Using the excelent reference matierial posted here, and another site.(hosier gun works)
I am prety well convinced that my small ring mauser is mex.
Witch mex I don't know. I guess there are 1910s and 1936s. Both made by fn and fabrica de armas.
I have seen 1910s with the funny little disk on the cocking piece. Did the 1934s have the same thing ? This one has a typical mauser 98 bolt shroud with a buhler type safty,
It quite posibly was converted, but I don't know having never seen a 1936.
I will try to get some pics posted tonight if I don't work 11.00 hours again.
...tj3006

The 36's are easy to identify. The had a gas vent in the front ring that the 1910's did not.

the photo isn't very good, but this is a photo of the 1936 Mex I have. YOu can compare yours to this one.

1936 Mexicans work out very well. You can surface grind them all the way back to the bolt stop. I would be nice to find a piece of commerical bottom metal. I've redone them in 7X57 and 6mm remington.

Well gentelmen, thanks very much.
ZZ your picture has prety much sinched it for me.
the vent hole is there ! I had to take it out of the stock to find it but its there,
So it seems I have a 1936 mexican mauser !. And mark, thanks for the input.
How would you guys charectorize the strebgth of this action compared to a typicl WWII era large ring 98 ?
thanks again...tj3006