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| aint that the spanish 98? funky short stock and ugly barrel?
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| More likely a small ring 93/95 action that was originally (and should have been left so) a 7x57. |
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| Does it cock when you open the action, or when you close the action?
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Originally posted by Bakes:
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I don't know. The rifle is in the safe at work. The cocking peice looks like my M96 and the bolt face has a squared off section on the bottom where it picks up the round.
If it has a flat on the bottom front of the bolt it it a model 93 |
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| Spanish arsenal redone '93 or 95.Safe in .308??Not for me. |
| | | Posts: 200 | Location: Tin Top .Texas | Registered: 21 August 2001 |
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| A surplus 6.5x55 Swede barrel would give you an appropriate and economical option. .257 Roberts is also safe. I read in Olsen's book that a 6.8x57(.277) was once made for the Chinese - that would be unique. |
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| Yes, it would. That was the original caliber I think. - Dan |
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| Bakes the only one I have marked OVIDIO, is a model 95 in 7x57, it came out of RSA and time period is BOER WAR, the 95 differs from the 93 as I remember, due to the small metalblock in the stock just behind the bolt |
| | | Posts: 1529 | Location: Tidewater,Virginia | Registered: 12 August 2002 |
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| Bakes: the correct wording is "OVIEDO", perhaps you could also find "FABRICA DE ARMAS and LA CORU�A". It�s a 93 or 95 converted for the military, more likely a 93. Many thousands were converted to .308. Never saw a report about being unsafe, by the way. |
| | | Posts: 1020 | Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina | Registered: 21 May 2003 |
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| They were converted to 7.62 Nato. A round that generates lower pressures than a commercial 308. They are supposedly safe as chambered but I also concur,,'not for me!!'. Would make a dandly 7x57 and barrels are available as surplus from GunParts. |
| | | Posts: 49 | Location: central Missouri | Registered: 23 June 2003 |
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They were converted to 7.62 Nato. A round that generates lower pressures than a commercial 308. They are supposedly safe as chambered but I also concur,,'not for me!!'. Would make a dandly 7x57 and barrels are available as surplus from GunParts.
Wern't they actualy converted to 7.62CTME? Same exact dimentions as the 7.62NATO cartridge, but at a much lower pressure than the Nato round. |
| | | Posts: 2124 | Location: Whittemore, MI, USA | Registered: 07 March 2002 |
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| Yes they were intended to fire the ctme round which is a 40,000 psi round not the 7.62 nato which is a 50,000 psi, and not .308 Winny which is a 60,000+ round.
They all have approximatly the same demensions so it creates alot of confusion. I would either reload week 308 rounds for it, or rebarrel to a lower presure small ring mauser round.
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| Bakes,
RE: re-barrel to 7x57, I'd pull the barrel first and look at the lug recesses to make sure they aren't hammered back from firing 308 Win. From what I understand, these don't usually fail catastrophically, but the headspace grows and grows. Also, they may have altered the feeding of the receiver for 308 -- it may not feed 7x57 any more. Try that too.
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