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This version was designated the Gewehr 1871/84, of which over a million examples were produced. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] A version of this repeater was adopted by the Ottoman Empire . Designated M1887 , it differed from the M71/84 in that it had a side-mounted cleaning rod, a second locking lug on the rear of the bolt and that it was in 9.5×60mmR, [ 10 ...
The 11mm Mauser (also known as the 11×60mmR Mauser or .43 Mauser) is a black-powder cartridge developed for the Mauser Model 1871 rifle, and used later in the 71/84 variant. It is no longer in production, however it is available from custom loaders and handloading can be done.
The Mauser rifle was accepted by the Prussian government on 2 December 1871, and was accepted for service on 14 February 1872, after a requested design change to the safety lock. [8] The Mauser brothers received an order for 3,000 rifle sights, but actual production of the rifle was given to government arsenals and large firms.
Mauser M1871. The Mauser Model 1871 adopted as the Gewehr 71 or Infanterie-Gewehr 71 ( I.G.Mod.71 first of many military rifles manufactured to the designs of Peter-Paul and Wilhelm Mauser of the Mauser company. During 1870–71 trials with many different rifles took place; the M1869 Bavarian Werder was the Mauser's chief competitor. The Mauser ...
It originates from the 1871/1884 bayonet the first ever standard issue knife bayonet for any army which was adopted in the German Empire for use with the 1871/1884 rifle. [3] This was a modification of the Mauser Model 1871 the first Mauser rifle which fit it with a 8-round tubular magazine designed by Alfred von Kropatschek. [4]
Mauser Model 1871: Bolt-action rifle German Empire: 2,000,000 [108] [109] Over 1 million single-shot M1871 and 1.1 million magazine-fed M1871/84
Mauser was born in Oberndorf am Neckar, in what was then the Kingdom of Württemberg.His father and his four brothers were gunsmiths. [1]Together with his brother Paul Mauser (1838–1914) Wilhelm Mauser designed the Mauser Model 1871 rifle, the first of a successful line of Mauser rifles and pistols.
The Mauser company bolt action development resulted in the Gewehr 98 and Karabiner 98k rifle series that were the latest in a line of Mauser bolt-action rifles that started with the Mauser Model 1889 and were adapted in 1889 and the 1890s as service rifles by several countries. The bolt-action design used for the Gewehr 98 was patented by Paul ...