Thought I'd share this with anyone who wondered if a 1891 Argentine Mauser magazine could be shortened.
Back when I was a teenager, bought a sporterized 1891 Argentine 7.65 mauser to use deer hunting. It served me well back then.
About 35 years later and having done almost no hunting/shooting during those years, I retired and got back into guns and shooting as a hobby at a local range. I had my old 91 Argentine rebarreled to a 257Roberts and was surprised by how accurate it was. Replaced the cut down military stock with a bargain bin Richards Microfit sporter stock and scoped the rifle. I never did like the looks of the original 91 magazine assembly on the rifle, with it being a single stack magazine that extended well below the wood of the stock.
So, I finally got around to playing with a spare 91 Argentine trigger guard and magazine assembly I'd bought at a local gun show some time ago.
After several attempts at coming up with a way to shorten the magazine, reusing the original follower assembly by modifying it or making a new follower assembly for the shortened magazine, I decided to use the one I'd made with coil springs from the local Ace hardware store and a piece of aluminum for the follower plate. Both ideas would only give me a 2 cartridge magazine, but thats OK, just shoot paper anyway and either one fed pretty good into the chamber. Decided the coil spring follower was easier to make removeable from the magazine box that I'd shortened with a hacksaw, so I used this one.
With the shorter magazine box, I could then recontour the trigger guard and eliminate the magazine retaining bolt in front of it.
Here are some pics: One shows the finished rifle and other shows the original trigger guard/magazinie with the shortened one
