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The IDF employed a 22 mm rifle grenade adapter for the Mauser Karabiner 98k rifle. [59] The Karabiner 98k rifle was used by the reserve branches of the IDF well into the 1960s and 1970s and saw action in the hands of various support and line-of-communications troops during the 1967 Six-Day War and the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. [58]
The also rare 8×64mm S cartridge offers a comparable rechambering option for Mauser Gewehr 98 and Karabiner 98k rifles sporting 8mm S-bores. Due to its larger case capacity the 8×64mm S chambering offers better ballistic performance than the 8×60mm S. Some custom rifles were made using Mauser 98's and rechambering them for the 9×57mm Mauser.
Mauser Jagdwaffen GmbH is a subsidiary of SIG Sauer. The Mauser M 98 series rifles are practically a civilian version of the Karabiner 98k, which was one of the final developments in the long line of Mauser 98 military rifles of World War I and World War II. Vaguely similar to the latter rifle in appearance, the M 98 is offered in many ...
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 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.
The Mauser was also arguably one of the best bolt-action rifles at the time and the best available to Poland. Production of the wz. 98 began in July 1922, after the Danzig machinery was moved to Warsaw and creating the National Rifle Factory in Radom. Two years later, production of the wz. 98 rifles was stopped.
The picture shows Yugo markings on a refurbished k98k rifle. These rifles are actually Karabiner 98k rifles that were left over by Germany or captured by Marshal Tito's partisan army, or Liberation Army. Despite the name of the rifles (which may lead to misunderstandings), the only difference between a German K98k and a Zastava M98/48 consists ...
In 1999, the civilian gun segment of the Mauser firearms company was separated from the military segment and was purchased by the German investors Michael Lüke and Thomas Ortmeier. Mauser Jagdwaffen GmbH (German for 'Mauser Hunting Weapons Ltd.') was established as a new company, with its base being situated in Isny im Allgäu in southern Germany.