1895 Chilean short rifle

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This popped up on centerfire a month ago as a gunsmith special. Stock is rough and had a few cracks and some of the metal is pitted. Bore is pristine. Missing one screw for the rear site. Its all original. And very low serial number. And it doesnt have a single import mark on it. Wondering as to what its worth? Trade value? I dont find Chilean mausers all that interesting.
 

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That is rough on the outside.
How does it look on the inside? Inside the bore, inside the trigger assembly, inside the magazine. Sights aside (a difficult factor), those old Mausers tend to work well. They tend to shoot well with ammunition of the type used initially.
From the photos it does not appear to be a serious collector's piece. Doing more than just a cleaning gets into the borderline 'restoration' category. Replacing the stock seems reasonable (presuming a proper 'original stock' can be located) is making the rifle into a 'mixed number' item; not original. I gather from internet articles the 1895 Mauser was a 7x57mm Mauser chambering, that is a good cartridge, both then and now.

You might find a market for that rifle in the collector community, but usually that level of finish is not (relatively) valuable. It is probably more value than a similar Turkish Mauser, but not as much as a better grade Peruvian. I find a certain appeal to old rifles. But I'm not a big time collector.
 
I tried to have 2 made into 6mm Remingtons for Byron & I. Unfortunately that gunsmith- originally affiliated with TFL- buggered the job. At least 1 of the 2 wouldn't cycle ammo. They were lost when Byron died.

John
 
That stock is really pretty rough. Tough to remediate. Maybe this is one that's destined to be bubba'ed. Might be worth around $400 - $500 as is if it's functional.
 
That stock is really pretty rough. Tough to remediate. Maybe this is one that's destined to be bubba'ed. Might be worth around $400 - $500 as is if it's functional.
Thanks. Ive been looking all over the internet to see if there is another one like this one and it seems to be completely unique. That is very early serial and with this specific rear site. Probably not upgraded to the spitzer bullet.
 
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