Unsure how many here know how little information was available on these rifles online prior to this video, but I appreciate you shedding some much-needed light on them
Always love me a C&R Mauser video, they're always the best. I don't even mind that this is basically the Serbian '99 again, the history's more than enough for me.
Chilean here. Totally great video! I'm impressed! I have studied Koerner's role in Chile's Army history and you dug up some amazing information! You clearly know more about Boonen than what I know! When I was 16 and in Military School (Officer Academy) we used the Mauser Modelo 1912 modified to fire 7,62 NATO. Please do an episode on that rifle! The Mausers were worn out so we only fired blanks with them. Used for general infantry training and bayonet practice. We paraded with Steyr carbines and did guard duty and range practice with SIGs in 7,62 made under licence by FAMAE. But the Mauser is basically a simbol of our army. The 1912 was still in use in some units in 7,62 up to the 80s. Love the channel and thanks for the detailed history lesson!
I emailed ballistol customer services to say I'm a fan despite not owning any firearms, and having an unhealthy obsession with living a life of frictional stolidity.
I have waited for this episode. I have an 1895 and tried finding videos about them years ago and generally didn’t find much. Wish i saw that this episode came out when it did.
53:06 Mae is correct! The Swedes have a longer length of pull, with everything else being the same. Personally I find the swedish stocks more comfortable. They have a shallower wrist angle and a more modern butt plate angle.
I'm happy to see a video on the 1895! I bought a nice one as my first gun and it has a special place in my heart. All of the research I did on it along with finding accessories like bayonets and slings was fun and got me hooked on mil-surp. Still can't find a proper cleaning rod though.
I have an incredibly early example. "A67" It's an 1895 Mosqueton (super short engineering version). I love it to death, it's a patina rifle (just a touch beat up) but has some firing pin art that somebody did early in the rifles life. The name "ARAYA" was dotted into the stock. Maybe a girlfriend or wife of somebody serving in the army? It's my favorite early rifle.
I bought a Chilean M95 in 1971 for about $25US; it's one of the few rifles I've regretted trading. It shot well, carried and handled easily (for me, but I grew up with M1903s, M1917s and Garands). By the time I bought it, the spitzer round was available as Chilean surplus, I can't recall pricing other than being cheaper than 30-06 surplus in my area [Clovis, New Mexico]. Cheers from Virginia!
54:40 Well so much for getting one of these for a good price. Love my 7mm mauser rolling block and I've been meaning to pick up a bolt action in it. Great video on a great gun.
Great video, was waiting to see this rifle covered. I have 2 of them, don't have a carbine version, though. Both shoot fine, actions plenty smooth for me. First one my father bought pre-64 for 17$ delivered to your door.
👍Great video, amigo Othias. The French sold also the Lebel rifles to the Chilean army, but received worn-out guns. Mexico and Chile ordered the Mauser 1895 and 1912 models in 7x57 mm.
My first Mauser was a Chilean 1895 that I bought from a local sporting goods store it was a recent import and it was suppose to have been rechambered in .308 so I bought a box when I picked it up and guess what didn't fit in the chamber yeah the .308 seems mine fell threw some cracks it wasn't rechambered and didn't receive any import marks looks like they just threw it in the box and sent it... Very cool gun...
As Americans, we are lucky to be able to own unissued, mint condition Chilean 1895 rifles. Chile sold its military stock to the US in the 1950's and 1960's. Many of them are antique status, meaning no firearm license required to buy and/or sell.
That wall of old firearms is intriguing. I'm officially addicted to old military firearms. My bank account and martial standing are in serious jeopardy.
@@Michael-yu2yk mine is a conversion as well. Mine is a Frankenstein that came in the us so long ago there's no import markings. I've put over 100 rounds of commercial 7.62 nato through it no issue.
@@brendanliamgill99 I also have one of those, but I only shot my own hand loaded ammo as I only have access to .308 rounds and those have too much power for that rechambering job.
@@sargentavs huh that's odd where I live both are plentiful. What kind of loads you using? I always try to get ammo around 148 grain projectile and stay away from anything that claims for long range shooting. I've put over 100 rounds through that gun and probably have used like 7 different brands of ammo.
@@brendanliamgill99 I reload with 155gn bullets and 40gn of ReloadSwiss RS52. This combo has low pressure. The rechambering job was poorly done and it has some "micro spaces" as I've seen using a boroscope. I've read horrific stories and seen images about those rechambered rifles exploding with standard .308 hunting ammo
I'm hoping to see videos on the Brno vz.24 and FN M1924 and just how prolific they were in the interwar. Most, if not all, of South America seem to have adopted one of them after WW1.
It seems like the reason that the secondary lug on the Chilean Mauser wasn’t seen on other variants is because the 98 Mauser with the full locking lug and stronger action came along a few short years later.
14:04 how do you spell that French rifle? I must know more about this On another matter, "Arming the Sultan" is a great book about German arms sales tactics in the period, highly recommend to anyone interested in the political/economic aspects of this whole thing and not just the guns themselves
picture the scene: you have just watched the last C&Rsenal WW2 small arms video. “ah, well, that’s the end of the series.” you say to yourself as you close your super computer laptop and look out the window of your personal estate on venus, watching your alien livestock eating imported earth grass.
I had always wondered why no (or so few) counties didn’t Frankenstein a service rifle together. The idea of “Patent Hell” had not occurred to me. So thank you… but I’m still going to keep fantasizing about my 6.5 Lee-Arasaka-Mosin rifle! 😂
So that reminded me of my little scare when I bought my DWM Modello 1895. I didn't date it before buying, because I just wanted an example. The auction house said C&R. So I won the auction and I said cool, paid my tab and figured they'll get ahold of Mr in a day or 2 for shipping details. A week passed and while I was annoyed they hadn't contacted me I'm a patient guy I decided I'd try to call them the next day if I didn't hear anything, that's when I got a package delivered. Huh I wonder what my mum has ordered from Amazon I thought to my self, surely surely they didn't ship....oh its the gun.....so then I panic researched and finally found the faded cartouche that looks like it reads 1898. 😂 letter code agrees that it should be 1898. But I was sweating for a minute they didn't mention anything about antique and I assumed it wasn't cause they did have C&R on there.
Before adopting the mauser, in 1892 Brazil acquired about 80000 gewehr 88, which here were called manlicher, because of the clip, but they performed poorly in the federalist revolution in 1893-95
Wonder if you're ever going to dive into the topic of civilian versions of Mauser rifles, the way the stock and other bells and whistles were changing over the years.
Rigby, Westley Richards, Dwm ,and so many other fine civilian made ones, the standard,kurtz,and Magnum action . That would be a whole series of it self. Good tip look up Jim Corbett and W D M Bell Mausers . Plenty of good videos and articles about them .
I’ve noticed that too. I’ve seen so many absolutely butchered/Bubba’ed Argentine m91’s and that always struck me odd. They also seem to be subjected to the absolute worst Bubba “gunsmithing” I’ve seen, I can’t think of seeing very many that were sporterized in a nice fashion. Most were hacksaw and 12 pack jobs. Yes, I know there were tons brought in and they were cheap but so we’re many other Mausers. The round is good but was never really common. The m91 was also the most “primitive” smokeless powder Mauser action with the small extractor wedged into the bolt and the protruding magazine. Of all the guns available in the old days, it would be pretty far down on a list of truly suitable actions to build a decent sporter with. If it was just a matter of cost, I’d just buy a carbine and leave it as-is to hunt with or even the long rifle as-is. I’ve hunted with various long rifles, for most whitetail situations it works just fine.
Sorry to ask this, but what is the spelling of the french rifle mentioned in this episode please? I'm not very good at french and couldn't guess the spelling enough to find it on my own, but would nonetheless like to read about it. Thanks
Marshall Deodoro famously went up to Emperor with the demand that he fire his current ministers and set up a new government, and was surprised when Pedro II instead abdicated. Maybe it's apocrypha, but it is often said that da Fonseca had a cold that day and was generally just very miserable with how EVERYTHING turned out.
The o isn't really silent, oe(ö) is one letter in German. Loewe is more Ler-vah put simply in English. I can't think of a better way to describe the oe sound.
I know not really easy to find but could you try to find some last ditch arisaka or nazi last ditch bolt-action and do an épisode on those poor quality but used rifle in WW2
I'm no big deal, discriminating collector. I don't have a Mauser. I keep looking for one of the Spanish/South American 7mm versions. Not so much interested wit European models.
Those "German sales tactics" that were mentioned were actually not unique to the Germans, they were rather commonplace. The British, French, and Americans used those practices as well......but let's just make Germany look worse....
I'm a huge fan of the Chanel, but that is a misinformation about the rifles that equiped the Brazilian Army. We used the Comblain until 1891, when we adopted the Gewehr 1888 bought from Steyr. By the time of the Federalist Revolution, in 1892, most of the loyalist troops that suported Marshal Floriano Peixoto were equiped with Gewher 1888s, while the Federalists used mostly Comblains and the Navy Kropatscheks 1886. Only in 1894 the Brazilian Army adopted the Mausers, similar to the Spanish Mauser 1893.
Unsure how many here know how little information was available on these rifles online prior to this video, but I appreciate you shedding some much-needed light on them
Oh hey gun pov guy
@@jollycooperation_sun Howdy
Got ballistol when i found out about the safe ingredients it is made with from this channel. Love to support a company that supports this channel!
I think that the human race would be conquering mars by the time c and arsenal release the last mauser variant video
I think that model would be the Martian Colonial Constabulary carbine.
@@lisakozlowski4057ngl now your giving me ideas for a custom Mauser for my fallout world.
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Which served along B-52 bomber.
It is Paul Mauser’s curse to future generations.
The Mausers are infinite.
I see a patented Plastic and Pokey I click thumbs up!
YES! I have been waiting YEARS for this episode
Alright! Was having a bad day but now it’s better! I get to watch my favorite TH-cam channel! Already feeling better!
Always love me a C&R Mauser video, they're always the best. I don't even mind that this is basically the Serbian '99 again, the history's more than enough for me.
Chilean here.
Totally great video! I'm impressed! I have studied Koerner's role in Chile's Army history and you dug up some amazing information! You clearly know more about Boonen than what I know!
When I was 16 and in Military School (Officer Academy) we used the Mauser Modelo 1912 modified to fire 7,62 NATO. Please do an episode on that rifle! The Mausers were worn out so we only fired blanks with them. Used for general infantry training and bayonet practice. We paraded with Steyr carbines and did guard duty and range practice with SIGs in 7,62 made under licence by FAMAE. But the Mauser is basically a simbol of our army. The 1912 was still in use in some units in 7,62 up to the 80s.
Love the channel and thanks for the detailed history lesson!
I emailed ballistol customer services to say I'm a fan despite not owning any firearms, and having an unhealthy obsession with living a life of frictional stolidity.
I have waited for this episode. I have an 1895 and tried finding videos about them years ago and generally didn’t find much. Wish i saw that this episode came out when it did.
Sweet! The South American armaments intrigue always makes for a fun historical video.
53:06 Mae is correct! The Swedes have a longer length of pull, with everything else being the same.
Personally I find the swedish stocks more comfortable. They have a shallower wrist angle and a more modern butt plate angle.
Great episode again! Loving it so far.
I'm happy to see a video on the 1895! I bought a nice one as my first gun and it has a special place in my heart. All of the research I did on it along with finding accessories like bayonets and slings was fun and got me hooked on mil-surp. Still can't find a proper cleaning rod though.
I have an incredibly early example. "A67" It's an 1895 Mosqueton (super short engineering version). I love it to death, it's a patina rifle (just a touch beat up) but has some firing pin art that somebody did early in the rifles life. The name "ARAYA" was dotted into the stock. Maybe a girlfriend or wife of somebody serving in the army? It's my favorite early rifle.
Thanks once again for posting! Interesting and informative. And once again, Ballistol helped!
I would love to see a episode on a Boer Mauser.
Great content as always, keep it up.
I bought a Chilean M95 in 1971 for about $25US; it's one of the few rifles I've regretted trading. It shot well, carried and handled easily (for me, but I grew up with M1903s, M1917s and Garands). By the time I bought it, the spitzer round was available as Chilean surplus, I can't recall pricing other than being cheaper than 30-06 surplus in my area [Clovis, New Mexico]. Cheers from Virginia!
Your videos have inspired me to acquire WW1 rifles/bayonets for my collection. Thanks for sparking my interest in something new!
Ballistol fixed my elbow!
54:40 Well so much for getting one of these for a good price. Love my 7mm mauser rolling block and I've been meaning to pick up a bolt action in it. Great video on a great gun.
Great video, was waiting to see this rifle covered. I have 2 of them, don't have a carbine version, though. Both shoot fine, actions plenty smooth for me. First one my father bought pre-64 for 17$ delivered to your door.
👍Great video, amigo Othias. The French sold also the Lebel rifles to the Chilean army, but received worn-out guns. Mexico and Chile ordered the Mauser 1895 and 1912 models in 7x57 mm.
20:31 thank you for telling a little about the history of Brazil my father, I love your channel 🇧🇷
Well Well that timing. Got one of those in layaway and it is in excellent shape. Stock looks amazing and so does the bore. Worth $450.
My first Mauser was a Chilean 1895 that I bought from a local sporting goods store it was a recent import and it was suppose to have been rechambered in .308 so I bought a box when I picked it up and guess what didn't fit in the chamber yeah the .308 seems mine fell threw some cracks it wasn't rechambered and didn't receive any import marks looks like they just threw it in the box and sent it... Very cool gun...
I've waited sooo long for this
Thank you
Interesting to hear about the connections between Germany and South America. Looking forward to the next episode!
As Americans, we are lucky to be able to own unissued, mint condition Chilean 1895 rifles. Chile sold its military stock to the US in the 1950's and 1960's. Many of them are antique status, meaning no firearm license required to buy and/or sell.
That wall of old firearms is intriguing. I'm officially addicted to old military firearms. My bank account and martial standing are in serious jeopardy.
Im actually looking forward to the video covering the video going over the conversions that chile did that converted them to 7.62 nato
Yes! I own one of those, it was actually my first rifle I purchased! I’m a little upset they didn’t cover it in this video though
@@Michael-yu2yk mine is a conversion as well. Mine is a Frankenstein that came in the us so long ago there's no import markings. I've put over 100 rounds of commercial 7.62 nato through it no issue.
@@brendanliamgill99 I also have one of those, but I only shot my own hand loaded ammo as I only have access to .308 rounds and those have too much power for that rechambering job.
@@sargentavs huh that's odd where I live both are plentiful. What kind of loads you using? I always try to get ammo around 148 grain projectile and stay away from anything that claims for long range shooting. I've put over 100 rounds through that gun and probably have used like 7 different brands of ammo.
@@brendanliamgill99 I reload with 155gn bullets and 40gn of ReloadSwiss RS52. This combo has low pressure. The rechambering job was poorly done and it has some "micro spaces" as I've seen using a boroscope. I've read horrific stories and seen images about those rechambered rifles exploding with standard .308 hunting ammo
Got up to feed my newborn and this is what get to watch! This is going to be a fat baby.
14:20 русский офицер, который был на этих испытаниях, писал что в них участвовала винтовка Mauser калибра 6.5.
Спасибо!
I have what appears to be an unissued lowe berlin 1895. The fit and finish is outstanding for a service rifle.
I am looking forward to the carbine video. I have a Chilean short rifle and hope that version is mentioned.
I'm hoping to see videos on the Brno vz.24 and FN M1924 and just how prolific they were in the interwar. Most, if not all, of South America seem to have adopted one of them after WW1.
It seems like the reason that the secondary lug on the Chilean Mauser wasn’t seen on other variants is because the 98 Mauser with the full locking lug and stronger action came along a few short years later.
Lowe also made some of the highest quality printing presses in the world .
14:04 how do you spell that French rifle? I must know more about this
On another matter, "Arming the Sultan" is a great book about German arms sales tactics in the period, highly recommend to anyone interested in the political/economic aspects of this whole thing and not just the guns themselves
Yeah I tried googling it but it’s french so it didn’t work
It's spelled Daudeteau.
@@F1ghteR41 thanks
Paul Mauser II? First time I've ever heard of him. What was his subsequent history?
That Chile-Argentine struggle is a very interesting story.
picture the scene: you have just watched the last C&Rsenal WW2 small arms video. “ah, well, that’s the end of the series.” you say to yourself as you close your super computer laptop and look out the window of your personal estate on venus, watching your alien livestock eating imported earth grass.
By that time they’ll probably be able to start covering WW3 small arms lol
Quickest I've ever caught an episode, this channel is my happy place 😂
@@ottovonbearsmark8876 oh, great! you just jinxed us all, thanks for nothin’ bud.
@@ottovonbearsmark8876 Ain't no rest for the 'tistic.
I had always wondered why no (or so few) counties didn’t Frankenstein a service rifle together. The idea of “Patent Hell” had not occurred to me. So thank you… but I’m still going to keep fantasizing about my 6.5 Lee-Arasaka-Mosin rifle! 😂
My first rifle, learned the ways of the Mauser. Balistol is soon followed.
Nice video. I also have one like that but it's chambered in .308
This channel is my happy place 😂
Good video
So that reminded me of my little scare when I bought my DWM Modello 1895. I didn't date it before buying, because I just wanted an example. The auction house said C&R. So I won the auction and I said cool, paid my tab and figured they'll get ahold of Mr in a day or 2 for shipping details. A week passed and while I was annoyed they hadn't contacted me I'm a patient guy I decided I'd try to call them the next day if I didn't hear anything, that's when I got a package delivered. Huh I wonder what my mum has ordered from Amazon I thought to my self, surely surely they didn't ship....oh its the gun.....so then I panic researched and finally found the faded cartouche that looks like it reads 1898. 😂 letter code agrees that it should be 1898. But I was sweating for a minute they didn't mention anything about antique and I assumed it wasn't cause they did have C&R on there.
Before adopting the mauser, in 1892 Brazil acquired about 80000 gewehr 88, which here were called manlicher, because of the clip, but they performed poorly in the federalist revolution in 1893-95
Wonder if you're ever going to dive into the topic of civilian versions of Mauser rifles, the way the stock and other bells and whistles were changing over the years.
Rigby, Westley Richards, Dwm ,and so many other fine civilian made ones, the standard,kurtz,and Magnum action . That would be a whole series of it self.
Good tip look up Jim Corbett and W D M Bell Mausers . Plenty of good videos and articles about them .
I used to have one of those but if u live in cali you can’t have antiques sadly I don’t have it anymore thx too comiefornia
Whoot whoot
Do you think ballistol BBQ sauce would work on ribs? I think it would work at least once or twice.
I have one that the stock is modified but my bolt is giving me a problem. I love this gun though. Solid gun and in great shape
I’ve noticed that too. I’ve seen so many absolutely butchered/Bubba’ed Argentine m91’s and that always struck me odd. They also seem to be subjected to the absolute worst Bubba “gunsmithing” I’ve seen, I can’t think of seeing very many that were sporterized in a nice fashion. Most were hacksaw and 12 pack jobs. Yes, I know there were tons brought in and they were cheap but so we’re many other Mausers. The round is good but was never really common. The m91 was also the most “primitive” smokeless powder Mauser action with the small extractor wedged into the bolt and the protruding magazine. Of all the guns available in the old days, it would be pretty far down on a list of truly suitable actions to build a decent sporter with.
If it was just a matter of cost, I’d just buy a carbine and leave it as-is to hunt with or even the long rifle as-is. I’ve hunted with various long rifles, for most whitetail situations it works just fine.
There are so many things I should be doing right now. But here I am.
I came across an 1895 at a small gun store that had be converted to 7.62 NATO. It was a tack driver.
25:32 So Korner wanted the rifle to lock the bolt on empty? So its safe to say he is the guy that made Mauser adopt the idea?
Sorry to ask this, but what is the spelling of the french rifle mentioned in this episode please? I'm not very good at french and couldn't guess the spelling enough to find it on my own, but would nonetheless like to read about it.
Thanks
Daudeteau
@@TenaciousTrilobite thanks
Oh hey, it's the tractor again! 💙
If you have lubrication issues on your tractor try Ballistol
I need that flannel
Good episode, Have not seen a Mexican Mauser yet lol. Maybe you guys are working your way north through South America.
I saw one on Gunbroker a few months ago, but someone else snagged it before I did. Hopefully they get one... or someone gets one and loans it to them.
Marshall Deodoro famously went up to Emperor with the demand that he fire his current ministers and set up a new government, and was surprised when Pedro II instead abdicated. Maybe it's apocrypha, but it is often said that da Fonseca had a cold that day and was generally just very miserable with how EVERYTHING turned out.
Can we see an episode on guns modified by bubbas great grandpa?
I’m pretty sure Ballistol is edible as well. It’s really a wunderschmiermittel!
1911 Argentina Mauser in .30-06. interesting. 1912 Brazil Mauser in 7mm x 57 with bayonet.
Loewe is the German spelling of the name Levy. "W" is pronounced as a "V" in German and the "O" is silent.
The o isn't really silent, oe(ö) is one letter in German. Loewe is more Ler-vah put simply in English. I can't think of a better way to describe the oe sound.
I switched to ballistol for all my household lubrication needs
somos el mejor pais de chile hermano
Chili has joined the Mauser users's union.
lol Mae stopped for a while to say "Yhit"...cant blame her though, cuz actually saying "sh*t" would make the audio have to be censored.
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58:02 I feel so seen
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I deeply regret my Chilean Mauser back in the '70s.
I am a simple man, I see Mauser, I click
Vertroue in God en Die Mauser
Nice! Ive got a Chilean bolt in my frankenMauser
Emil. Is that Andy Ricter with a mustache. 😆
Boer mauser when
Spanish and Chilean mauser stonks go brrrrrrrrr
lookn at mine rn 600 dollar first rifle grazy
mauser didn't win many world wars but they certainly played their part
More tractors!
I know not really easy to find but could you try to find some last ditch arisaka or nazi last ditch bolt-action and do an épisode on those poor quality but used rifle in WW2
Probably need to cover all of the earlier variants before covering the late ones
Support alligator rhythm
I use Ballistol on my swords
Engagement
LOL ! Shes smiling as she shoots the rifle.
Dowdetowhaaat? New carbine who dis?
Daudeteau
Do all lubricant.... Mhhm mhmm 😉 we get you 😂
Love the content a little confused about the ai e thots commenting on the video
They're everywhere... like the stuxnet of youtube
I'm no big deal, discriminating collector. I don't have a Mauser. I keep looking for one of the Spanish/South American 7mm versions. Not so much interested wit European models.
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What is this, 2008?
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Anyone got a blue shell?
@@jopeteus Pssh, I wish. I know, I never pull the first card but figured it would compliment a rifle from 1895
147th
Those "German sales tactics" that were mentioned were actually not unique to the Germans, they were rather commonplace. The British, French, and Americans used those practices as well......but let's just make Germany look worse....
Yes, most of these channels use sour grape sources that always make the Germans into bad guys.
I'm a huge fan of the Chanel, but that is a misinformation about the rifles that equiped the Brazilian Army. We used the Comblain until 1891, when we adopted the Gewehr 1888 bought from Steyr. By the time of the Federalist Revolution, in 1892, most of the loyalist troops that suported Marshal Floriano Peixoto were equiped with Gewher 1888s, while the Federalists used mostly Comblains and the Navy Kropatscheks 1886. Only in 1894 the Brazilian Army adopted the Mausers, similar to the Spanish Mauser 1893.
Can he wear a shirt that actually fits and it not be plaid?
Why shake up a consistent image? Would be like Trebek wearing a t-shirt and jorts on air