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Trying to identify a “Swiss Mauser”
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<blockquote data-quote="436" data-source="post: 2934975" data-attributes="member: 16609"><p>As converted rifles go the Siamese (the early Siamese rifles were Mausers) are very good conversation for the 45.70 cartridge taking some very high pressure in the 45.70 from I understand. Your rifle might have been chambered originally in the 8x52mmR Siamese.</p><p></p><p>History note:</p><p>The first Siamese Mauser used the Gewehr 98 bolt with the cock-on-open action, but removed the recoil lug with the narrower lines of the Mauser model of 1896. Some features and characteristics of the Japanese <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_35_rifle" target="_blank">Type 35 rifle</a> (under development in the same arsenal at that time) were also incorporated, such as the sliding dust cover and long wrist tangs. Some Siamese Type 46 rifles also have a split buttstock common on Arisaka rifles. Although the design was licensed from Mauser, none of the components of the Siamese rifles are interchangeable with other Mauser rifles.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamese_Mauser_style_rifle#cite_note-CandRsenal_Type46-1" target="_blank">[1]</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Good luck with it. Cheers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="436, post: 2934975, member: 16609"] As converted rifles go the Siamese (the early Siamese rifles were Mausers) are very good conversation for the 45.70 cartridge taking some very high pressure in the 45.70 from I understand. Your rifle might have been chambered originally in the 8x52mmR Siamese. History note: The first Siamese Mauser used the Gewehr 98 bolt with the cock-on-open action, but removed the recoil lug with the narrower lines of the Mauser model of 1896. Some features and characteristics of the Japanese [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_35_rifle']Type 35 rifle[/URL] (under development in the same arsenal at that time) were also incorporated, such as the sliding dust cover and long wrist tangs. Some Siamese Type 46 rifles also have a split buttstock common on Arisaka rifles. Although the design was licensed from Mauser, none of the components of the Siamese rifles are interchangeable with other Mauser rifles.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamese_Mauser_style_rifle#cite_note-CandRsenal_Type46-1'][1][/URL] Good luck with it. Cheers. [/QUOTE]
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