Please view the photos carefully as they form the main description & override all written information so ask for more if desired.Īs with all used guns, we recommend you have this checked by a suitably qualified person prior to shooting. The bore is good so it is definitely a shooter & being all original, would be an excellent option for service rifle comps.ĭo your own research & you will see this is a uniquely collectable rifle & would be a great addition to any Mauser or WW2 battle rifle collection. This example was made in 1945 as marked on the receiver & is in fine condition as can be seen in the photos. The M43 began production in 1943, hence the model designation.
I'm not Catholic, and I would want such a confession held in the utmost confidence.The M43 is a direct copy of the German K98k which was built under license by the Spanish.įranco’s Nationalist Spain was officially neutral during WW2 but it was well known to all that they were sympathetic to Nazi Germany, especially after Germany’s assistance during the Spanish Civil war so it came as no surprise they chose to manufacture their version of the K98k. Picked up a M43 Spanish Mauser, last week while I was visiting My brother, Don't know much about it the bore is nice sharp rilfing numbers match the bolt,reciever, magazine floor plate& trigger guard, stock under the barrel has the same number, receiver is dated 1955 La Cornua, 8mm mauser no I have to get a set for reloading. I'm going to go over to Bill's board and offer my confession. I have two Spanish M43s which are in like new condition and identical to each other, Ive seen several others which look identical at gun shows through. Spanish Mauser M43-K98, in 8mm Mauser, ser.E60XX, La Coruna-circa 1946, not import marked, 24 barrel with excellent bore bright a for sale by Bullseye. Jerry, you got an old man reminiscing about the good old days when you mentioned the cost and availability of those old rifles now. I didn't have the money to buy a different caliber barrel. Texas deer with it, it stayed in the original 7x57. I still have that sporterized '95 somewhere, and I did kill a lot of S. But I did not have the money to go out and buy a new Winchester or Remington. A hunting rifle was what we were after, and it just needed a bit of touching up (with cheap Bishop stock and cheap scope). Because you could buy another for the same price and keep it original (if you were into collecting). That was a lot of money back then, but the rifle I received was unissued. You got that right! Man, I remember back in 1965 when I ordered a '95 Chilean from Century (I believe) and it set me back about $30. This is a fairly recent aquisition, obtained as part of a package deal (see the M94 sporter elsewhere on this. If anyone could direct me to any books on the subject or share any knowledge they have on them Id appreciate it.
Next to nothing seems to he written about the m43 other than its similar to the k98. Most of what I can find is for the 18 versions. The occasionally used model moniker Model 1943 (M43) for these converted 7. Im trying to find information on the spanish m43 8mm mauser rifles and Ive been unable to find much. ".A complete 95 Chilian in good shape is already out of reach of sporterizing.Jerry" The overall view The original sling for the Mauser Karabiner 98 kurz. But when you say poor, I say walk away and find a better donor to start with. If it was a decent sporting job, I'd say possibly depending on price.
But then again, for all intents and purposes, they were free. With heat treatment I might consider building a beater out of them.
A very original and complete rifle, that was almost untouched. It is their heat treat that is worrisome. Picked up this lightly sporterized Spanish M43 from a local gun shop a few days ago. The other two actions are crude even compared to the Turk made actions but relatively tight. The complete M43 while a decent copy of sorts of the K98 has so much slop in the bolt from an overly large bolt bore, that the bolt nose hits the left rail just ahead of the thumbcut on its way in. I have three spanish 98's and the only reason I have them is that they were part of a 7 fer 1 deal which included 1 spanish M43 action, one M44 airforce action, one complete M43 rifle, one Mosin Nagant 91-30, one complete mosin action, one Argentine 1891 barrel action and finally one all matching 1914 Carl Gustoff (sp) M96 mauser which cost me the princely sum of $75. However, the Spanish have a deserved reputation for poor metalurgy & perhaps even machining skills when it comes to mausers. Like he says, if they are kept in the original chambering & fed factory ammo they are ok. Fritz asks a good question, what model are they? The 93-95 are less desirable than the 98's but at least some of them were German made.