![]() The rifles were finished to the highest grade and designed to last for Generations in the service of Brazil โ something they did very well. The 1908 Brazillian Mauser is, alongside the 1909 Argentine Mauser, considered to represent the very finest of pre-WW1 German arms manufacturing. The stocks were made of walnut and retain the pre-1905 Gew98 style stock washer as opposed to the bolt takedown disk then in use on the German issue rifles.ฤก. ![]() The remainder of the rifle was either chemically blued or heat blued. The receiver and bolt were left in the white, as was the bayonet lug. The rifles are essentially the same as the German Gew98 with the most obvious exception being the tang style sight employed in lieu of the Lange-Vernier sight used on the Gew98. The contract ran from 1908 until the outbreak of war in 1914. The DWM made rifles are more commonly encountered. The maker of any particular rifle can be determined by looking at the address โ if Berlin, it is made by DWM. DWM, in turn contracted some rifles out to Mauser Oberndorf, which was also owned by Loewe at the time. The rifles were produced by DWM, then owned by the Ludwig Loewe Company. ![]() The Mauser Modelo 1908 long rifle became the standard infantry rifle for the Brazilian Army in 1908. Observations: (by 'Claven2') Note: Pics of rifle provided courtesy of MILSURPS.COM member 'claven2'.
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