DAK D Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 (edited) Hi All, Here are some photos of my 1871 Mauser it's been through a lot since it was made in 1880, but I love it. These rifles were issued to reserve units in the German army in WW1 and many of these black powder rifles were smuggled into Ireland and used by the Irish Volunteers in the 1916 Rising. This particular 1871 Mauser was manufactured at the Spandau Works! Interestingly there are some notches cut into the butt-stock on this example. D Edited September 22, 2016 by DAK D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikakorpsrat64 Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Fantastic Rifle @DAK D! I had a 1888 Mauser many years back. This one you have is beautiful! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fred Karno's Army Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Lovely example in a condition that shows its seen something rather than an armoury wall for all its life,very nice mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davejb Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Thats a pretty impressive old firearm, still in good strippable condition and I would venture to say that those nicks in the butt could be a tally as to how many were "despatched" at one time or other 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAK D Posted April 15, 2016 Author Share Posted April 15, 2016 14 hours ago, Ham & Jam said: Lovely example in a condition that shows its seen something rather than an armoury wall for all its life,very nice mate. Hi @Ham & Jam, Thanks. I have a few old bolt action rifles including three Larne rifles that were smuggled into the North of Ireland by the UVF in 1914. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAK D Posted April 15, 2016 Author Share Posted April 15, 2016 10 hours ago, Davejb said: Thats a pretty impressive old firearm, still in good strippable condition and I would venture to say that those nicks in the butt could be a tally as to how many were "despatched" at one time or other Hi @Davejb, Thank you. I love this old war horse We will never know for certain when the notches were added, but it was not in recent times! D 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc hun Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Love it now show us the large rifles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc hun Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Larne bloody auto correct is frying my brain lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAK D Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 Hi @Marc hun, I hate auto correct too, but I knew you meant Larne anyway I am working on it right now! D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manu Della Valle Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Lovely rifle! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAK D Posted May 3, 2016 Author Share Posted May 3, 2016 Hi @Manu Della Valle, Thanks I love it too D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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