These are mostly marked “Loewe, Berlin”, but a few will be DWM production from the very early DWM serial number groups. You will get “the luck of the draw.” All have the standard short rifle bent bolt, rather than the straight bolt used on most Chilean infantry full-length rifles.
Some of these spare receivers have been found built as complete m/1896 rifles with serial numbers falling into the regular m/1896 rifle ranges. These have a handy overall length of 42″. This series of carbines were all manufactured in 1895, and a very few spare receivers dated 1895 were received from Mauser Oberndorf's manufacturers Ludwig Loewe and DWM. These have a variety of original stock sling cut types, sling swivel types, and muzzle cap types. These rifles have stocks with cracks, handguards with cracks, or minor hand-fitting scratching. While these won’t have the same collector’s value as all-original examples, they still look great and are fully functional. All guns are complete, including original muzzle covers. All of these short rifles are in 7mm Mauser (7×57) and have bores that show wear and light pitting. The wood has been lightly re-sanded, stained, and oiled. Every part on every gun has been hand-cleaned and lightly polished to bring the metal back to as close to its factory original finish as possible. We recently obtained the last nine available original 1895 Chilean Mauser short rifles that were professionally restored by Navy Arms, using the original 19th and early 20th Century techniques for arsenal reconditioning.
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