![]() Mauser” followed by the date of manufacture. Rifles delivered to the Transvaal bore no state markings. The Model 1895 brought to the “Transvaal” was also known as "Boer Model" Mauser and those delivered to the Orange Free State (Oranje Vrij Staat) were marked “O.V.S.” just above the serial number accompanied. Some of the undelivered rifles were diverted to Chile, and as a result many of the rifles in that country bore the inscription “O.V.S” ( Oranje Vrij Staat), Orange Free State. Roughly 70,000 Mauser rifles were ordered but only 55,000 were delivered. (and later DMW) shortly after the Jameson Raid in December 1895 to deal with the shortage of modern magazine fed rifles for the state army. but more commonly known as the “Transvaal”) by Ludwig Loewe and Co. ![]() The Model 1895 was also deployed to republic of the Orange Free State (Oranje Vrij Staat) and the South African Republic (The Z.A.R. 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 Modelo 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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