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These seem to be customized rifles, probably a small batch of rifles were made in this configuration by Mauser Oberndorf, probably they were modified by the flyers themselves… Did German “air force” allow soldiers to carry their own firearms?

Iirc there was one full-stocked 1915/1916 model (previously Dr. Geoffrey Sturgess’ collection) was sold at James D. Julia. I wonder if you meant this.

That’s a wonderful piece of info. Could you please take a photo/screenshot of this paragraph? In addition to the well-known 1915/1916 Flieger Selbstladers / Selbstlader-Karabiners, it seems that German flying troops also equipped a purpose-built model with pistol grip and inclined butt stock...

The term automatic was widely used to call all sorts of auto-ejecting firearms before the 1950s. It was also used to call semi-automatic, France used “Fusil Automatique” to specially call semi-automatic rifles. Italian Revelli-Beretta semi-automatic carbine was even designated “Moschetto...

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The report claims that “the soldier simply pulls the trigger and the weapons continues to fire until all of the cartridges in its magazine are used up”. It can’t be semi-automatic in this situation.

Additionally, I wonder if there were any Mauser semi-automatic rifles used in combats before the Great War. This report claims that Mauser (semi) automatic rifles were found during 1899 battle of the Second Boer War. Could these be Mauser C98 trial guns sold by export companies? Or used guns...

Paul Mauser tried some seventeen rifle designs during the period 1898-1914. According to known sources such as Rough Forged and Mauser Pistolen, his (semi) automatic rifle development could be divided into five stages: 1. C98, short recoil+flapper lock 2. C02, long recoil+rotary bolt 3. C06...

Oh nice. Could you post the drawing please?

Great information! How about Chinese Type13 Mukden Mauser? Did it base on Mauser 17/18?

Btw I’m getting confused that the M17 was based on the M15. The M15 was a combination of M-S action with Mauser feeding mechanism, while the M17 is kind of inverted in deisgn by combining Mauser action with Mannlicher feeding mechanism. Probably the M15 was the precursor of 35M?

That’s neat. Thanks for sharing. So the M17/30 and the M30S were the same model? And they developed to the 33M which failed to the 35M? Have you ever seen photo of the M17? Here’s what I have but I don’t know which source it comes from.

Here are related pages from Sturmgewher! From Firepower to Striking Power(the files are too large so I uploaded them to Pinterest) page 1 page 2 page 3

I just received a copy of Rifle&Carbine98 by Dieter Storz, and saw the Mauser 1918 rifle which was briefly described as “Mauser Militärgewehr Modell 1917/18” designed by Fidel Feederle in Collector Grade’s Sturmgewehr! From Firepower to Striking Power. Additionally, Dieter’s book claims it as...