MAUSER 98 caliber confusion

[oz_lowrider]

I have a 1935 MAUSER 98 Short Rifle with the banner on the action. I believe it's 7.65mm. I would like to confirm this and know the full caliber. 7.65 X ?

Any suggestions appreciated

 

[OldFashioned]

Sure its not a 7.92 x57?

 

[OldFashioned]

I assume its a k\g98... Don't know of any 7.65 calibers for those

 

[JT-AR-MG42]

IIRC, Mauser did make the pre-98k's in both 7 x 57 and 7.65 x 53 (commonly called the 7.65 Argentine Mauser here in the U.S.).

Share a photo?

The pre-98 Banner rifles are relatively uncommon here in any caliber, not including the poor condition PRC imports from 20+ years ago.
Even more so in calibers other than 8mm.

Here is a photo of my 1934 8mm Banner rifle.
Major differences from the 1935 K98k are the grasping grooves on the stock and the single spring lower band with the pinned-in-place upper band.



JT

 

[Col. Harrumph]

These are the three tools needed to find what any gun is chambered for:

www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tools-supplies/barrel-tools/barrel-chamfering-accessories/cerrosafe-chamber-casting-alloy-prod384.aspx

www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tools-supplies/measuring-tools/calipers/dial-caliper-prod7997.aspx

www.amazon.com/Cartridges-World-Complete-Illustrated-Reference/dp/1440246424/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1519300341&sr=8-1&keywords=cartridges+of+the+world+16th+edition

Good luck!

 

[OldFashioned]

The 7.65 Mauser's were 1903 Mauser's as I recall and have Argentine markings. Pictures would help

 

[Big7]

The 7.65 Mauser's were 1903 Mauser's as I recall and have Argentine markings. Pictures would help

And 1891 prior to that.

The magazine is a dead giveaway on those.

Belgian (what 7.65 was to start with has a different magazine)

I have or have had just about every Mauser under the sun.

Post a pic and I can probably tell you easy.

What I can't tell you is if it has been re-barreled or not.
Very important thing to know.

 

[boom boom]

I have a 1935 MAUSER 98 Short Rifle with the banner on the action. I believe it's 7.65mm. I would like to confirm this and know the full caliber. 7.65 X ?

Any suggestions appreciated

Banner Mausers were sold by Mauser as commercial rifles, not military. That is not to say that somewhere, somehow, a country's military (or rebels or police) got ahold of them. Usually the finish on the receiver was better. Given that you probably have a commercial 98 Mauser, it could be barrelled in almost anything. And someone could have made some wildcat out of it as well.

A good gunsmith stamps the caliber on the barrel for this reason (military barrels may or may not have this stamped as they presumably knew what ammo they were shooting).

Ultimately, you will need to do some sort of chamber cast in this sort of situation.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

The 7.65 Mauser's were 1903 Mauser's as I recall and have Argentine markings. Pictures would help

Although commonly called 7.65 Argentine, the caliber was used by many South American countries at one point or another as well as Belgium and Turkey.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

IIRC, Mauser did make the pre-98k's in both 7 x 57 and 7.65 x 53 (commonly called the 7.65 Argentine Mauser here in the U.S.).

Share a photo?

The pre-98 Banner rifles are relatively uncommon here in any caliber, not including the poor condition PRC imports from 20+ years ago.
Even more so in calibers other than 8mm.

Here is a photo of my 1934 8mm Banner rifle.
Major differences from the 1935 K98k are the grasping grooves on the stock and the single spring lower band with the pinned-in-place upper band.

View attachment 779148

JT

Very Nice!

 

[oz_lowrider]

I take a photo and post it here