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. Original bolts have curved handles.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). Lange vizier sights have been reported from 1921 to 1927. Some models have the 'lange vizier' sight. Most have the tangent leaf 'rollercoaster' rear sight. Gas escape hole in the left side of the receiver. Thumb cutout in the left side of the receiver rail. The Oviedo-marked 1916's are very similar to the Model 1893, and have the following features: Oviedo markings (Crown, 'Fabrica de Armas Oviedo' and the year of manufacture) on the receiver. Many were also converted by La Coruna into FR7 rifles at the end of the 1950s by re-barreling them to accept the 7.62×51mm CETME and 7.62×51mm NATO rounds for military training and Guardia Civil use. Most of them were imported by Samco Global Arms Imports. 308 Winchester to make them more popular for the U.S. Approximately 60,000 of them was converted by Oviedo Arsenal to the more plentiful.

It was a shortened version of the M1893 rifle with a straight stock chambered in 7×57mm Mauser which was a common round in use by the Spanish military. Arround 325.000 of them were made in that time. Production started in 1916 and lasted to 1936.

The M1916 Spanish Mausers was introduced in 1916 by Fabrica Nacional de Armas in Oviedo, Spain for the Spanish Army.

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