The Mauser Model 1910 was a

Mauser Mauser, originally Königlich Württembergische Gewehrfabrik ("Royal Württemberg Rifle Factory"), was a German arms manufacturer. Their line of bolt-action rifles and semi-automatic pistols has been produced since the 1870s for the German arme ...

bolt-action rifle, derived from the

Gewehr 98 The Gewehr 98 (abbreviated G98, Gew 98, or M98) is a German bolt-action rifle made by Mauser, firing cartridges from a five-round internal clip-loaded magazine. It was the German service rifle from 1898 to 1935, when it was replaced by the Kar ...

. It was designed for export market.

Design

The Model 1910 was based on the Gewehr 98. The bayonet of the

Mauser Model 1895 The Mauser Model 1895 is a bolt operated magazine fed rifle using the 7×57mm Mauser cartridge. It was exported to many overseas powers, including the Chilean forces which adopted as the Fusil Mauser Chileno Mo 1895. It is the first major modific ...

could be fitted on it. It used the standard tangent leaf rear sight. The Model 1910 features a rarely-used Mauser invention, patented in 1898: the bolt head enveloped the cartridge rim, leaving only the

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visible. It made the rifle more complex.

Service

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ordered the Model 1910, chambered in

7×57mm Mauser The 7×57mm Mauser (designated as the 7 mm Mauser or 7×57mm by the SAAMI and 7 × 57 by the C.I.P.) is a first-generation smokeless powder rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge. It was developed by Paul Mauser of the Mauser company in ...

. 5,000 were produced by the Mauser Oberndorf plant (''Waffenfabrik Mauser-Oberndorf a/n'') between 1911 and 1913. Some of these rifles had their barrel shortened to and were later modified to fire the

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cartridge. Ecuador ordered an unknown number in the same caliber.

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ordered the Model 1910 rifle, in

. It saw service during the

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and

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. In 1918, it was the standard rifle of the

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(Yugoslavia). Some were exported to

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. In Yugoslavian service, the rifle was called Puška 7 mm M 10 and saw further service during

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. Some were shortened and rechambered in 7.92×57mm Mauser as Puška 7,9 mm M 10C. The German captured by

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were respectively designated Gewehr 221 (j) and Gewehr 291/. The

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unelected leader,

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, ordered 6,000 Model 1910 to modernize its

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equipment. They were delivered by Mauser before 1914.

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