Mexican Rifle ID'ed

TRAP55

September 09, 2011 20:06

http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=533142
http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=533344

A Mendoza Trials Rifle called the "Fusil Mexico" that was never accepted by the Mexican Army.
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?102516-Made-by-the-Mexican-Navy/page3

Here's the Mexican patent, it all in Spanish though.
http://siga.impi.gob.mx/wb/SIGA/SIGA..._FICHA=2350165
The company is still around and makes the Mendoza HM-3 9mm Sub machinegun, and air rifles.

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  andrewsw16

  September 09, 2011 20:34

  Once on militaryphotos.net the link to the photo of the rifle is dead.
  
  Your patent link is faulty. Here is a better link that shows a schematic and the patent.
  
  http://calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?p=7114715
  
  But it sure looks like you found the right rifle. The text is very informative. Here is a partial c&p.
  
  "He continued that line of development between 1911 and 1918 with a 7x57 mm Mauser-cal., bolt-action, center-fire military rifle of unusual design called the "Fusil Mexico." In appearance, the rifle seemed to be a bolt-action without a bolt handle, leaving no obvious method of operating it. But in fact, the bolt itself was connected to the fore-end and the action and barrel to the buttstock. The parts of the two-piece, wood stock met just under the receiver. To operate the action, the user rotated the pistol grip outward and backward to unlock the bolt, extract and eject the case. When the pistol grip was pushed forward and rotated downward, the bolt stripped another cartridge from the magazine, chambered it and locked the action to the bolt. The design and operation was ingenious, ergonomic and very straightforward. Mendoza's rifle was not adopted for military service, but it remains a milestone in bolt-action rifle development."

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  Hangfire

  September 09, 2011 22:58

  Thanks for posting, Dave.. Glad you found it..

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  MIKE WISKEY

  September 10, 2011 04:19

  WTG[;)]

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  sandwarrior

  September 10, 2011 06:03

  Trap55,
  
  That is a flat out awesome find! As noted in the last thread on this, very few people really had an understanding of Mexican industrial capability. I had no idea they did this.
  
  Now, of course, I want to get my hands on an HM-3 and see how well they shoot.[:D][:D]

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