Mauser Model 1910

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Mauser Model 1910
Type Bolt-action rifle
Place of origin German Empire
Service history
In service1910–1945
Used bySee Users
Wars
Production history
Designed1910
ManufacturerMauser
Produced1911-1914
Specifications
Mass4.0 kg (8.8 lb)
Length124 cm (48.8 in)
Barrel  length74.0 cm (29.13 in)

Cartridge 7×57mm Mauser
Action Bolt-action
Feed system5-round stripper clip, internal magazine
Sights Iron sights adjustable to 2,000 metres (2,200 yd)

The Mauser Model 1910 was a Mauser bolt-action rifle, derived from the Gewehr 98. It was designed for export market.

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Design

The Model 1910 was based on the Gewehr 98. The bayonet of the Mauser Model 1895 could be fitted on it. [1] It used the standard tangent leaf rear sight. [2] The Model 1910 features a rarely-used Mauser invention, patented in 1898: the bolt head enveloped the cartridge rim, leaving only the cartridge case visible. [1] It made the rifle more complex. [2]

Service

Costa Rica ordered the Model 1910, chambered in 7×57mm Mauser. 5,000 were produced by the Mauser Oberndorf plant (Waffenfabrik Mauser-Oberndorf a/n) between 1911 and 1913. Some of these rifles had their barrel shortened to 58 centimetres (23 in) and were later modified to fire the .30-06 Springfield cartridge. [3] Ecuador ordered an unknown number in the same caliber. [4] Serbia ordered the Model 1910 rifle, in 7×57mm Mauser. It saw service during the Balkan Wars [5] and World War I. In 1918, it was the standard rifle of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia). [6] Some were exported to Guatemala. [7] In Yugoslavian service, the rifle was called Puška 7 mm M 10 and saw further service during World War II. Some were shortened and rechambered in 7.92×57mm Mauser as Puška 7,9 mm M 10C. The German captured by Nazi Germany were respectively designated Gewehr 221 (j) and Gewehr 291/. [8] The Venezuelan unelected leader, Juan Vicente Gómez, ordered 6,000 Model 1910 to modernize its Army equipment. [9] They were delivered by Mauser before 1914. [10]

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  3. Ball 2011, p. 110.
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  10. Ball 2011, p. 397.