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bushbanger
06-18-2003, 04:51 PM
marked fabrica de armas...la coruna 1946.. spanish??
REDSTAR
06-18-2003, 04:57 PM
yeah thats a M1946 Spanish Mauser.
bushbanger
06-18-2003, 05:01 PM
damn Redstar that was fast. how do these compair with the yugos and german quality wise ? i am new to these and was looking for a few nice ones to have .
Jericho
06-19-2003, 10:58 AM
Is that 7mm or 8mm :confused:
REDSTAR
06-19-2003, 11:15 AM
Some or all of them were converted to 8mm I think. They are a small ring Mauser which means that they are basically not as hearty as the large ring K98 knock offs.

I think some of these were used to build FR7's and FR8's too. Is there another date on it from the 1950's?
bushbanger
06-19-2003, 05:27 PM
nope , no other dates that I see but this gun is in great shape with a few dings in the wood but could be easily fixed, also has some kind of marking in the wood towards the butt , sideways or elongated diomand with a sword crossing somthing that I cannot make out. cal 7.92
Mojo52
06-20-2003, 09:33 AM
I was getting ready to post the same question !!! I just picked up one of these.... It looks kinda like a cross between the German Mauser and the Swede mauser.. My markings aren't too clear, but from what I can make out, they are just as bushbanger described,,, I'll see if an 8mm round will fit in mine,,,
REDSTAR
06-20-2003, 09:50 AM
Maybe they were all made as 8mm, it's been a long time since I did any research on them. The M1916 Spanish was 7mm converted to .308.

Numrich and J&G had these available about 2 years ago and I missed out on getting one.
REDSTAR
06-20-2003, 10:00 AM
I just looked up some stuff on google, the proper designation is M43, but they were made in 1946.

Here's a picture of one
http://www.buymilitaria.com/images/LACARUNA.jpg