Mexican Mauser Model 1936

The Model 1936 was of Mexican design. Externally, it was similar to M1903 Springfield, using the same type of cocking piece, swivel and front-side band^[1] but kept the Mauser 98 action of the Mexican-made Mauser Model 1910.^[2] The bolt of the rifle doesn't interchange with any other Mauser but a Mexican one.^[3] It also featured a pistol grip, finger grooves and used the old bayonet of the Model 1895.^[4]

Around 50,000 were produced for the Mexican Army and the Federal Police at the governmental Fábrica Nacional de Armas between 1936 and 1947.^[5] The Model 1936 was later derived into the Mexican Mauser Model 1954.^[4] In the 1960s, it was still used by units of the Mexican Armed Forces and militias.^[6]

• Ball, Robert W. D. (2011). Mauser Military Rifles of the World. Iola: Gun Digest Books. ISBN 9781440228926.
• James B. Jr., Hughes (1968). Mexican Military Arms: The Cartridge Period, 1866-1967. Houston, Texas: Deep River Armory.
• Smith, Joseph E. (1969). "Mexico". Small Arms of the World (11 ed.). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Stackpole Company. pp. 514–519. ISBN 9780811715669.