The upper band has a lug for the Model 1895 bayonet. The stock has a straight wrist and a handguard which stretches from the receiver ring to the lower barrel band. After loading, the empty clip is ejected when the bolt is closed. Each stripper clip can hold 5 rounds to fill the magazine and is inserted into clip guides machined into the rear receiver bridge. The internal magazine can be loaded with single rounds by pushing the cartridges into the receiver top opening or via stripper clips. The flush-mounted staggered column box magazine has a capacity of 5 smokeless powder 7×57mm Mauser cartridges. The Mauser Model 1895 is a modification of the Mauser Model 1893. Mauser Model 1895 rifles and carbines were the standard weapons of the various Mexican armies during the Mexican Revolution while the Paraguayan rifles saw combat during the Chaco War. The Mauser Model 1895 also saw service in Mexico, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Iran, El Salvador and Honduras. Work on the manufacturing of the Mauser Model 1895 was halted in 1899 by the Second Boer War. Some of the last rifles delivered by DWM were equipped with turned down bolt handles which made them suitable for the South African farmers on horseback.
These rifles varied in stock style, barrel, sight lines and ornamentation. At the time, an Afrikaans farmer (Also known as a Boer) could purchase a Mauser Model 1895 at a price of £3, another variant known in Afrikaans as Plezier Mauser was sold slightly above cost by the respective governments and private dealers for sport and private use. Because of this issue, a misunderstanding occurred regarding the identification between the Model 1896 and Model 1897. The Model 1895 brought to the “Transvaal” was also known as "Boer Model" Mauser and were marked “O.V.S” ( Oranje Vrij Staat) just above the serial number accompanied by MOD.MAUSER and the date of the manufacturer. Due to many rifles being diverted to Chile, many of the rifles in that country bore the inscription “O.V.S” ( Oranje Vrij Staat), Orange Free State. Roughly 50,000 Mauser rifles were ordered but only 37,000 were delivered because DWM diverted them to fulfill their contract with the Chilean army. The Model 1895 was also deployed to republic of the Orange Free State and the South African Republic (more commonly known as “Transvaal”) by DWM shortly after the Jameson Raid in December 1895 to deal with the shortage of modern magazine fed rifles for the state army.
Mauser 1895, used by the Boers in South Africa (at the Auckland Museum) It is the first major modification of the Mauser Model 1893 and was produced by Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken, known as DWM, and Ludwig Loewe Company from 1895 to 1900. It was exported to many overseas powers, including the Chilean forces which adopted as the Fusil Mauser Chileno Mo 1895. The Mauser Model 1895 is a bolt operated magazine fed rifle using the 7×57mm Mauser cartridge. Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken 1897–1909
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