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Stock altered slightly (made thicker). M1896 Cadet Rifle – model which was fitted with cleaning rod like M1892 rifle. Only about 400 were made before it was discontinued. M1896 Carbine – model with the same modifications as the M1896 Rifle. M1898 Rifle – a model that generally much like M1896, but with a wide range of minor changes.
The Model 1905 carbine was produced between 1903 and 1906. 30,000 M1908 carbines were delivered in 1908 and 1909. The Model 1903 saw combat during the Italo-Turkish War, the Balkan Wars, World War I and the Turkish War of Independence. After World War I, most of these weapons were modified to fire the 7.92×57mm Mauser round.
The Model 91/98/23 carbine (Karabinek wz. 1891/1898/1923) often shortened to kbk wz. 91/98/23, and its variants wz. 91/98/25 and wz. 91/98/26, were a Polish modification of the Mosin–Nagant M1891 rifle to carbine form. The Mosin rifle was shortened and converted to use the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge.
The safety was mounted on the rear of the bolt assembly. The rifle was fitted with iron sights, a tapered front sight blade and a tangent-type rear sight with a V-shaped notch, graduated from 100 to 2000 meters in 100 meters increments. The rifle used the bayonets wz. 22, wz. 24, wz. 25, wz. 27, wz. 28 or wz. 29.
5,400 carbines 1,350 short rifles Thomas Riggins Knoxville, Tennessee: Rifles S. C. Robinson Arms Manufactory (Samuel C. Robinson) Richmond, Virginia: Produced a variant of the M1859 Sharps carbine: ca. 3,000 .52 caliber Sharps carbines. Marks, “Robinson Arms Co.” Selma Naval Foundry & Ironworks (Selma Arsenal & Gun Works) Selma, Alabama: 1861
The kbk wz. 29 (Polish: carbine pattern 1929) was a Polish bolt-action short rifle based on the German Kar98AZ.Identifying attributes include a 98/05 style mast bayonet lug ending directly beneath the front sight and winged protective ears to either side of the front sight blade.
A drawback of the M 98 system is that it can not be cheaply mass-produced very easily. Some other bolt action designs (e.g. the Lee–Enfield) may offer trained operators a faster rate of fire depending on the model used. The basic Mauser M 98 version retails (2009) for approximately EUR 6,800, but the addition of (luxury) options can make ...
Danish M.1889 carbine. After strenuous tests, Denmark adopted the Krag–Jørgensen rifle on July 3, 1889. The Danish rifle differed in several key areas from the weapons later adopted by the United States and Norway, particularly in its use of a forward (as opposed to downward) hinged magazine door, the use of rimmed ammunition, and the use of an outer steel liner for the barrel.