Boer Mauser 1895, Feb 3, 2014 · So today I had a chance to fire the Chilean and the Boer War Mauser.

Boer Mauser 1895, Paul Mauser's first smokeless powder, charger-loaded magazine rifle--the First supplied by the Ludwig Loewe & Co during 1895-1896 then later by the DWM (1897-1900), the Mauser model 1895 first made its appearance during a small arms race between Argentina and Chile in 1896 and 1898. 28″ barrel. The model 1896 was the rifle manufactured for the Boer states by Germany prior to and during the Boer war, it was derived from the earlier 1893/95 which was in turn a slightly modified version of the 1893, often referred to as the 1895. The Model 1895 differed from the Mauser Model 1893 with regards to the bolt face. But the rifles and carbines, supplied to the two Boer republics retained the square bolt face. Both of the rifles' bolts opened no problem, actually the actions on them were like butter with no resistance at all. The lever-operated repeating action gave the weapon a relatively low rate of fire (less than 400 rounds a minute). S. Browse all new and used Military Rifles - Antique for sale and buy with confidence from Guns International. S” (Oranje Vrij Staat) just above the serial number. dyah5, dc, lan, u9b, 1d3g96, h1p, qvn4if, 5zh, 1k8, udd,