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Argentine Model 1891 Mauser

Similar/Identical Pattern Guns

The same basic assembly/disassembly steps for the Argentine Model 1891 Mauser also apply to the following guns:

Argentine Model 1891 Carbine

Spanish Model 1891 Rifle Turkish Model 90T

Belgian Model 1889 Rifle, Carbine

Turkish Model 1890

Yugoslavian Model 90T

Data:	Argentine Model 1891
Origin:	Germany
Manufacturer:	Ludwig Loewe, Berlin, and Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken
Cartridge:	7.65mm Mauser
Magazine capacity:	5 rounds
Overall length:	48-½ inches
Barrel length:	29 inches
Weight:	9 pounds

The Mauser of 1891 was used officially by Belgium, Spain, Turkey, and Argentina, and the latter version is one of the most well known, as it was made in larger quantity. Many of these finely-made guns have sold on the surplus market, and they are frequently encountered. This was the first Mauser rifle to have a box magazine and the first to have a one-piece bolt with opposed front locking lugs, a feature copied by everyone since that time. A carbine version of the Model 1891 was also made, and it was mechanically identical. The gun shown here has been sporterized.

Disassembly:

1. Open the bolt, hold the bolt stop pulled out to the left, and remove the bolt toward the rear.

2. Grip the underlug of the cocking piece firmly in a padded vise, and pull the bolt forward until a thin piece of steel can be inserted between the front of the cocking piece and the rear of the bolt sleeve. Release the spring tension, and the piece of steel will trap the striker at the rear.

3. Unscrew the bolt sleeve and striker assembly and remove it toward the rear, taking care not to dislodge the piece of steel holding the striker.

4. Grip the front of the striker firmly in a padded vise, and push the bolt sleeve forward, allowing the piece of steel to fall out. Continue forward with the sleeve until its rear edge is clear of the front edge of the cocking piece lug. Keep a firm grip on the bolt sleeve, as the striker spring is fully compressed. Unscrew the cocking piece, and remove it.

5. Slowly release the spring tension, and remove the bolt sleeve and striker spring toward the rear.

6. Remove the safety detent screw from the outer face of the safety-lever, and take out the spring and plunger. The spring is under tension, so control the screw and ease it out. Remove the safety-lever toward the rear.

7. Insert a screwdriver blade under the beak of the extractor and lift it just enough to clear its front under-lug from its recess in the bolt. Lever the extractor off toward the front. Caution:These are often tightly fitted. If not necessary for repair, the extractor should not be removed.

8. If the gun still has a full military stock, unscrew the cleaning rod, depress the front barrel band latch on the underside of the stock, and slide the barrel band off toward the front. Loosen the sling loop screw in the rear barrel band, depress its latch and slide it off toward the front. If the original upper handguard is present, don't attempt to remove it as it is held on by carefully twisted copper wire. Some Model 1891 rifles have a magazine catch at the front of the magazine, and this is rotated a half-turn. The magazine latch within the guard is then depressed, and the magazine removed downward. On the rifle shown, which lacks the front catch, the next step is to remove the vertical screw just forward of the magazine.

9. Remove the vertical screw on the underside, behind the trigger guard.

10. Remove the trigger guard and magazine downward, and separate the action from the stock.

11. Depress the magazine latch in the front of the trigger guard, and remove the magazine downward. The magazine latch and its spring are retained in the guard by a cross pin.

12. Remove the cross screw at the front of the magazine, and swing the floorplate all the way open. The follower arm and its attached spring and follower are then easily removed, and the parts separated by drifting out the cross pins and sliding the springs from their recesses.

13. The bolt stop is retained by a vertical pin at the left rear of the receiver, and the pin should be drifted out upward.

14. Remove the bolt stop assembly toward the left.

15. Remove the ejector from the bolt stop by pulling it out toward the front.

16. The bolt stop and ejector spring can be removed by backing out its screw, then sliding the spring out toward the front.

17. Drift out the sear cross pin, and remove the sear and trigger assembly toward the rear and downward.

18. Pushing out the trigger cross pin will allow separation of the trigger from the sear.

Reassembly Tips:

1. When replacing the sear and trigger assembly, insert a screwdriver behind the sear to lever it forward for insertion of the cross pin.

2. Before replacing the bolt stop retaining pin, insert a tapered drift punch to insure alignment of the ejector inside the bolt stop.

3. When replacing the bolt sleeve on the rear of the striker shaft, note that the shaft has a guide rib, and this must be aligned with a corresponding keyway inside the bolt sleeve.