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Primer 017: German Gewehr 1888 "Commission Rifle" Documentary

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Othais and Mae delve into the story of this WWI classic. Complete with history, function, and live fire demonstration.

C&Rsenal presents its WWI Primer series; covering the firearms of this historic conflict one at a time in honor of the centennial anniversary. Join us every other Tuesday!

German Gewehr 1888 "Commission Rifle"
Cartridge: 7.92x57mm
Capacity: 5 rnds
Length: 49"
weight: 8.5 lbs

Here we review Germany's first smokeless rifle, which would serve in a secondary role through WWI in Germany, and perhaps a more active role in the Ottoman Empire.

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20 Comments

@maxheadspace2975 10 years ago

Mauser was upset that Germany didn't ask for his help in designing a rifle or, even better, adopting a rifle of his design. In reality he was very fortunate that he was totaly uninvolved. If a rifle of his design had been adopted they would have very likely been made from the same materials. The bursting barrel problem would have destroyed Mauser's reputation world-wide and he would have been nothing more than a minor foot note in history.

@teharbitur7377 10 years ago

"As far as the girth went with it, I didn't think it was that hard to handle at all"

That's what she said.

Sorry, I had to...

@jordanwalsh1691 10 years ago

Mauser specifically bad mouths the 88 Rifle on their website, haha. As if to say "that's what you get when you make the mistake of going to anyone but us".

They are pretty harsh too: "Re-arming of Prussian troops with the new "88 Rifle" follows irrespective of costs and quality. Due to the numerous complaints and accidents, continuous improvements have to be implemented."

@pshabino 10 years ago

"cuz nuts to that guy!" FTW, gonna have to start using nuts as a curse more.... its not just for the ardenne in 44' anymore...

@clayronso3932 10 years ago

Was the car Ok?

@611_hornet5 10 years ago

"The Jews."

That is some /pol/ level shit right there.

@hvymtal8566 10 years ago

28:15 "When I am ever so sorry to report that he was run over by a car" :):):):):)

@u-wot-n8 10 years ago

Mae always looks so happy to be out shooting :D

@AntiAnathema 10 years ago

But can it shoot .32 ACP?

@resonancebarracuda478 2 years ago (edited)

I'm referring to 1886 as the "French Scare" because every major power freaked out over them when they developed their own modern rifles with balckpowder cartridges and had to hurry their rifle designs. I mean the Germans had the 71/84, the Austrians had their Mannlicher 1886 and the Ottomans are now ordering Mauser's M1887. Then the French just had to jump scare them and they freaked out. The Germans had to make this and had to anger Paul Mauser, the Austrians had to make do with compressed black powder in the mean time and the Ottomans had to cut down their orders on the Mauser M1887.

@mcfontaine 10 years ago

11 ... that's one more than 10.

Nice quote man.

@mrfancypanzer549 10 years ago

"Archivist Georgy K. Zhukov" whaat!?

@ED-SKaR 10 years ago

Mae is looking good and sassy. Othais made a Spinal Tap reference and we've got a two parter.

Everything is awesome.

@WebertHest 10 years ago

You pronounced Gewehr right. Sehr gut :)

@afwalker1921 4 years ago

I once owned an 1890 example that had gone to the Turks, but never had the conejos to fire it. Frankly, it scared the fool out of me! Kudos to Mae for getting behind what can be questionable technology and letting rip! She's actually quite impressive!!!

@redram5150 6 years ago

“Stealing proofed rifles back” is done by unscrupulous suppliers who, in order to continually push inferior quality product past inspectors, just send the same proven good units through over and over. I’m not saying these accusations were reasonable or accurate, but the tactic has been used elsewhere. My first exposure to this was the wire supplier for the suspension cables of Brooklyn Bridge. The manufacturer sent the same approved spool of cable through while Roebling used inferior cable to build the bridge. Apparently it was designed to be 8x stronger than necessary but because of this it’s 4x overbuilt.