SOG 1888 Mauser

[neilwest]

1. Obsolete and cant get any ammo for it, but this thing is a real piece of history. No upper handguard as the barrel was wrapped with a tube to dissipate the heat. Called the Commission Mauser it was the first to take the German Army out of the Blackpowder age. Very nice. I will post this evening pics.:D

[Vladimir Berkov]

I have always wanted one, do they have more?

[zouavexx]

GEW 88

Neat looking rifle. Like the Turkish 1895 Mauser it can be purchased thru the mail without any license.

http://www.rememuseum.org.uk/arms/rifles/armgm88/arm072.jpg When the French in 1886 adopted the 8 mm Lebel, using smokeless powder cartridges, it caused the Germans to search for a suitable counter weapon. This was the result. It was actually developed by a German Army Commission and combines the magazine of the 'Mannlicher' with bolt features of the 'Mauser Model 1871/1874'. It is frequently called a 'Mauser' and also a 'Mannhcher', but it is in fact neither. This particular rifle was made by Spandau in 1890

[Schuetzenman]

Originally posted by neilwest
1. Obsolete and cant get any ammo for it, but this thing is a real piece of history.

Well you can't buy it off the shelf but you could get by with reloading 8 mm cases for it. Just use small charges and keep the speed down to about 2100 fps.

[SteveG]

Seems Huntington's usually stocks .318 diameter bullets.

Bullets and and dies and you are up and shooting.

[HerrdoktorSchuetzengruvin]

Both the Italian Carcano and Russian Mosin have roots in this gun's design.

A nice piece of firearms history!