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Fire control column and buttstock of the MG 30. The gun is an air-cooled, recoil-operated design, firing standard 7.92×57mm Mauser ammunition, fed from a slightly curved 30-round magazine inserted in the left side of the weapon. It uses a locking ring, which is located at the end of the barrel extension, to lock the bolt. [4]
The FN Model 1924 series is a line of Mauser Gewehr 98 pattern bolt-action rifles produced by the Belgian Fabrique Nationale.They are similar to the Czech vz. 24 rifle, however have an intermediate length (215mm/ 8.46 in.) action, featuring open sights, 7.65×53mm, 7×57mm or 8×57mm IS chambering, Long rifle, Short Rifle and carbine-length barrels, hardwood stocks, and straight or curved bolt ...
The flashhider was sourced from the MAG-58 line and the MAG-58 bipod was modified to fit the UIT rail, also known as Anschutz rail. Rifles were finished in FN's black enamel paint and originate from de model 30. Early bolts were left in the white, but this was changed within a few years with blued bolt handles, bolt sleeves, and cocking pieces.
Some weapons designed for stripper clip use include the Mannlicher M1894, Mauser C96, Roth–Steyr M1907, Lee-Enfield, Mosin–Nagant, Gewehr 98, M1903 Springfield, SKS, Vz. 58 and T48 rifle. Detachable magazines may also be loaded with stripper clips provided they have a special guide attached, as in the M14 rifle or M16 rifle .
The Model 1935 combined elements of the Mauser 1889 (breech, magazine and stock) and of the Gewehr 98, but it was shorter. [2] Some Model 35 rifles were modernised Mauser 98. [2] Both the Manufacture d’Armes de L’État and the FN Herstal produced it between 1935 and 1940. [3] A sniping version was also developed before the war. [2] [4]
The bore has the same dimensions as the German 7.92×57mm Mauser service cartridge (designated as "S-bore"). The 8×60mm S can, due to its 83.6 mm (3.291 in) overall length, easily be chambered in standard sized Mauser 98 bolt-action rifles. In such military M98 bolt actions internal magazine boxes feature a magazine length of 84 mm (3.307 in).
The chambering was designed to give excellent penetration terminal ballistics as the .333 Jeffery and various .338 magnums, while fitting standard Mauser Gewehr 98 sized rifles with 9.3×64mm Brenneke sized magazine boxes. [15] A .30 caliber 9.3×64mm Brenneke-based wildcat example is the .30 Hembrook Long. It was designed in 2005 by Robert ...
Mauser Model 1889; GRC Gewehr 88 Obsolete, used by Volkssturm; Mauser Gewehr 98 Obsolete, used by Volkssturm; Winchester M1895 Obsolete, used by Volkssturm; Mosin–Nagant M1891/30 (Captured from Soviets and designated as "Gewehr 254(r)". Issued due to shortage of rifles in 1944) [245] Carcano M91/41 (Designated as "Gewehr 210(i)".