7x57 Mauser Handloads for the 1912 Chilean Mauser Short Rifle

Meet “Mabel” – my first Military Surplus Rifle – A 1912 Chilean Contract Mauser manufactured in Steyr, Austria by Österreichische Waffenfabriksgesellschaft (CEWG). Mabel is a “non-matching” example of a Modelo 1912 Short Rifle – the bolt, floor plate and cleaning rod have non-matching numbers. The parade loop for the sling is missing as well. The […]

This is my friend's Spanish Mauser chambered in 7x57mm. He has deemed this gun to be unsafe and unfit to shoot as it's chamber and barrel are worn excessively. This gun had been so heavily abused that even the action would have been a poor choice to build anything with so he decided to blow it up and ask me if I wanted to film it. Of course I did!