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The Gewehr 88 (commonly called the Model 1888 commission rifle) was a late 19th-century German bolt-action rifle, adopted in 1888.. The invention of smokeless powder in the late 19th century immediately rendered all of the large-bore black powder rifles then in use obsolete.
The result was the look of the Lebel, a Mauser-style action, Mannlicher magazine, a jacketed barrel, and a cartridge copied from the Swiss. The Gewehr 88 was designed to use the 7.9mm × 57J cartridge, which is considerably smaller than the 11 mm round of the Gewehr 71. A total of 1,675,000 Gewehr 88s were produced from 1889 to 1897.
The Mauser Model 1895 adopted as Fusil Mauser Chileno Mo 1895 [17] by Chilean forces, is a bolt operated magazine fed rifle using the 7×57mm Mauser cartridge. It is the first major modification of the Mauser Model 1893 and was produced by Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken, known as DWM, and Ludwig Loewe Company from 1895 to 1900. [18]
The Model 1889 rifle and carbine, including Turkish Model 1890, Model 1916 and Model 1899/36 variants, all chambered in 7.65×53mm Mauser [1] The Model 1893 and 1894 rifle and carbine, chambered in 7×57mm Mauser, produced for Spain and Brazil [2] while some were used by the Belgian Gendarmerie, the Garde Civique and the Congo Free State [3 ...
Model 1916 Carbine: Slightly modified Mle 1889 with Yatagan, to replace all the earlier models of carbines. [36] Model 1889/36 Short Rifle or Model 1936: A modernized Model 1889 or Turkish Model 1890 with its bolt modified to cock on opening, and the barrel, barrel bands, front handguard, and sights of a Mauser Model 1935. [30] [37] [38]
To be identified as pre-1899, however, Mosin–Nagants that have been re-barreled must be disassembled to see the date stamps on their tangs. [citation needed] A similar situation exists for 7.65mm Mauser Turkish Model 1893 bolt rifles, most of which were re-arsenalized at the Ankara arsenal in the 1940s, and rechambered to 8×57mm Mauser ...
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FN Model 24 and Model 30; Mauser M 98; Mauser Model 1871; Mauser Model 1889; Mauser Model 1893; Mauser Model 1895; Mauser Model 1902; Mauser Model 1903; Mauser Model 1904; Mauser Model 1908; Mauser Model 1910; Mauser Standardmodell; Mauser Tankgewehr M1918; Mauser-Koka; Mexican Mauser Model 1936; Mexican Mauser Model 1954; Mukden Arsenal Mauser