I have this old Chilean Mauser........

[Sky Dog]

View attachment 230267 View attachment 230268 I paid $90.00 for this about 25 years ago. It was rebarrelled in 1962. It's
"in the white" chambered for a .308. The Styer action is very smooth. I'm
wanting to clean it up somewhat. Maybe just polishing it up. Any ideas?

 

[Jim Watson]

Are we sure it was rebarrelled? Some were rebored with a chamber bushing that looks very insecure.

 

[stoky]

I'd take it easy with stout .308 loads in it. Maybe Cerrosafe cast the chamber and see where you're at, or have a smith look at it.
Finish wise, I've had good luck with Brownell's Oxpho-Blue

 

[Sky Dog]

"N.A.T.O. Modelo 1912-62" is stamped on the large ring on the receiver. ".308" is stamped on the barrel, which looks like a new barrel I've shot about 200 rounds thru it with no problems, so I know it is safe. (thanks for the concern, btw.) I thought about a rotary Dremmel and a bucket of jewelers rouge.

 

[tark]

Don't get too happy with a dremel !!! Polishing a flat surface with a round polish wheel can leave the metal looking like the tide coming in. Especially a small round wheel spinning at 20,000 RPM. If you're going to try this, practice on scrap metal first.

 

[HankC]

I had 4 Chilean Styer 1912 7.62x51 Mausers before and still have one. Great shooters. Large ring mausers and many were rebarrelled with M1903 2 groove barrels in the 60s.

"Some were rebored with a chamber bushing that looks very insecure."
Those are small ring 1895 Chilean mausers.

 

[boom boom]

HankC is correct. The only downside was that the machining the 1903 barrels to the Mauser profile often left the exterior of the barrel a bit rough--sometimes the shoulder machining of the barrel is not that great either.

 

[Jim Watson]

So he is. And the OP shows a '98, not a '95.

 

[4v50 Gary]

We polished by hand.