WORLD WAR I Era Antique DANZIG ARSENAL 8mm GEWEHR 88 German MILITARY Rifle 1890 Dated Model 1888 “COMMISSION RIFLE”

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WORLD WAR I Era Antique DANZIG ARSENAL 8mm GEWEHR 88 German MILITARY Rifle

1890 Dated Model 1888 “COMMISSION RIFLE”

Here we present an antique Imperial German Danzig Arsenal Gewehr 88, also referred to as the Model 88 Commission Rifle, made in 1890 in Danzig, Germany located on the Northern coast of Poland on the Baltic Sea with a production run between 1888 and 1899. 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. Many of these rifles were rechambered to accept the more powerful spitzer 8x56mmR cartridge in the 1930s and marked with an “S”, as is this one, on the receiver.

The rifle was one of many weapons in the arms race between the Germanic states and France, and with Europe in general. Later models, such as this 88/05 replaced the use of en-bloc clips 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. Robust action. The bore is bright and strongly rifled. Solid stock overall with average handling and storage wear. Numbers match except for the bolt. Markings are legible. This example sports a dark brown patina on most metal parts. “1890” dated.

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Barrel is 29-1/2 inches.

Caliber: 8mm Mauser

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$1200
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