Product Details
AN EXCEPTIONAL .43 (11.15 X 60MM) MAUSER MODEL 1871/84 BOLT ACTION RIFLE MADE AT SPANDAU IN 1888, serial no. 3450,
with 31 1/2in. barrel fully German Ordnance marked at breech and 'SPANDAU' on the knoxform, having a block and blade front-sight and ladder rear-sight, the action body marked on the left 'MOD 71/84' and on the right with the year of manufacture '1888', iron mounted full walnut stock incorporating an eight round tubular magazine in the fore-end, the magazine cap with piling spike, the butt with crisp Ordnance inspection stamps, this rifle is an exceptional example with virtually all deep blue finish to barrel and bands, crisp untouched stock, probably unissued
Provenance: The M71/84 was Germany's and Mauser's first repeating rifle, Paul Mauser started work on it in the late 1870's, formal adoption being in 1884 with production commencing in 1885 and ceasing in 1888 with a total of 1,161,148 rifles being delivered by the four state arsenals
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Estimate £500-700
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament