** Spanish Mauser Model 1916 Short Rifle

7x57mm. 21.7" barrel length. SN: S8546. Blued metal finish with a polished bolt and set in a straight wrist wood stock with half length upper handguard. Bolt-action repeating rifle fed by an internal box magazine and mounting tangent rear notch and inverted V front sights with protectors. The rifle shows Spanish inspection stamps on major components, and features the enlarged loading cutout to the right receiver and vent hole to the left receiver. Metal parts show rounded edges from polishing and refinishing. The rear sight markings have been polished nearly flat. Item is without import markings.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Fair to Good. Bore is Frosty with strong rifling and some patina throughout. The external metal finish has taken on a brown patina with light pitting along the edges of the forend, and some scattered mars. The stock displays handling wear, mars, and dings overall.

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