The Mauser Model 1871 adopted as the Gewehr 71 or Infanterie-Gewehr 71, or "Infantry Rifle 71" ("I.G.Mod.71" was stamped on the rifles themselves) was the first rifle model in a distinguished line designed and manufactured by Paul Mauser and Wilhelm Mauser of the Mauser company and later mass-produced at Spandau arsenal. The mauser 1871/84 was the standard gun of the modernised japan army. Carbine rifles have shorter barrels than the standard rifle. Photos from Robert W.D.Ball, Mauser Military rifles of the World, 4th Ed., Gun digest, 2006. [15], In 1894, Uruguay had their stockpile of M71 rifles converted to smokeless 6.553.5mm SR (Daudeteau system) by Socit Franaise d'Armes Portatives Saint Denis in France. Broke and maybe homeless, but happy. Now its about 50fps above the original round, velocity is more consistent, and groups are slightly tighter. This also helps to identify how old the gun is. Swedish Mauser 1896 Parts 12. The Serbian M78/80 is one of the Rarest of Mauser Rifles", "Un mousqueton militaire Rival: Systme Daudeteau de la Manufacture d'armes et cycles de Saint-tienne", "Diario de sesiones de la Cmara de Representantes, Volume 18", "Military rifle cartridges of Argentina. smokeless-powder rifle that he developed was adopted by Belgium in 1889. Mauser designs have created a benchmark for all the series of bolt action rifles used for sports such as hunting and military purposes. Some of the literature indicates that after 1882 an ejector was added, that a hardened insert was pinned into the rear of the bolt guide rib and that a retaining pin was added to the bolt stop screw. This is Paul Mausers first successful rifle, being that it was the first Mauser rifle to be adopted by an army anywhere. nationalinterest.org. Askari troops in German East Africa armed with Model 1871s, Hernandez, Edwin "ARMAS DE FUEGO USADAS EN LAS LUCHAS CIVILES Y POR LOS CUERPOS ARMADOS DOMINICANOS (SIGLOS XIX Y XX)", Socit Franaise d'Armes Portatives Saint Denis, "The Hunting Guns of the German Kaiser German Hunting Guns". The I.G.Mod.71/84 is an 1871 pattern rifle with a tubular magazine (itself a derivation of the Winchester system), coupled with a Mauser designed lifting mechanism and improved rear sight. in. At this time a German confederation was established with each German state having its own government and armies, taxes, constitution and laws. The claw extractor at the end of the bolt is what primarily distinguishes the classic Mauser from other rifles today. [2] The rifles were issued to the German Army from late 1873 to 1875, with approximately 1.82 million rifles and Jgerbchse and 80,000100,000 carbines produced. The Boers also used this model against the British in the Second Boer War in South Africa. Colin Webster's research, published in, Argentine Mauser Rifles 1871-1959, documents Argentina's urgent 1892 contract to purchase 5,000 German M1888 Commission Rifles from Ludwig Loewe & Co. Have a exakt look to the film "The last samuray". Original Item: Only One Available. The first is the location of manufacture, while the second is the caliber of the rounds it uses. Stock marked with unit or rack marks and imperial proofs. Despite the existence of comparable sporting rifles, such as the CZ 550 and Winchester Model 70, which owe some of their design features to the Mauser, many professional hunters in Africa still prefer the Mauser 98s reliable action when up against large and dangerous animals. The manufactory is marked on the top chamber flat. This is a wonderful example of the Mauser Model 1871 Jger Rifle, manufactured by WG Steyr in Austria. This Model 1871 Mauser has lots of markings on the metal & wood which adds to the historical value of the rifle. [8] A shorter version of the Model 1871, the M1879 Grenzaufsehergewehr, was issued to the border guards in 1880. [1], Paul Mauser developed his bolt-action rifle from 1867 to 1871. This is a very nice example of the Mauser Model 1871 Infantry Rifle, manufactured by the Erfurt Imperial Arsenal in Thuringia. The groove depth of the latter rifle however is only that of the M1871. Swedish Mauser 1938 Parts 12. [23] The M71 Jger rifles saw service in African theatre of World War I, being the standard rifle of the Schutztruppe. Exc (al2004) Category Search; Colt Guns; This version was designated the Gewehr 1871/84, of which over a million examples were produced. Keen observers will note that the left cartridge is headstamped 43M (Mauser) below Dominion which is a Canadian cartridge manufacturer who produced selected black powder military cartridges until at least well into the 1950s. Sweden adopted a Mauser carbine in 1894 and a Mauser rifle in 1896, both chambered for the 6.5x55 cartridge. The rifle was made from 1871 to 1890 and around 3 million were produced including several variants such as carbines. It bears serial number 2324 on the barrel, receiver, bolt, sight, and just about every component we can see, except for . Presented for sale, you will find a Chilean Mauser Model of 1895. Ammo: Ill always put this at the end because I know it only interests a few. Last Updated on November 6, 2022 by Anthony Foster. Perhaps as a result of its heritage from the earlier and quite successful Dreyse needle-fire rifle, the M71 is both large and heavy. Mauser & Co., in Oberndorf, in the Austrian state of Salzburg, built roughly 100,000 rifles and carbines between 1873 and 1884, for the Kingdom of Wrttemberg. This exact system must have impressed the French as they adopted this system themselves for the M. 80 version of the M1874 M.80 French Gras upgrades. The Mauser 98: The Best Bolt-Action Rifle Ever Made? The bolt is retained by a screw-mounted stop washer mounted on the top of the bolt ahead of the handle which fits into a matching semi-circular cutout on the top of the receiver bridge. Mauser & Co. The M71 Mauser was adopted at a time when not much was known about the effects of barrel harmonics on bullet flight and accuracy. Unfortunately, the Nazis took over the Browning firearms manufacturing facility in Belgium during World War II. Moral of the story: marry a collector as crazy as you are and youll have a happier marriage. In 1884, the Mauser M1871 was officially adopted by the German armed forces as the standard-issue combat rifle. OC - FINE- all original parts; over 30% original finish, sharp lettering, numerals and design on metal and wood; minor marks in wood. Note that the finger rest was fitted mostly for internal army political reasons as traditionally the Jger and Schtzen units had historically been equipped with their own, distinctive long arms. The right forward chamber flats are usually profusely marked with the markings of German proof testing. In the German African colonies there were large stocks of black powder ammunition on hand for these and also existing obsolete M1866 Sniders in service. Another collector passed away and the widow offered him the whole huge collection and was not interested in selling him only part. The sergeant major took out a home equity loan without his wifes knowledge to buy the whole collection and was furiously selling off the guns he didnt need to pay down the loan before his wife found out. While the M1871 was loosely based on the bolt action of the Dreyse, its own design was innovative and one of the first successful metallic cartridge, bolt action rifles. [3] The Mauser 1871 was replaced by the magazine-fed, smokeless powder using Gewehr 1888 from 1888 through 1890.[4]. Amberg Arsenal frame marked JG M/71. The Mauser Model 71/84 was designed as a tubular magazine version of the Model 1871 rifle. An examination of an 1883 M71 further marked 1887 did not have these features, although the ejector and bolt stop screw retaining pin are standard features of the M1871/84. Armorers often included markings on the rifle indicating the factory location. This is the first Mauser design to use a staggered magazine, resulting in a flush magazine floorplate, instead of having the magazine protrude below the stock. Vom Werdergewehr bis zum Modell 71/84. The sterreichischen Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft in Steyr, Austria (Austrian Arms Factory Society OEWG, which also produced the M1867 Austrian Werndl and would become simply Steyr) produced some 350,000 for Prussia and 125,000 for Saxony between 1873 and 1878. Prussian carbines were made in Steyr and, independent of the Productionsgenossenschaft, the firm of Spangenberg & Sons in Suhl also produced carbines. This army, the best disciplined and capable of Europe in the 1700s, was built by King Frederick Wilhelm I. New developments in ammunition came in 1935, and the Mauser brothers decided to build a rifle that was well suited for the new 8MM Mauser cartridge. They imported large quantities of then-modern rifles to assess and consider in the eventual design of their first locally produced infantry rifle, the, Korea in the late 19th Century was substantially dominated by Chinese and Japanese influence. WARNING: Load data is provided for information only. [2][16] They were given new stocks, barrels, sights, bands, and side-mounted cleaning rods. After that I tried a duplex load, adding 7 grains of IMR 4227 smokeless powder at the bottom of the case next to the primer, with 70 grains of Goex on top. When the law goes into effect, the state will be the 26th that recognizes the right. There had been earlier bolt action rifles, but the Model 1871 introduced a bolt with most of the features still used in bolt actions made today: Self-cocking, self-extracting, flag-type safety, and of course firing a metallic cartridge. warfarehistorynetwork.com. [2] The M1871 was the first successful rifle to come from the Mauser factory in Oberndorf, Germany. The Mauser was provisionally adopted at the end of 1871 pending the development of an appropriate safety. In the Argentine model, the tangent leaf sight replaced the Lange Visier sight of the German model and used rounds of a different caliber. Over the next 400 years, the area that is now Germany disintegrated into little more than a loose league of princes and nobles generally referred to as the Holy Roman Empire, but which in reality had little in common except language. Most rifles of this era incorporated some form of gas release channel in the event of a ruptured cartridge case. Related Dictionary Pages: M1A1 Paratrooper Carbine Semi-Automatic Rifle, Mauser P-08 Semi-Automatic Pistol. Here are just a few of the stand-outs. Prior to this time the Germans had adapted some of the large numbers of captured French Chassepot rifles acquired by the Prussians in the Franco-Prussian War which they had shortened into carbines altered to fire self-contained metallic cartridges (the alteration for metallic cartridge closely matching that of the, Prussian carbines were made in Steyr and, independent of the. In 187071 trials with 2,500 test rifles took place, with the M1869 Bavarian Werder being the Mausers' chief competitor. 71. I also have some cases reformed from .348 Winchester. Mod. The German Empire's adoption of the Mauser Model 1871 started a long tradition of fine German Mauser rifles. MAUSER M-1881 NO BOLT HEAD. FN Browning is represented by an oval with "FN," inside with the letters overlapping. French alarm at this rapid rise of Prussian power was well founded, as Prussia subsequently won an easy victory over France in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870. The German Empire adopted the Mauser and called it the Gewehr 71, or the Infanterie-Gewehr 71. It shot a unique 11.1537.5mmR cartridge, a trimmed down version of the full-power military cartridge. From a rest I was getting 4 groups at 50 yards and 8 groups at 100 yards. After the Prussian adoption of the Mauser M71 and its superior M71 .43 Mauser (11.15X60R) cartridge, for both better performance and for logistical simplicity Bavaria re-chamberd its Werders to accept the Mauser ammunition. Aside from the Mauser bolt action design, there are three other main ones the Lee-Enfield design, the Remington-700, and theMosin-Nagantsystem. The Mauser K98 rifle is officially known as the Mauser Karbine(carbine) 98. Adopted by the German army in 1898 to replace the 1888 Commission rifle, the Mauser Gewehr 98 and derivatives became among the most widely produced and distributed rifles of all time. GERMANY shows 71's and 71/84's (although there is a mistake with a heading of 1871 for S98's) both dress and issue. But note that regimental markings on the bottom of the buttplate, as well as no such markings at all, are not uncommon. It is a nice rifle for Mauser collectors. The 1891 rifle features a 29.13-inch barrel, an adjustable rear sight graduated to 2,000 meters and a straight bolt handle, while both carbines are equipped with 17.6-inch barrels, rear sights. Perhaps as a result of its heritage from the earlier and quite successful, The left rear of the receiver is marked I.G. Military Mausers were produced in limited quantity following World War II, but are now obsolete for military purposes. It saw first combat in the Serbo-Bulgarian War. This rifle was made in 1886 at the German Spandau factory, and is a piece of Mauser history. I have an assortment of cases; Bertram, HDS, and even forty old Dominion cases (Dominion of Canada produced this ammo until, I think, the 50s or 60s). It is covered with Imperial German inspection and acceptance markings, even on the wood stock, though those are faded. Loewe owned a controlling interest in the Mauser Co. and also had a partial financial control of Fabrique Nationale which was founded for the purpose of producing Belgian Model 1889 military rifles. Featuring a box magazine and a one-piece bolt with dual forward locking lugs, the Belgian Model 1889 rifle served as a basis for further Mauser turnbolt rifle developments. Not every Mauser thus uses Peter Pauls bolt action system. In 1871, the Mauser brothers released the Mauser M1871 rifle. Most of the German states, as well as Prussia and Austria became embroiled in the Napoleonic wars following the French Revolution, and for a time Napoleon controlled much of the territory along the Rhine. Bayonets from Selected Countries of the World updated March 4, 2008: Help us keep this Identification Service alive. Specifications& Statistics for the M1879 Grenz-Aufseher-Gewehr, Rear Sight: a very simple short-range double folding leaf. In August of 1876 the Karabiner M1871 approved for production to be issued to dragoons, hussars and lancers. I used a 390 grain lead round nose bullet (originals were 385 gr) and I had satisfactory results with 77 grains of Goex fffg (an original I took apart had 77.6 grains black powder). graduated from 500 m to 1,600 m (547 to 1,750 yds). In an M98, the ejector is fixed to the receiver, but in most other rifles, a spring-loaded plunger seated on the face of the bolt operates as the extractor. Note the czechoslovak Z in circle remained still on crosspiece, this marking started to use in Brno 1922! Lastly, look for any other stamps or marks on the receiver and the stock. The same is true of later letter codes. 71 Mauser was the first of what would become literally millions of rifles manufactured to the design of the brothers Paul and Wilhelm Mauser, and the first regulation brass cartridge rifle of the German Imperial Army. These early Mausers were produced by the Mauser factory at Oberndorf a./N., Germany, Austria, and German government arsenals. The blade was manufactured by Gebruder Simson in Suhl. Also in 1896, Germany experimented with Mausers of various calibers. In 1884, the Mauser M1871 was officially adopted by the German armed forces as the standard-issue combat rifle. Germany supplied them to the Boers fighting the British. MAUSER M-24 8MM LR SHORT ACTION BOLT SPORTER BOLT AND SAFETY. [2] The Mauser was provisionally adopted on 2 December 1871, pending the development of an appropriate safety. They did however buy limited quantities of M71 Mausers, even though they would ultimately settle on the Remington in order to standardize both arms and ammunition. 42 for Mauser AG Oberndorf 147 for J.P. Sauer & Sohn Suhl 27 for Erfurter Maschinefabrik If a rifle is imported into the US, its place of origin is usually indicated by an import stamp on the barrel. In the first millennium A.D., Charlemagne (Charles the Great) conquered the heathen Saxons, converted them to Christianity, surprised attacks on the pope and ruled as the Emperor of all of Western Europe. So the Mauser brand and Peter Paul Mausers unique bolt action system are not necessarily the same thing. Mauser would go on to supply Germany and much of the world with his rifle designs through two world wars and beyond. Many vintage firearms are unsafe to shoot and I do not advise use of this load data for other firearms since I do not know the specific firearm that may be involved or its condition. It was adopted also in slightly modified form and in various calibers by many other nations, particularly in Central and South America. Original Item: Only One Available. In addition, the bolt for the Mauser K98 set a design standard found in today's modern firearms because it is renowned for its safety. Similarly to the K Mod.71 Carbine, the M1879 was fully stocked to the muzzle but it was also fitted with a short stud on the nosecap that extends to the muzzle. It carries a cleaning rod fitted beneath the forestock that extends all the way to the muzzle. The Argentinian Model 1909 was based on the Mauser Gewehr 98 (M98) and fired 7.92 x 57mm cartridges from a five-round stripper clip magazine. War in South Africa this time a German confederation was established with German... 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