Mauser Model 1910

This article is about the rifle. For the Mauser Model 1910 pistol, see Mauser Model 1914.
Mauser Model 1910
TypeBolt-action rifle
Place of originGerman 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)
Cartridge7×57mm Mauser
ActionBolt-action
Feed system5-round stripper clip, internal magazine
SightsIron 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.

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]

Users

References

  1. ^ a b Ball 2011, p. 109.
  2. ^ a b Ball 2011, p. 111.
  3. ^ Ball 2011, p. 110.
  4. ^ Ball 2011, pp. 127–128.
  5. ^ Jowett, Philip (20 Apr 2011). Armies of the Balkan Wars 1912–13: The priming charge for the Great War. Men-at-Arms 466. pp. 24, 44. ISBN 9781849084185.
  6. ^ Ball 2011, p. 54.
  7. ^ Ball 2011, pp. 237–238.
  8. ^ Ball 2011, pp. 425–426.
  9. ^ Ball 2011, p. 395.
  10. ^ Ball 2011, p. 397.
  • Ball, Robert W. D. (2011). Mauser Military Rifles of the World. Iola: Gun Digest Books. ISBN 9781440228926.