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11mm Mauser vs .43 Spanish Mauser

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Besides being completely different cases and bullet diameters? And Mauser having nothing to do with the .43 Spanish round. Nothing.
 
Do you have any details on the rifle? Length, maker, dates, etc?
 
Argentina purchased about 500 surplus 1871's for use by the army (Ejercito Nationale). IIRC, instead of buying old stocks of 11mm Mauser they simply had the troops fire .43 Spanish (which the RRBs were chambered for) in them. They were never rechambered to .43 Spanish.
 
Those look like .42 Berdan cartridges for the Berdan II rifle. What are the neck diameters?
 
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