Argentina Hotels Travel - Argentine Mauser Rifles 1871-1959
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List Price: $79.95
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Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780764318689
ISBN: 0764318683
Label: Schiffer Publishing
Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 300
Publication Date: 2007-07
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Studio: Schiffer Publishing
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This is the complete story of Argentinas contract Mauser rifles from the purchase of their first Model 1871s to the disposal of the last shipment of surplus rifles received in the United States in May 2002. Between 1891-1959 Argentina bought or manufactured nearly 500,000 Mauser rifles and carbines for itself as well as for its neighbors Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay. It also supplied Spain with rifles to help suppress the Melilla revolt in Morocco, which were eventually used against the United States during the Spanish American War of 1898. The Argentine Commissions relentless pursuit of tactical superiority resulted in a major contribution to the development of Mausers now famous bolt-action system. The combined efforts of the Belgian, Turkish and Argentine arms commissions between 1889 and 1892 produced the origins of what became the Model 98 bolt-action system that is still in use today over 110 years later. Details include: thirty-seven identified variants; the history behind each purchase and the technical description of each variant; contract-by-contract, and in the case of the Model 1891, 1909 and 1947 weapons a month-by-month, detail of production and shipping data; over 400 pictures, illustrations, documents and blueprints; history and details of the manufacturing facilities in Europe and in Argentina as well as a description of the manufacturing process used by the Matheu (DGFM-FMAP) small arms factory in Argentina; interesting and colorful anecdotes about the people involved, including revelations about spying and secret alliances never before revealed.
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Summary: Argentine Mauser Rifles
Comment: This book is ean excellent source of information about the Mausers used by Argentina. If you are a collector, it should be in your library and consulted often.
It helped me identify a fairly rare model that was offered for sale at a good price and paid for itself in that one transaction.
The pictures are very good and clearly identify what is being refered to in the text.
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