German Gewehr 88, Bolt Action Rifle, 8mm Mauser - Overall Good Condition

Name: German Gewehr 88, Bolt Action Rifle, 8mm Mauser - Overall Good Condition
Brand: Germany
SKU: LNG-GERMAN-GEW88

MPN: MAUS0003

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German Gewehr 88 Bolt Action Rifle chambered in 8mm Mauser. Wooden stock.

The first smokeless powder military rifle adopted by Germany (the German Empire, at the time), the Gewehr 88 combined features from a number of designs. The "small bore" caliber was also a new development, also designed by the Rifle Commission, and these innovations were designed to put the German military at the leading edge of firearms technology.

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Manufacturer

Germany

Caliber/Gauge

8mm

Action

Bolt Action

Condition

Surplus / Used

SKU #

LNG-GERMAN-GEW88

The Gewehr 88, also called the Model1888 Commission Rifle, was a late 19th-century German bolt action rifle, adopted in 1888. The invention of smokeless powder in the late 19th century immediately rendered all of the large-bore black powder rifles then in use obsolete. To keep pace with the French,who had adopted smokeless powder, small bore Lebel Model 1886 rifle, the Germans adopted the Gewehr 88 using its own new M/88 (Patrone 88) cartridge. It features a distinctive barrel jacket, and uses a 5 round internal magazine fed with a Mannlicher style en bloc clip. Rilfe does not come with clip.

The rifle was one of many weapons in the arms race taking place in Europe at the time. There were also two carbine versions, the Karabiner 88 for mounted troops and the Gewehr 91 for artillery. Later models provided for loading with stripper clips with an improved, Spitzer bullet cartridge (Gewehr 88/05s and Gewehr 88/14s) and went on to serve in World War I to a limited degree. Unlike many German service rifles before and after, it was not developed by Mauser but the Arms Commission, and Mauser was one of the few major arms manufacturers in Germany that did not produce Gewehr 88s.

Specifications

Model	Gewehr 88
Cartridge	Patrone 88 8mm Mauser
Stock	Wood
SKU	LNG-GERMAN-GEW88
Country of Manufacture	No
License Requirement	FFL
Manufacturer	Germany
Mfg. Part Number	MAUS0003
UPC	No
Caliber/Gauge	8mm
Action	Bolt Action
Barrel Length	No
Threaded Barrel	No
Condition	Surplus / Used
Free Shipping	No

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