He said that he had fired three rounds through it and after the last round had to beat the bolt open with a piece of wood. His complaint was that after firing, the bolt was difficult to open. Back in about 1980 a fellow brought a 7x57mm Oviedo Mauser into my shop that had been given to him by his father-in-law. Maybe not quite "on point", but general information.
According to my references, though, there were a number of M1916s that were converted from M93s around the time of the Civil War (1936-39) as well as some guns assembled at Barcelona by the Republicans (they lost) during the war.while I've never run across one of these, quality is said to be borderline. Metal finish is 80-90% and bluing quality is, easily, as good as that of my German-mfg Argentine Mausers. All numbers match with no visible strike-overs or other obvious 'renumbering' and the well-fitted beechwood stock is somewhere between 'good' and 'very good' condition (no cracks, major gouges, or visible repairs). My current M1916 was made at Oviedo in the early 1920s and rebarreled/rearsenaled in the early 1950s. So far as their quality, my experience is limited to only the few I've owned, shot, or handled and, for the most part, all have been up to acceptable 'milsurp' standards. For an a 'cast only' gun, though, the M1916 Spanish in 7.62x51 would be an excellent choice. That said, just remember that, even though they've been rebarreled/rearsenaled, the 'youngest' of these guns is over 75 years old, most likely served on one side or the other (or, possibly, both) during the Spanish Civil War, and therefore should be treated with caution so far as pressure levels. While failures have been known to occur, many, many shooters have put many, many rounds of milsurp 7.62x51 (and 'modern' milsurp 7x57!) downrange through various configurations of the M95 without a glitch. So far as the strength of the M95s, there have been several previous threads discussing the issue so I'm not going to try to recap all of them. Last time out, I tagged the 8" gong at 200M four out of five shooting from the ing a 'guesstimated' holdover.Īll the 1916 Short Rifles and Carbines are M95 actions but, once you get used to the 'cock-on-close' bolt, either is a pretty slick-handling piece and, even in 'as-issued' would make a dandy deer rifle.
312) will produce 2"-3" 100M groups with issue sights. 3085 and the chamber is a bit on the 'generous' side but 25.5 gr. For casual steel-bangin' and plinking out to 150M, it would be a tough call for me to pick between my M1916 Short Rifle (7.62x51) and my Marlin 1894 levergun (.44 Mag).
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