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The new M1893 version incorporated a staggered 5-round magazine that did not extend below the bottom of the stock. This was the first time a Mauser rifle included a fully contained magazine. Apart from a redesigned receiver to fit the wider magazine, the action of the M1893 was essentially identical to the M1892.
The 7×57mm Mauser (designated as the 7 mm Mauser or 7×57mm by the SAAMI and 7 × 57 by the C.I.P.) is a first-generation smokeless powder rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge. It was developed by Paul Mauser of the Mauser company in 1892 and adopted as a military cartridge by Spain in 1893. [ 3 ]
The Mauser Model 1895 is a modification of the Mauser Model 1893. The flush-mounted staggered column box magazine has a capacity of 5 smokeless powder 7×57mm Mauser cartridges. [8] The internal magazine can be loaded with single rounds by pushing the cartridges into the receiver top opening or via stripper clips. Each stripper clip can hold 5 ...
[6] 8,000 bayonets originally produced for the Mondragón rifle were adapted for the Mauser 1910. [7] The Model 1902 and 1910 saw combat use during the Mexican Revolution. [8] [9] Production of the Model 1910 was slowed down because of the fall of the Díaz government in 1911 and it was supplemented by the Steyr Model 1912 Mauser. [4]
The bolt stop was extended to block the clips during the loading of the magazine, thus enabling the use of different models of clip. [14] They had a tangent leaf sight while the upper hand guard of the rifle and short rifle was slightly extended. [15] The short rifle did not feature a pistol grip and the carbine had a stock extended to the muzzle.
The 7.92×57mm Mauser (designated as the 8mm Mauser or 8×57mm by the SAAMI [2] and 8 × 57 IS by the C.I.P. [3]) is a rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge. The 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge was adopted by the German Empire in 1903–1905, and was the German service cartridge in both World Wars. In the first half of the 20th century, the 7.92× ...
The 7mm Mauser-made Model 1935 rifle was similar to the Model 1908 but featured grasping grooves. [5] A short rifle variant also existed. [ 6 ] Not to be confused with the Czech-made Model 1908/34 police carbine ( Vz. 12/33 ), the Model 1908/34 short rifle was an upgraded version of the Model 1908 using local wood.
A revolutionary new feature of the design was the ability to load the single-stack detachable box magazine that extended below the bottom of the stock with individual 7.65×53mm Mauser rounds by pushing the cartridges into the receiver top opening or via stripper clips.