1891 Argentine Mauser Carbine Serial Numbers

Argentine model 1891 mauser rifle carbine bolt body w extractor. Argentine Mauser M1891 Matching Numbers Bayonet & Scabbard. 1 product rating - 1891 Argentine. Oct 1, 2010 - In looking at the serial number survey sticky above for the Argentine 1981 LR it shows 14 letter blocks of rifles that are reported as being.

Actually the ground-off Coat of Arms was done by the Argentine military itself. A few had been sold to Chile, and some Chileans shot a few Argentinians, and were captured, and the soldiers were very upset that they were being shot at by their own guns (which at the time was the finest military rifle in the world), and so from then on all the rifles sold had their Coat of Arms ground off. Mine is the same way. The book explains all the symbols.

The shaking hands for instance is a symbol of the uniting of the southern provinces. It is found in seven locations. MB in script is the test-firing mark, and there is also a Frigian Cap, Rising Sun, Oval, Anchor, Half-Moon, Four Point Star, Buckle, Five Point Star, Cross, Flattened Oval, Triangle, a different Four Point Star, and a Circle. But too bad about the shortened barrel. Ruined for collecting purposes but still cool to own. I paid $650 for mine last year, pretty much in perfect condition, but lightly fired.

Otkritki s dembelem. Retrieved 14 February 2017.

Here is one that has a shortened barrel and shortened stock, and still estimated for 100-200 with matching numbers and a re-attached front sight. This auction house is very very conservative with estimates. Most things 2x their estimates so maybe 200-400 is what it will really sell for. Might be an interesting item to watch. Of course the pictures are small, and there are no pics of the parts we'd like to see - the shortened barrel or the coat of arms.

I've been to this auction before and the pics are always like that.