Mauser’s first successful design was a single-shot, 11-millimetre, bolt-action rifle that became the forerunner of many important designs. The Russians loved to electropencil non-matching parts as if they were matched and would mark each capture with an “X” mark on the receiver. Mauser rifle, any of a family of bolt-action rifles designed by Peter Paul Mauser (18381914), a German who had worked in an arms plant before entering the German army in 1859. The Russians “refurbished” these captured rifles after the war re-bluing the metal and refinishing the wood with a kind of deeply stained shellac. However, Fabrique Nationale (FN) of Herstal, Belgium, and Ceskoslovenska Zbrojovka (CZ) of Brno, Czechoslovakia, were both producing 98-type Mausers and were only too happy to sign contracts with Belgrade. A Russian capture is the most commonly commercially available K-98k in the United States. Beginning in the early 1920s, the Yugoslav army sought new Mauser rifles, but Allied restrictions prevented their traditional suppliers in Germany from providing them. I understand that the German made guns were only produces for a couple years (1899-1900) before production was completely turned over to the Carl Gustav facility, which used the Swedes 'superior' metal. So, here we are discussing those types of Mauser rifles that are currently available in the industry. I have a model 96 Mauser dated 1900 and made by Mauser. The rifle of the 18th Century will not be available for you in the market. It was a standard-issue for German troops in WWI and, in its. This weapon was a 5-shot, bolt-action rifle that actually dated back to 1898 when it was first adopted by the Imperial German Army. The example shown here is a Russian capture K-98k. Types of Mauser Rifles MAUSER has launched Rifles of a different category from 1871 to now. The standard German infantry weapon was the rifle, originally designed by Mauser, and dubbed the Karabiner 98k. The entirely new M 98 line is not only a unique combination of technology and craftsmanship, but a true commitment to our roots as the birthplace of the world’s most reliable rifles. After the war, these rifles ended up in the arsenals of many nations giving rise to many interesting varieties and variations which are too numerous for treatment here. As with no other rifle in our history, the MAUSER 98 action defines the core value of the MAUSER brand and fires our mission to build guns that never let their owners down. This rifle became the main German battle rifle of World War II, and was exported by the Germans to several other countries.
The K-98k is a bolt action rifle that was built on the Model 98 system in the 8mm Mauser caliber.