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Mauser Model 1910

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Mauser Model 1910
TypeBolt-action rifle
Place of originGerman Empire
Service history
In service1910–1945
Used bySee Users
Wars
Production history
Designed1910
ManufacturerMauser
Produced1911-1914
Specifications
Mass4.0 kg (8.8 lb)
Length124 cm (48.8 in)
Barrel length74.0 cm (29.13 in)

Cartridge7×57mm Mauser
ActionBolt-action
Feed system5-round stripper clip, internal magazine
SightsIron sights adjustable to 2,000 metres (2,200 yd)

The Mauser Model 1910 was a Mauser bolt-action rifle, derived from the Gewehr 98. It was designed for export market.

Design

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The Model 1910 was based on the Gewehr 98. The bayonet of the Mauser Model 1895 could be fitted on it.[1] It used the standard tangent leaf rear sight.[2] The Model 1910 features a rarely-used Mauser invention, patented in 1898: the bolt head enveloped the cartridge rim, leaving only the cartridge case visible.[1] It made the rifle more complex.[2]

Service

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Costa Rica ordered the Model 1910, chambered in 7×57mm Mauser. 5,000 were produced by the Mauser Oberndorf plant (Waffenfabrik Mauser-Oberndorf a/n) between 1911 and 1913. Some of these rifles had their barrel shortened to 58 centimetres (23 in) and were later modified to fire the .30-06 Springfield cartridge.[3] Ecuador ordered an unknown number in the same caliber.[4] Serbia ordered the Model 1910 rifle, in 7×57mm Mauser. It saw service during the Balkan Wars[5] and World War I. In 1918, it was the standard rifle of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia).[6] Some were exported to Guatemala.[7] In Yugoslavian service, the rifle was called Puška 7 mm M 10 and saw further service during World War II. Some were shortened and rechambered in 7.92×57mm Mauser as Puška 7,9 mm M 10C. The German captured by Nazi Germany were respectively designated Gewehr 221 (j) and Gewehr 291/.[8] The Venezuelan unelected leader, Juan Vicente Gómez, ordered 6,000 Model 1910 to modernize its Army equipment.[9] They were delivered by Mauser before 1914.[10]

Users

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References

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  1. ^ a b Ball 2011, p. 109.
  2. ^ a b Ball 2011, p. 111.
  3. ^ Ball 2011, p. 110.
  4. ^ Ball 2011, pp. 127–128.
  5. ^ Jowett, Philip (20 Apr 2011). Armies of the Balkan Wars 1912–13: The priming charge for the Great War. Men-at-Arms 466. pp. 24, 44. ISBN 9781849084185.
  6. ^ Ball 2011, p. 54.
  7. ^ Ball 2011, pp. 237–238.
  8. ^ Ball 2011, pp. 425–426.
  9. ^ Ball 2011, p. 395.
  10. ^ Ball 2011, p. 397.
  • Ball, Robert W. D. (2011). Mauser Military Rifles of the World. Iola: Gun Digest Books. ISBN 9781440228926.