

Example: the fourth F-18 arriving at Ala 12 will have on the nose the code "12-04". The top of the receiver is marked “FABRICA DE ARMAS”, “eagle / crown / shield” and “LA CORUNA / 1946”. Many of the remaining parts were salvaged with #419. The Ottoman empire had been a steady buyer of Mauser rifles since the 1880s, and the Turkish Tüfek 1893 was a close copy of the Spanish rifle the exceptions were that it was chambered for the 7.65x53 cartridge, and it was fitted with a magazine cutoff-the only smokeless-powder Mauser rifle so equipped.

At the gun show in Biloxi today I got a Spanish Model 1893 Mauser. No evident markings other than serial number (SN: 42141).

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