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1. 1891 argentine mauser barrel length serial numbers#
2. 1891 argentine mauser barrel length serial number#
3. 1891 argentine mauser barrel length serial#
4. 1891 argentine mauser barrel length update#

The jacket was instituted as a feature intended to maintain the effectiveness of the barrel and the solid wooden body over time, otherwise lengthening its service life and long-term accuracy when exposed to excessive firing and battlefield abuse. One of the principal defining features of the Belgian/Turkish/Argentine Mauser was its thin sheet steel jacket surrounding the barrel-a rather unusual element not common to any other Mauser mark of note. As with other early Mausers, most such arms were made by the Ludwig Loewe company, who in 1896 joined with other manufactures to form Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken. Since they wished to keep retraining of their armed forces to a minimum, they went for the Mauser 91, as the operating principles were identical. This resulted in a new contract for the Model 1890 Turkish Mauser. While this was taking place, the Argentine Small Arms Commission contacted Mauser in 1886 to replace their own Model 71s. The contract however had an "escape clause" that allowed them to change the contract in the event of a more advanced Mauser system being developed. This company would go on to become a major arms manufacturer, which exists today as FN Herstal.Īt the same time, the Ottoman Empire had a contract for Model 1877 Turkish Mausers, which were based on the model 1871. This resulted in the founding of Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre, owned in part by Ludwig Loewe, to manufacture the Model 1889 Belgian Mauser.

At the time, Belgium was looking to bolster its domestic arms industry, and felt that manufacturing a Mauser Design would really help them in this goal.

1891 argentine mauser barrel length update#

However, Mauser already had supplied arms to numerous countries, and when they were looking to update their rifles, they came back to Mauser. Unfortunately they failed to convince the Commission to reverse its decision, and the attempt to win over Bavaria did not succeed either. The Mauser Company then set about trying to sell this new design. The main features were the ability to use stripper clips to feed the magazine (a revolution in rate of fire), and its rimless cartridge (7.65 Argentine Mauser), advanced for the time. The two rifles became known as the 89 Belgian (with a barrel shroud) and the 91 Argentine (with a 71 layout) Mausers, identical in their function and feed system. In the meantime, Paul Mauser created two different variations of the same rifle, one with a stock strengthened with a barrel shroud and a traditional design following the layout of the 71 series, in hope he might be able to overturn the commission's decision, or at least sell his design to the Kingdom of Bavaria, which adopted its own arms. The commission preferred to create their own design, which was what became the Gewehr 1888, often called the "Commission Rifle". Because of setbacks brought on by Wilhelm Mauser's death, they failed to have the design completed by 1882, and the German Rifle Test Commission ( Gewehr-Prüfungskommission) was formed. In lovely condition and ready to display.Īfter the Mauser brothers finished work on the Model 71/84 for Germany in 1880, the design team set out to create a small caliber repeater that used smokeless powder. Like many of the Argentine contract Mauser rifles, this one did not see much actual use.Īnother Military Contract from the Victorian era that Mauser managed to snag from all its European competitors. Bore is excellent with bright finish and clear lands and grooves.

1891 argentine mauser barrel length serial#

Most likely this explains the non-matching serial numbers. Rest of metal finish is very good, with masses of the original blue finish on the metalwork and a nice finish on the walnut stock. The stock has had some repairs done at arsenal, such as a repaired wrist crack. Unlike almost all of the Argentine Mausers we have seen, this one never had the Argentine Crest removed from above the chamber. The left side of the receiver is marked with the production information:

1891 argentine mauser barrel length serial number#

The Ludwig Loewe serial number records for the Argentine contract indicate that serial numbers A0000 to C4999 were produced in 1892, so this rifle was made probably made in the second quarter of that year.

1891 argentine mauser barrel length serial numbers#

The serial numbers were issued sequentially with a single letter prefix. It has all matching serial numbers, with A 4725 on the barrel and receiver, while the stock has serial number A 5626. This example, like all of the Argentine Mausers made before 1896, was made by the renowned Company LUDWIG LOEWE of BERLIN, which from 1887 was actually part owner of Mauser Waffenfabrik. This is a very nice example of the Model 1891 Argentine Mauser rifle, one of many "export" models made for foreign governments, all based on the Mauser Model 1889.