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1935 Brazilian Mauser Short Rifle

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I have searched over 2 years for a 1935 Brazilian Mauser Short Rifle and I finally found it. There were supposedly 1,000 of the Short Rifle made. They fall in serials 1,000-1999 however there have been at least a half a dozen long rifles observed in that serial range so it's possible there were less than 1,000 made. These were also used by Brazil unlike the Long Rifles. Many were used hard. To have an all matching one in the condition it is in was well worth the wait.

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That's a very nice rifle Kurt you should be proud of that piece. I know you have waited a long time to find one. Glad to see your patience finally paid off and one finally came to you. Great piece thanks for sharing.
 
Warrior1354 said:
That's a very nice rifle Kurt you should be proud of that piece. I know you have waited a long time to find one. Glad to see your patience finally paid off and one finally came to you. Great piece thanks for sharing.
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Thank you. I also wanted to thank yourself and Hambone for helping me evaluate this one along with 7x57 (Thomas) and others. I was all in on this one and luckily I got it for half of what I planned on. The rear sight matches as well but it is tough to photograph.

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Nice rifle. I was unaware there was a short version.

Is the stock two pieces? Finger joint hidden by rear band?
 
Beautiful! I hope to add one of these to my collection some day as well. Lots of the full length versions up here but I don't know if I've seen the short rifle for sale yet.
 
Wow, that thing is absolutely beautiful, love the color of that stock. Those South American Mausers are some of the nicest finished rifles ever made. I'd love to find one of those to go with my Chilean 1935 Carbineros, congrats on that one!
 
Gunnut said:
Wow, that thing is absolutely beautiful, love the color of that stock. Those South American Mausers are some of the nicest finished rifles ever made. I'd love to find one of those to go with my Chilean 1935 Carbineros, congrats on that one!
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Thank you. I have a 1935 Chilean as well. I believe there were 10,000 of those made. They are actually carbine length.

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CanadianAR said:
Nice rifle. I was unaware there was a short version.

Is the stock two pieces? Finger joint hidden by rear band?
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No it is not. At least not that I can see when I remove the rear band. The spring is like new. So is the bore.

There are many Mauser Versions I didn't know about til recently. My friends in Germany turned me onto the South American Mausers. Which made my want list a whole lot longer.



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Another data point... My 1935 Brazilian is SN 1051 and is a twin to . All matching including the bolt body but bolt interior/small parts are mismatched. The bore is shootable but dark.
 
GEM said:
Another data point... My 1935 Brazilian is SN 1051 and is a twin to . All matching including the bolt body but bolt interior/small parts are mismatched. The bore is shootable but dark.
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I assume you meant a short too? Have you added it to the survey on gunboards?

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That is a Gem . This is likely one of the best ones I have ever seen . In fact this is only the 3rd one I have ever seen .
One was is similar condition as Yours and other was beat to snot . Great Piece.
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To me, the stock seems lightly cleaned. Might be the pics.

IIRC, BobinOH had one of these in fine condition, all the way down to the serial #'d matching sling. It may have been a different model, but he had a sweet contract Mauser with the banner on the rear bridge.
 
heavy10 said:
To me, the stock seems lightly cleaned. Might be the pics.

IIRC, BobinOH had one of these in fine condition, all the way down to the serial #'d matching sling. It may have been a different model, but he had a sweet contract Mauser with the banner on the rear bridge.
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Is the Chilean carbine sn 149
 
It is highly interesting to see the rifle disassembled - I have one of the long Mod. 1935s but would not dare disassemble it for fear of damaging it.
What is also striking is to see that both the short and the long versions seem to have been made from the same parts and in the exact same way - maybe produced side by side rather than in consecutive runs, what do you think ?
A superb example of one of the very finest Mausers ever produced - congratulations !
 
heavy10 said:
To me, the stock seems lightly cleaned. Might be the pics.

IIRC, BobinOH had one of these in fine condition, all the way down to the serial #'d matching sling. It may have been a different model, but he had a sweet contract Mauser with the banner on the rear bridge.
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Stock is not messed with in anyway

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Deejay said:
It is highly interesting to see the rifle disassembled - I have one of the long Mod. 1935s but would not dare disassemble it for fear of damaging it.
What is also striking is to see that both the short and the long versions seem to have been made from the same parts and in the exact same way - maybe produced side by side rather than in consecutive runs, what do you think ?
A superb example of one of the very finest Mausers ever produced - congratulations !
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Yes research shows that they were ordered at the same time as the 3,000 Long Rifles IIRC. The Short have all been in the 1,xxx serial range however there have been a half a dozen longs also in the 1,xxx serial range. It was likely since they were ordered and shipped at the same time they were assembled at the same time.

Interestingly many of the long rifles were never used by Brazil and were returned to Germany in the original zinc shipping crates. This is why so many of the long rifles are found in such good condition. Ultimately there were 7,000 long and 1,000 short made and ordered. 5,000 were reimported by Germany and the other 3,000 went to Canada and America mostly but also Australia.

I think I got that all correct. I went by memory.

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Yes, that is also what I have read. Apparently, a majority of the short Mod. 1935 rifles saw actual service in the hands of the Brazilian military after they were delivered to Brazil, so yours is the exception. It makes sense that the longer rifles were left untouched and unscathed in their crates, as they were already kind of outdated by the time they reached Brazil.
 
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