![]() ![]() Where the CETME had a charging handle tube above the barrel, the FR-8 had a similar hollow tube below the barrel, which was used for storing a cleaning kit. The original barrel was replaced with a 7.62mm barrel, along with a front sight duplicating that of the CETME. ![]() ![]() It was not possible to immediately equip everybody with the new rifles, so a parallel program was instituted to modify the now-obsolescent bolt action rifle in inventory into a more useful configuration.įR-8 was the designation for an M43 Mauser (of the model 98 pattern) rebuilt as a training and second-line rifle. Spain was not only moving to their first semiauto rifle, but also changing from 8mm Mauser to the new 7.62mm NATO. The FR-8 is a Spanish rifle manufactured in the 1950s as part of Spain’s adoption of the CETME semiautomatic rifles. ![]()
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