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Bolt-action rifle
Mauser Model 1904
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Type
| Bolt-action
rifle
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Place of origin
| Imperial Germany
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In service
| 1905?1960s
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Used by
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Wars
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Designed
| 1904
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Manufacturer
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- Mauser
- DWM
- Various Chinese arsenals
- Oviedo
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Produced
| 1905?1935
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Mass
| 3.76 kilograms (8.3 lb) (Chinese Model 1907)
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Length
| 125 centimetres (49 in) (Chinese Model 1907)
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Barrel
length
| 74.0 centimetres (29.1 in) (Chinese Model 1907)
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Cartridge
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Action
| Bolt-action
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Feed system
| 5-round
stripper clip
, internal
magazine
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Sights
| Iron sights
adjustable to 2,000 metres (2,200 yd)
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The
Mauser Model 1904
and
Model 1907
were
Gewehr 98
pattern
bolt-action
rifles
produced by
Mauser
and
Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken
(DWM). They were designed for export market. Copies were later produced in
China
and in
Spain
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Design
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The Models 1904 and 1907 were similar to the Gewehr 1898. They featured a longer cocking piece. Only the rifles made for
Paraguay
kept the
Lange Visier
sight of the German rifle.
While most of the rifles were fitted only with a short bayonet lug that required a bayonet with a muzzle ring,
rifles ordered by Paraguay and
Ecuador
had another lug to fit the
Mauser Model 1895
bayonet.
The Siamese model was heavier and slightly longer.
Variants
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Brazilian carbine version
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The
Brazilian
military police ordered a carbine variant, with a bent bold handle. A bayonet lug was fitted under the barrel band, similarly to the
Mauser Model 1893
.
Paraguayan and Chinese carbines
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These carbines generally featured turned down bolt handle, even if some Chinese carbines had a straight one.
The stock ended under the muzzle.
The carbines also had a tangent leaf rear sight while the front sight was directly mounted on the nose cap. No bayonet could be used.
Chinese variants
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China tested the Model 1904 from 1907. The rifle was known as
Model 1904/1907
while the carbine was known as
Model 1907
.
Most of the rifles were originally produced by Mauser and DWM with a special 6.8×57mm cartridge.
The production of the Model 1907 soon started in
Guangdong
arsenal with DWM help. The
1911 revolution
slowed the purchase of weapons
and in 1914, thousand of 6.8mm Model 1907 rifles stored in Germany were chambered to the standard
7.92×57mm Mauser
and pressed into service of the
German Empire
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Originally produced as the
Guang Xu Type 33
during the Imperial rule, the newly formed
Republic of China
chose it as the standard rifle of the Chinese army as the
Type 1 rifle
, intended to replace the
Hanyang 88
. In 1915, the Chinese also decided to switch to the 7.92mm cartridge and the rifle was renamed
Type 4
or
7.9mm Type 1
. More than 200,000 were produced until 1935. The last factory producing them was the
Gongxian Arsenal
, where the guns were nicknamed
Gong 98
. While they have been replaced in most front-line units at the beginning of the
Second Sino-Japanese War
, the Type 4 rifles were kept in regular use with some units.
They were still used by the
Red Guards
in the 1960s.
Mauser/Oviedo Model 1927
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The Spanish
Fabrica Nacional de Armas
, in
Oviedo
, produced a derivative of the Mauser 1907 for Paraguay. Three variants were produced: a long rifle (
Fusil Modelo 1927
), a short rifle (
Mosqueton Modelo 1927
) and a carbine (
Carabina Modelo 1927
).
The bolt stop was extended to block the clips during the loading of the magazine, thus enabling the use of different models of clip.
They had a tangent leaf sight while the upper hand guard of the rifle and short rifle was slightly extended.
The short rifle did not feature a pistol grip and the carbine had a stock extended to the muzzle. The bolt handle was straight for the rifle and bent for the carbine, whereas the short rifle can be found with both types of bolt handles.
The Paraguayans wanted an affordable weapons, and the guns were reportedly of low quality.
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10,363 were purchased from 1927 to 1932.
They saw combat use during the
Chaco War
and performed poorly.
Users
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Bolivia
: ~4,000 Modelo 1907 rifles and 1,000 Model 1907 carbines made by DWM in
7.65×53mm Mauser
,
used during the
Chaco War
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Brazil
: 7mm DWM Model 1907 rifles.
A Model 1907 carbine was also sold by DWM to the cavalry of the
military police
.
China
: Model 1907, Type 1 and Type 4.
Colombia
: DWM Model 1904
Chile
: 300 DWM Model 1907 short rifle
Ecuador
: Model 1907
El Salvador
: Model 1904
German Empire
: Chinese Model 1907
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Iran
: 1,500 Mauser Model 1904/1907
Paraguay
:
Fusil Modelo 1907 Paraguayo
,
Carabina Mauser Paraguayana Mo. 1907
,
Fusil Modelo 1927
,
Mosqueton Modelo 1927
and
Carabina Modelo 1927
,
all used during the
Chaco War
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Thailand
: slightly heavier and longer Mauser Model 1904
References
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