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Mauser was a German arms
manufacturer of a line of bolt-action rifles and pistols from the 1870s to
1995. Mauser designs were built for the German armed forces. Since the
late 19th and early 20th centuries, military Mauser designs were also
exported and licensed to a number of countries, as well as being a popular
civilian firearm.
Peter
Paul Mauser, often referred to as Paul Mauser, was born on June 27, 1838, in
Oberndorf am Neckar, in Württemberg.
His brother Wilhelm was four years older.
Their father, Franz Andreas Mauser, was a gunsmith at the Württemberg
Royal Armory, established by King Frederick I on July 31, 1811. The factory
was built in an Augustine cloister, chosen because it was very stoutly built
and ideal for arms production.
Together with his brother Paul
Mauser (1838 - 1914) Wilhelm Mauser designed the Mauser Model 1871 rifle,
the first of a successful line of Mauser rifles and pistols. The rifle was
adopted as the Gewehr 71 or Infanterie-Gewehr 71 and was the first metal
cartridge weapon of the German Empire.
Following the death of his
brother Wilhelm, January 13 1882, Paul Mauser takes over sole leadership of
the expanding company
Amongst other fire arms the Mauser company also
developed the Gewehr 98 and Karabiner 98k rifle series. The Gewehr 98 itself
was the latest in a line of Mauser rifles that were introduced in the
1890s.
Even more..
The Karabiner 98 Kurz (often abbreviated Kar98k, K98, or
K98k) was a bolt action rifle chambered for the 8x57 IS cartridge that
was adopted as the standard service rifle in 1935 by the German
Wehrmacht.[2] It was one of the final developments in the long line of
Mauser military rifles. Although supplemented by semi- and fully automatic
rifles during World War II, it remained the German service rifle until the
end of the war in 1945.
The immortal Mauser M 98 is still produced
from the original drawings, but can now also draw on the latest advances in
production technology.