Mauser
Sign in to saveMauser, originally the Königlich Württembergische Gewehrfabrik, was a German arms manufacturer. Their line of bolt-action rifles and semi-automatic pistols was produced beginning in the 1870s for the German armed forces. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Mauser designs were also exported and licensed to many countries, which adopted them as military and civilian sporting firearms. The Gewehr 98 in particular was widely adopted and copied, becoming one of the most copied firearms designs and it is the foundation of many of today's sporting bolt-action rifles. Around 10 million Gewehr 9
Key facts
- Company.name
- Mauser
- Company.logo
- File:Mauser logo.svg
- Company.predecessor
- Königlich Württembergische Gewehrfabrik
- Company.founders
- Wilhelm and Paul Mauser
- Company.location_city
- Isny im Allgäu, Baden-Württemberg
- Company.location_country
- Germany
- Company.industry
- Arms industry
- Company.products
- Firearms
- Company.defunct
- 2004
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- History
- Early years
- U.S. patent
- Model M/71
- Acquisition of Königlich Württembergische Gewehrfabrik
- Civilian market
- Manufacturers
- Mauser firearms before 1945
- Rifles
- Mauser-Norris Model 67/69 rifle
- Model 1871 and derivatives
- Models 1889/90/91 and Experimental Model 92
- Spanish M93
- Swedish M1894 rifle
- Chilean Mauser Model 1895
- Model 1896
- Model 1898
- G98 derivatives
- Mauser M1902
- Type A, Model B, Model K, Armee-Model C, Africa Model
- Model M1913 Selbstladegewehr Sporter
- Model M and model S
- Mauser M1916
- Mauser 1925 Special range rifle
- Karabiner 98k
- Mauser KKW cadet rifle
- Gewehr 41
- Handguns
- Mauser C78 "zig-zag" Revolver
- C1896 Pistol
- Mauser 1910 and 1914 pocket pistols
- Mauser Model 1934 pocket pistol
- Mauser HSc
- After 1940
- Mauser ammunition
- Mauser firearms after 1945
- 1960s
- 1970s–1990
- 1990–2004
- Autocannons
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Mauser, originally the Königlich Württembergische Gewehrfabrik, was a German arms manufacturer. Their line of bolt-action rifles and semi-automatic pistols was produced beginning in the 1870s for the German armed forces. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Mauser designs were also exported and licensed to many countries, which adopted them as military and civilian sporting firearms. The Gewehr 98 in particular was widely adopted and copied, becoming one of the most copied firearms designs and it is the foundation of many of today's sporting bolt-action rifles. Around 10 million Gewehr 98-style rifles were produced.
== History == King Frederick I of Württemberg founded the enterprise as Königliche Waffen Schmieden (literally: Royal Weapons Forges) on 31 July 1811. Originally located partly at Ludwigsburg and partly at Christophsthal, the factory was transferred to the former Augustine Cloister in Oberndorf am Neckar, where Andreas Mauser worked as the master gunsmith. Of his seven sons who worked with him there, Peter Paul Mauser showed an outstanding ability to develop methods of operation that were faster and more efficient. His older brother Wilhelm assumed many of his father's duties as he became ill.