MODEL MAUSER M1895. 7X57MM CALIBER. SERIAL# F1. (MATCHING ON BOLT, ACTION AND STOCK)

CONDITION: ALMOST FACTORY NEW AND SO PROABLY NEVER ISSUED. RESEARCH SUGGEST CHILE MAY HAVE ORDERED A TOTAL OF 110,000 MODEL 1895 MAUSER RIFLES WITH SERIAL NUMBER PREFIXES RANGING FROM A TO M AND ORGANIZED IN TERMS OF 10,000 RIFLES PREFIXE( FOR EXAMPLE A1 TO A10,000).HOWEVER, DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE FOR ONLY THREE CONTRACTS TOTALING 100,000 RIFLES HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED SUGGESTING THAT NOT ALL PREFIXES WERE USED OR SOME CONTAIN LESS THAN 10,000. NONETHELESS IN ADDITION TO SUPERB CONDITION THIS RIFLE IS AN IMPORTANT ADDITION TO ANY MAUSER COLLECTION BEING ONLY ONE OF A MAXIMUM OF 11 CHILEAN M1895'S WITH A 1 SERIAL NUMBER. IT HAS ALSO BEEN SUGGESTED THAT RIFLES WITH PREFIXES A-H WERE MANUFACTURED BY LOEWE, BERLIN WHILE THE REMAINDERWERE PRODUCED BY DWM. CONSISTENT WITH THIS NOTION F1 POSSESSES THE LOEWE MANUFACTURING MARK.

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