I'm from Argentina. I've been told by local firearms and shooting instructors that the argentine contract to procure these rifles was personally oversawn by Lieutenant General Pablo Riccheri, he made sure that Loewe used nothing but the finest materials available and the highest standards of quality possible. Unlike the shitty politicians we have today, Lt Gen Riccheri didn't cut corners and he was a noble and humble man. While he got his cut from the deal (yep, the germans paid him back for such a good contract), instead of keeping the money for himself, he decided to use it to buy more Mauser rifles for our country. Also, the 1891 wasn't the first Mauser rifles acquired by Argentina or by an argentine authority or politician. Carlos Tejedor, when he was governor of the Province of Buenos Aires bought some 1871 Mauser rifles, single shot, caliber 11x60mmR, black powder. Back then the army standard was the Remington Patria, which was a rolling block action in .43 Spanish (11x57mmR).
Bro soy de Uruguay y conozco bersa que es argentina y se que son buenas pero la verdad nunca habia escuchado de los mausers, a mi me encantan pero son armas complicadas de encontrar acá, pero si hay modelo argentino puede ser más facil, pero gracias por la explicación la verdad no tenia idea pero bueno gracias
What a nice video man! What a cool gun. My great grandpa used it in its military service back in Argentina 🇦🇷. He always spoke very well about this gun. I even have some magazines that he brought.
@@michaelcaero9452algunos se siguen fabricando porque todavía se puede utilizar para guerra o cualquier cosa,pero aveces algunas empresas siguen fabricando armas ya viejas
Argentinian's guys are the fuking crazy man, they are the best. They have Lionel Messi, and The Pap Bergoglio to, but have bad politic's. What a shame... Saludos desde La Plata pa
The first firearm I ever purchased. Picked up a pristine condition one of these at local gun shop years ago. Still own it to this day! My only major complaint about it is that disassembling the bolt is an utter nightmare. The disassembly disc of the later Mausers is sorely missed, as it is the larger "claw" extractor.
@@joaopedrobaggio4475 Oh, ya veo bro :( A mi igual, siempre me va muy mal debido a lo cruel que es la vida. Ahora maso menos no debido a que es fin de semana.
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Yo soy seguidor de mizha y me gusta por que no solo muestra las armas sino que tambien pone datos curiosos y chistea es por eso que me gusta saludos desde argentina🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
I picked one out of a box of surplus rifles back in the early 1960’s. Probably 61 or 62. Brought it home and I think it still had the factory cosmoline in it……I don’t think it had ever been fired. IIRC I think I paid $15 or $20 bucks for it. Of course finding ammo for it was difficult at best and expensive. But it was a good shooter. Of course in my youth I traded it for something else or sold it!
That's appears to be a common thing on cock-on-close actions, it is caused by the striker spring pushing against the sear (aside from the fact that he bitch-slapped the bolt handle). The Lee-Enfield and Enfield P14 and M1917 are also cock on open, and the bolt tends to spring back too. This on actions like the Mauser 98 action and its derivatives (eg: the argentine Mauser 1909) this doesn't happen because it cocks-on-open.
