Turkish 1893/30 Mauser.

[GunnyUSMC]

Don’t ask me how it happened, but somehow Turkish Mausers became my favorite surplus rifles to collect. Whenever I get a chance to pick one up at a good price, I jump on it.
The 1893 Turkish Mauser was copy of the Spanish Modelo of 1893, except the Turks had a magazine cutoff added. TheTurks ordered 201,000 of these rifles chambered in 7.65x53. In the 1930’s the Turks converted the rifles to 8mm Mauser. Some of the rifles had the cutoff box deactivated and some were removed, I hav both types in my collection.
Here’s more info on the 1893. https://www.turkmauser.com/93/
I picked this one in tread last month.

 

[czhen]

Beautiful rifle Gunny
Do you have an Argentinean Mauser.
I am fond to Argies, Checs and K-98 for me those 3 are my weakness. in my uneducated opinion they are the best production.
Sadly I have none of them.
Any way a Turquish rifle is a great addition, congrats.

 

[GunnyUSMC]

Beautiful rifle Gunny
Do you have an Argentinean Mauser.
I am fond to Argies, Checs and K-98 for me those 3 are my weakness. in my uneducated opinion they are the best production.
Sadly I have none of them.
Any way a Turquish rifle is a great addition, congrats.

I don’t have any Argentinian Mausers. Just never found them interesting. But I do have all kinds of othe4 Mauser.

 

[H&R Glock]

Brings back fond memories-- in about 1980, to the best of my recollection, K-Mart in downtown St. Louis Missouri had Turkish Mausers for sale for about 25 bucks (maybe it was cheaper?). They were in a heap on a display table seething in their slimy cosmoline and daring anyone wearing a suit, as I was, to pick one up and get slimy too. There musta' been about 25 of them and no more trash junky examples of the rifle have I ever seen. They were just piled on the table in every disarray.
I could'nt believe there would ever be a market for anything like this ever again. Shoulda' bought em' all.

 

[GunnyUSMC]

I wish I had started buying them when they were four for $100 with free bayonets. But I waited until the year 2000 to buy my first one for $60. The most I have ever paid for one was about $250.
One thing about Turkish Mausers is that most of them have issues with the stocks. Replacing a stock is not that easy because the rifles were rebuilt from parts from different manufacturers.
Turkish Mausers are the underdog in the Mauser world, but they will always have a place in my home.

 

[Steel Horse Rider]

The Argies are my weakness. My Dad bought one for hunting deer in the late 1950's from Sears, mail order delivery that had been sporterized. I now have 4 of them and looking for more.......