kai-Shek"! Those <em>original</em> 'small ring' Mauser "98's were highly desirable for light weight customs <em>when they were available.</em> The Mexican & Peruvian '98's have been gone for a generation now. I think the thing to remember here is that they are Model 1898's in every sense, except the barrel thread (on the small rings). They have the "Mauser Collar", they do most of the firing pin retraction (cocking) as the bolt handle is lifted, have the 'saftey' third locking lug, the guide rib on the bolt body, and the 'gas' shield on the bolt shroud, all features the earlier model rifles didn't have. I just found some conflicting info that says the 1936 Short Rifle was made in The Goverment Arms factory in Mexico City, not by FN. It looks like , over the years that the Mauser '98 was <em>the</em> bolt rifle to have , Mexico imported rifles from Germany (DWM), Austria (Steyr), Czechoslovakia (CZ), and Belgium (FN) besides making their own (model 1936 & 1954).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 412975, member: 24284"] Kind of like a "Mexican Chiang Kai-Shek"! Those [I]original[/I] 'small ring' Mauser "98's were highly desirable for light weight customs [I]when they were available.[/I] The Mexican & Peruvian '98's have been gone for a generation now. I think the thing to remember here is that they are Model 1898's in every sense, except the barrel thread (on the small rings). They have the "Mauser Collar", they do most of the firing pin retraction (cocking) as the bolt handle is lifted, have the 'saftey' third locking lug, the guide rib on the bolt body, and the 'gas' shield on the bolt shroud, all features the earlier model rifles didn't have. I just found some conflicting info that says the 1936 Short Rifle was made in The Goverment Arms factory in Mexico City, not by FN. It looks like , over the years that the Mauser '98 was [I]the[/I] bolt rifle to have , Mexico imported rifles from Germany (DWM), Austria (Steyr), Czechoslovakia (CZ), and Belgium (FN) besides making their own (model 1936 & 1954). [/QUOTE]
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