SOLD – MAUSER MODEL 1871 INFANTRY RIFLE….BAVARIAN ISSSUE….1881 PRODUCTION

This rifle is in antique very good condition, it is all matching except for the buttplate and some screws and the bore is decent.  Here we have a fairly hard to find Mauser Infantry Gewehr Model 1871 rifle.  This was the standard German Empire Service rifle from 1871 until 1884 and was the first of the long string of Successful Mauser designed rifles. This was a single shot rifle and it stayed in service until the end of WW1, where it was famously employed by the African Askari troops in the German colonies in Africa.  This rifle was made at Amberg and bears the cipher of the mad King Ludwig.  These rifles are tough to find in any condition and this is certainly a decent specimen.