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New 1912 Chilean carbine
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 3:08 pm
by Calfed
I got this 1912 Steyr Mauser Chilean carbine a few weeks ago at an on-line estate sale and it arrived today.
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Bolt is non-matching..
, but it has a fantastic bore--one of the best I've seen on a milsurp--Swede's and Swiss included. I have trouble with getting good pictures of a rifle bore, but..
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Re: New 1912 Chilean carbine
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:37 am
by Niner
Looks like you got a good picture of the bore to me. What caliber is it? Didn't Chile convert some 7mm Mausers to 7.62 Nato once upon a time?
Good find whatever caliber it is.
Re: New 1912 Chilean carbine
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 9:06 am
by Calfed
This is still in the original 7x57 caliber.
Chile did rechamber some of it's Mausers to 7.62 Nato back in the early 60's. Apparently this was accomplished in a variety of ways-with the 1895 Mausers, a chamber insert was used and the barrel was rebored. On the short 1912 Mausers, a re-chambered 03A3 barrel was re-threaded and mounted.
Re: New 1912 Chilean carbine
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 3:39 pm
by Aughnanure
That is really a nice one, pity about the mismatched numbers but you can't always have everything
; I'll be very interested to see how it shoots.
Re: New 1912 Chilean carbine
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 5:06 am
by DocAV
Very nice example of a Steyr M1912 SHORT RIFLE ( or to use the old English name, a Musketoon). It is NOT a "carbine."
Chile had M95 Carbines (18 inch Barrels) similar to the Boer StaatsArtillerie M95 carbines, but also had a 21 inch-barrelled Short Rifle for Artillery and Engineer Use. Occasionally the Short Rifles had Double sling arrangements, so that they could be used by Mounted Units (ie, Horse-drawn Artillery).
I have not heard of a True Steyr M1912 Carbine ( with a 18 or 17 inch barrel), but I suppose they were not needed as Chile had sufficient M95 Carbines for their Cavalry.
As to the M1912/61 NATO Short Rifles, some are of M1912 SR origin, but a lot fit the serial Number ranges of the M1912 Long Rifles, cut down to SR dimensions.
Regards,
Doc AV
AV Ballistics
Brisbane Australia
