A Historian
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I hope the pictures are good enough. I had to shrink them down a lot.
The third picture, of the receiver stamping, says, "Fabrique de Armas, Oviedo, 1906." Which I take to mean it was produced in armory of Oviedo, Spain, in 1906. I do believe its a 1893 action, and I know its chambered in 7mm Mauser.
I haven't slugged the barrel yet, but off-hand micrometer measurements look really promising on bore dimensions, and the rifling actually looks crisp. Sadly, some of the metal seems to have suffered some superficial rust spotting, but there is not actual pitting. It looks like it sat in someone's basement far too long, unused. Probably also wasn't cleaned up the best after firing, because cleaning out the barrel took more time that what I'm used to. I'm pretty confident I found Mordor, because there was a lot of blackness.
The third picture, of the receiver stamping, says, "Fabrique de Armas, Oviedo, 1906." Which I take to mean it was produced in armory of Oviedo, Spain, in 1906. I do believe its a 1893 action, and I know its chambered in 7mm Mauser.
I haven't slugged the barrel yet, but off-hand micrometer measurements look really promising on bore dimensions, and the rifling actually looks crisp. Sadly, some of the metal seems to have suffered some superficial rust spotting, but there is not actual pitting. It looks like it sat in someone's basement far too long, unused. Probably also wasn't cleaned up the best after firing, because cleaning out the barrel took more time that what I'm used to. I'm pretty confident I found Mordor, because there was a lot of blackness.