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Hunting is a significant regulated subsistence and recreational activity in Spain with a long-recorded history. The country is widely considered one of the most relevant hunting destinations in the world, backed by the variety of its species, climates, terrains as well as sheer size and relatively low density of human population. [1]
The 7×57mm Mauser (designated as the 7 mm Mauser or 7×57mm by the SAAMI and 7 × 57 by the C.I.P.) is a first-generation smokeless powder rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge. It was developed by Paul Mauser of the Mauser company in 1892 and adopted as a military cartridge by Spain in 1893. [3] It was subsequently adopted by several other ...
Sights. Iron sights. The Mauser Model 1893 is a bolt-action rifle commonly referred to as the Spanish Mauser, though the model was adopted by other countries in other calibers, most notably the Ottoman Empire. The M1893 was based on the experimental M1892 rifle, which Paul Mauser developed for the Spanish Army as part of a program to correct ...
FR8. The FR 7 and FR 8 are bolt-action rifles adopted by Spain in the 1950s. The "FR" stands for Fusil Reformado in Spanish ("Converted Rifle" in English). [4] The FR 7 is a variant of the "Spanish M93 Mauser" bolt action while the FR 8 is based on the "Mauser System 98" bolt action. Due to their light weight, short barrel and the calibre used ...
Spanish M43: main Spanish weapon in the 1950s, copy of the World War II-era Karabiner 98k from Germany. FR8: conversion of Spanish Mausers and Karabiner 98k rifles as training rifles until enough of the CETME rifles were in stock to train all recruits. Chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO. Saw use in the Guardia Civil, the Spanish Gendarmerie, into the ...
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The .43 Spanish was a centerfire rifle cartridge developed by Remington designers around 1867. [2] It was used in early rolling block rifles that Remington manufactured for the government of Spain. The cartridge is also referred to as the .433 Spanish, [3] "11mm Spanish", and identical cartridges for the US Peabody rifle were marked "U.M.C. 43 ...
Winchester M1887 and M1901. Winchester M1893 and M1897. Rifles. Colt-Burgess rifle. Colt Lightning Carbine. Lee M1895 Navy. Remington–Lee M1885. Remington Rolling Block rifle. Spanish Mauser M1893 (used by Cuban rebels and Philippine Revolutionary Army)