In 1907, all German front-line troops were equipped with the shorter lighter Karabiner (carbine) 1898 AZ. It was modified in 1903 to accommodate the lighter faster spitzer 7.92 x57 mm (8 mm Mauser) bullet. Mauser’s masterpiece featured a large receiver ring, straight one-piece bolt with front locking lugs, controlled-feed, one-piece firing pin, five-round stripper clip loaded internal magazine, three-position bolt-end safety, thumb hole loading aid on left side rail, Lange Visier rear sight, unit mark disc on the butt stock (replaced with stock hole to disassemble firing pin), and a flat metal butt plate.
Ironically, the German Army adopted a refined Gewehr 71 as the Gewehr 88 in 1888, without consulting Mauser.Ī decade later, they replaced it with the Model 98, aka Gewehr, GEW or M98. Models like 1889 Belgian, 1891 Argentine, 1893 Spanish, and 1894 Swedish Carbine reflected the year those countries adopted Mausers for their armies. A confusing progression of Mausers in various calibres and action configurations followed.
He and his brother Wilhelm started with the single-shot Model 1871 Mauser (Gewehr 71). German designer Paul Mauser perfected his renowned bolt-action design over three decades.
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