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HankC1 · February 10, 2009, 07:32 PM

Jim, I believe the picture you posted is 1895 Chilean Mauser conversion not Spanish Mauser. Kind of misleading and fuel the rumor.

http://dutchman.rebooty.com/1895Chile.html

This website talks about 1916 conversion and demostrate how it is done:
http://www.geocities.com/fritz125541/Unmarked1916

There is also rumors that this rifle is converted for 7.62CETME round, not 7.62NATO. The website master talks about a Spanish manual that he has showing it is converted to shoot 7.62CETME or 7.62NATO. I found a picture of the 1967 Spanish manual somewhere on the internet but can not locate it anymore, here is the picture I saved on my harddrive. It clearly says 7.62NATO on the cover.

This article shows 1916 is capable to handle 7.62 load:

http://www.geocities.com/fritz125541/Gammo

I would think it is safe enough to shoot 7.62NATO but always check headspace to monitor wear, it is a 100 year old rifle anyway.

February 10, 2009, 07:32 PM	#7
HankC1 Senior Member Join Date: April 4, 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 531	Jim, I believe the picture you posted is 1895 Chilean Mauser conversion not Spanish Mauser. Kind of misleading and fuel the rumor. http://dutchman.rebooty.com/1895Chile.html This website talks about 1916 conversion and demostrate how it is done: http://www.geocities.com/fritz125541/Unmarked1916 There is also rumors that this rifle is converted for 7.62CETME round, not 7.62NATO. The website master talks about a Spanish manual that he has showing it is converted to shoot 7.62CETME or 7.62NATO. I found a picture of the 1967 Spanish manual somewhere on the internet but can not locate it anymore, here is the picture I saved on my harddrive. It clearly says 7.62NATO on the cover. This article shows 1916 is capable to handle 7.62 load: http://www.geocities.com/fritz125541/Gammo I would think it is safe enough to shoot 7.62NATO but always check headspace to monitor wear, it is a 100 year old rifle anyway. Last edited by HankC1; February 10, 2009 at 08:18 PM.