Original German Made Model 1891 Argentine Mauser Service Rifle by Loewe of Berlin with Sling - made in 1896 Category_Martini-Henry Rifles " the Francotte pattern

" the Francotte pattern

and broke camp in April for the Wilderness campaign

Years of Manufacture: circa 1863-75

by a contemporaneous historian

The gun fired through the hollow propeller hub

Original German Made Model 1891 Argentine Mauser Service Rifle by Loewe of Berlin with Sling - made in 1896 Category_Martini-Henry Rifles " the Francotte patternOriginal Item: Only one available. This is a very nice example of the Model 1891 Argentine Mauser rifle, one of many "export" models made for foreign governments, all based on the Mauser Model 1889. After the Mauser brothers finished work on the Model 71 84 for Germany in 1880, the design team set out to create a small caliber repeater that used smokeless powder. Because of setbacks brought on by Wilhelm Mauser's death, they failed to have the design