1908 Brazilian 7mm mauser (98 receiver)

[1911crazy]

Has anyone purchased one of these mausers from Century Arms yet? Or from Sarco?  I was just wondering what the condition of it was.

[John Traveler]

I bought five of the 1908 Brazilian 7mm Mauser from Big 5 about a few years ago.  Three were DWM (German) produced, and two were by Steyer (Austrian).

They varied in condition from almost unfired-like-new matching numbers with grease stains on metal and wood with handling dentsto good condition with-fingerprint rust and  w/used, rusted bores and mismatched bolts.  I kept the better condition ones alone, and ended up rebarreling and sporterizing the ones with rusted barrels.

Apparently they were held in military reserve warehouses for many years after the Brazilians adopted their locally produced FN FAL 7.62x51 semiautos.  I did see and examine some absolutely MINT condition 1908 Brazilian mausers in a Canadian gun shop.  They were so BEAUTIFUL, your eyes would have watered up just admiring them!  Bright polished receivers, perfect crests, perfectly rust blued barrels, sling swivels, sights, and bolts.  They would have done the cover of the Mauser 1898 reference books justice!

If I recall, the Big 5 guns were from Century Arms International, and were priced very reasonably for old-world craftsmanship mausers.

[1911crazy]

I did manage to get one from one of the auction sites a while back and it came with the muzzle cover and the bayonet. I think its the shorter 1908 brazilian in 7mm.  I been wanting to get a few more of them to play with.  I notice that sarco has them in the long and short version. I have seen these on the net pushing $450 and up on some of them. The prices on the 7mm mausers seems to be a roller coaster ride.  I guess that timing it right is the key.

I wonder if the 1908's were popular for doing builds too with there 98 receivers/bolts as the mexican 7mm mausers were?  I guess there was a lot of custom sporters built on the 7mm mausers with the 98 bolts.  I think the mexican mausers had the small ring receivers with the 98 bolts.

I was lucky to get some of samco's 7mm surplus when they still had it.

To me the 7mm mausers are equal or a close second to the swede 6,5mm mausers.  There very comfortable to shoot and accurate too.  Lets not tell everyone about this awesome caliber.

[Oldtimer]

I bought one once for $45.  It had a complete break at the wrist and the bore looked like it had been used as a sewer pipe.  Despite that, it shot really well with jacketed bullets.  I managed to get my money back when I sold it.  The rifle was very well made, it had just not been well maintained.  The cartridge was a joy to shoot.  I have wanted another 7mm since.

Brazil was a combatant in WWI.  They sent a regiment to France to support the Allies.  Some of the men did not even have shoes.  None of them had cold-weather gear.  I suspect that ammo procurement would have been a problem, since the US, France, and England did not use the 7mm.  Even captured German stocks would have been useless to them.

[John Traveler]

I read on an ammunition collectors' website that the British supply line indeed had 7x57 ammunition in stock!  It was kept to supply some Canadian and South African militia units equipped with 7mm mausers captured during the previous Boer war.

[buckweet]

I did manage to get one from one of the auction sites a while back and it came with the muzzle cover and the bayonet. I think its the shorter 1908 brazilian in 7mm.  I been wanting to get a few more of them to play with.  I notice that sarco has them in the long and short version. I have seen these on the net pushing $450 and up on some of them. The prices on the 7mm mausers seems to be a roller coaster ride.  I guess that timing it right is the key.

I wonder if the 1908's were popular for doing builds too with there 98 receivers/bolts as the mexican 7mm mausers were?  I guess there was a lot of custom sporters built on the 7mm mausers with the 98 bolts.  I think the mexican mausers had the small ring receivers with the 98 bolts.

I was lucky to get some of samco's 7mm surplus when they still had it.

To me the 7mm mausers are equal or a close second to the swede 6,5mm mausers.  There very comfortable to shoot and accurate too.  Lets not tell everyone about this awesome caliber.

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[1911crazy]

I also purchased the samco '95 in 7mm so they were called, they turned out to be '93 chilean boer 7mm barreled actions.  I believe these were the flat bottom bolts(93's). Once i posted what i got and what  they were offering samco sold out quickly.  Me and my uncontrollable finger. These were awesome 7mm barreled actions with matching bolts.

I'm going to dig my 1908 out of the safe soon to see who manufactured it.