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European GEWEHR 88 Bolt Action 8mm Caliber COMMISSION Pattern Rifle C&R Model 1888 MILITARY RIFLE
Guns International #: 102033862 Seller's Inventory #: 220676
Category: Military Rifles - Antique - Military Rifles - German
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Seller: AncestryGunsLLC
Company: Ancestry Guns LLC
Member Since: 11/3/16
State: Missouri
Zip: 65203
Country: United States
Phone: (314) 707-7373
International Phone: 314-707-7373
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Description:
European GEWEHR 88 Bolt Action 8mm Caliber COMMISSION Pattern Rifle C&R
Model 1888 MILITARY RIFLE
Here we present an antique European Gewehr 88 Pattern, also referred to as the Model 88 Commission Rifle, made circa the turn of the century likely in mainland Europe. The Gewehr 88 was a late 19th-century German bolt action rifle, adopted in 1888. The invention of smokeless powder in the late 19th century immediately rendered all of the large-bore black powder rifles then in use obsolete. To keep pace with the French, who had adopted smokeless powder "small bore" ammunition for their Lebel Model 1886 rifle, the Germans adopted the Gewehr 88 using its own new M/88 cartridge, which was also designed by the German Rifle Commission.
The rifle was one of many weapons in the arms race between the Germanic states and France, and with Europe in general. There were also two carbine versions, the Karabiner 88 for mounted troops and the Gewehr 91 for artillery. Later models provided for loading with stripper clips and went on to serve in World War I to a limited degree. Unlike many German service rifles before and after, it was not developed by Mauser, but rather the arms commission, and Mauser was one of the few major arms manufacturers in Germany that did not produce Gewehr 88s.
The overall condition is good. The action is strong and contains a layer of cosmoline. The bore is in good shape for its age. Solid stock with an above average amount of wear. Small, stable cracks, are present in both the toe and heel. “H589” is marked on the left side of the barrel.
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 29 inches.
Caliber: 8mm
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$1050
#220676
SOLD
Antique: Yes