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Thank you so much for the photos. Yes they are very rare. This one makes me pretty excited because this is the first one I've ever seen that is a IG1871. I have only seen, recorded and cataloged Jägerbüchse 1871 used by any polizei of the German colonies. Do you mind if I record this rifle?

This was used by the Schutztruppe police. Sometimes called the Kaiserliches Gouvernement Polizei. It would normally say ORTSPolizeibehörde. Then the District or town it was used in. Then a rack number. For example "ORTSPolizeibehörde Bethanien 359" Definitely used in South West Africa, prior to...

There are four variants of this type of carbine. There was Kav.Kar.98, Art.Kar.98, Kar.98 1st variant and Kar.98 2nd model. I actually catalog these. This one was cataloged by Heinz Lehner in the 1980s. 1903/Erfurt/1106/Kar.98 E.J. IV.8. Private collection. This Kar.98 is a Kar.98 1st variant...

That's a mighty fine Gew 98 Chris. I don't think you could ask for any better condition than that.

To be honest. I do enjoy Imperial German rifles and carbines. I would have to choose any of three Remington-Lee models in 45-70. M1879 Remington-Lee, M1882 Remington-Lee and M1885 Remington-Lee. Why? Well it's all how you reload the rifles. Mauser 71-84 you have to reload the tubular magazine...

Biggymu and Chrisftk thank you both.

Rifle stock.

Unit mark, rifle broken apart and sights.

Hello everyone, I got this 1871 Jägerbüchse by ÖWG three years ago from a friend. It makes a fine addition to the collection. 1876•1875 5386 J(B. Mod.71) unit: 3.A.L.3.111. Sadly rifle is not all matching. I would say the rifles about 50% matching but that is okay with me. At one point somebody...

Paul here is my Amberg 1916 and I hope these photos help.

I'm glad you got this Chris. I was kind of excited when you told me you won this rifle. Great photos to. I love the Dreyse family photo. I never knew there was that many variants.

This is just my two cents on both articles. let's start with the article from 1903. The article is kind of vague on the description of a rifle but still intriguing. The author may have been confused of the name or model. I found information on the British Army testing the 1900 Mondragon. The...

Great photo Jordan. I'm not really big into collecting photos but I do have some photos. I got this back in 2019 I believe.

Great looking 1871 Jägerbüchse by ÖWG. I'm going to agree with Chris and say the rifle was used more in Europe instead of being used in the African colonies. The Schutztruppe used Jägerbüchse would normally have a unit mark on the buttplate. Here is three examples 1875/ÖWG/2687f/Sch.K (This...

Thanks Chris.

Great looking Gew 88/05 Sam. That's actually Arabic not Farsi. Farsi is the modern Persian or now the language of Iran. The Ottoman Empire spoke about 100 or so different dialects of Arabic. Many of the Ottoman Mausers are marked with Arabic. That type Arabic is known as high Arabic. The only...

The first variant carbine doesn't have a H-band. My photo with the three carbines. I mislabeled the bottom carbine but corrected it. It's actually a Kar.98 2nd model. Thankfully Heinz Lehner old carbine article has photos of both different barrel bands. Kar.98 1st variant Kar.98 2nd model

No problem Chris. Chris I think that you've seen these photos before but I will share them for others to enjoy. I'm kind of happy it wasn't on my list or anybody has recorded it yet. Always exciting to find something new. First photo from top to bottom. Art.Kar.98, Kav.Kar.98 and Kar.98 2nd...

Fantastic find Chris. Kar.98 2nd model. I added to the list. This one makes 59 known original Kar.98 and 28th made by Erfurt in 1904. Here are so photos I have some Kar.98 used in the GSWA. The last photo is a trooper from the Landespolizei.

I have copies of both of these photos. Many of these photos are taken before or during The Herero Rebellion of 1904-07. Both of these photos were taken in Windhoek. The Herero Rebellion caught the Schutztruppe and Kaiserliches Gouvernement Polizei in GSWA completely by surprise and they needed...