TUR - Mauser 1887

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In 1884 was in the arsenal of the German army introduced a repeating rifle Mauser 1871/84 the hub 11,15x60R. Alone Paul Mauser however, this charge did not consider it ideal, and therefore at the same time designed a new bullet caliber 9,5 mm, filled with black powder (the charge is normalized as 9,5x60R) and edited for him, the instant replay M1871/84. The most essential differences of the new weapons was locking the conclusion not only by a prism the root of the lever to the conclusion, as with M1871/84, but also the one of the opposed cog, which is uzamykal into the breech.
Offer guns the british army did not bring the desired fruit, therefore, turned my attention to Turkey, where he was preparing the competition for the new army rifle. Mauser, who knew that for this project its very strength is not enough, for this purpose, teamed up with Isidorem Löwem, owner of the berlin factory of Ludwig Löwe & Co. After intensive comparative testing was finally Mauserova weapon is declared winner and in February, 1887, a contract was signed for the supply of 500 thousand rifles and 50 thousand carbines. According to the agreement with Löwem had a Mauser to produce 270 thousand rifles and 25 thousand carbines, the rest of the company Löwe. Change of priorities of the company Löwe and the increase of the production capacity Mausera eventually caused that most of the weapons were as well made Mauserem.
The Turkish government, who wished to keep abreast with developments in weaponry and wanted to be informed about the latest technical solutions in the contract established two interesting points. Mauser company was obliged, after a period of performance of the contract, to inform the Turkish side about all the new patents, applied to any Mauserově gun and Turkey designs dedicated the right to require the application of these patents to even nepřevzatých rifles M1887. The second point was, that if, during the performance of the contract, the German army will implement a new rifle system Mauser, Turkey can demand the delivery of these new rifles, instead of the not yet delivered M1887.
These points of agreement out of the fulfillment already in 1889, when the belgian army in the weapons introduced rifle Mauser 1889 caliber - the 7.65 mm and using cartridges filled with smokeless powder. From the decision of the Turkish government was in the year 1890 the production model of 1887 terminated after the 220 thousand units and subject to further performance of the contract has already been modified "belgian" rifles, called Model 1890.

The volume of the Turkish contract, however, Paul Mauserovi put many wrinkles. While
production capacity Oberndorfského the race was 250 rifles a day, for the fulfilment of the Turkish contract, it was to be a day to produce 500 arms. Therefore, it was decided to expand the plant Mauser for a new building, in which, out of production, should be based even a group of Turkish acceptance of the officers. To the Turks in the building feel like home, and has had the many elements of oriental architecture and the staff of the factory was therefore called the "Turkish building".

Design
Rifle Mauser 1887 is a refresher gun with odsuvným cylindrical in conclusion; the head end is against the závěrnici swivel. Conclusion uzamykal prism of the root handles the conclusion, and one locking cog (opposed crank) into the breech. The shells are stored in tubular, neodnímatelné, cartridge box under the main. The bullets are to the nábojiště administered to the lever of the feeder, mechanically activated when you move the conclusion to the back. A lever on the left hand side of the conclusion, it was possible to function of the feeder to knock out of the activity. Charging the tubular cartridge box was carried out after the opening concluded the individual hub via nábojiště.
Sights open, adjustable. The visor was fitted with three překlopnými slices, with a notch V-shaped. The standard slice was designed for shooting at a distance of 300 meters and a large slice was adjustable for shooting at a distance of 400 to 1600 meters.

Technical details
Caliber - 9.5 mm
Hub - 9,5x60R
Length - 1250 mm
Empty weight - 4,25 kg
Barrel length - 760 mm
The number of grooves in the barrel - 4
Pitch bore - 500 mm
The sense of pitch - right
The depth of the grooves - 0.14 mm
The width of the grooves - 3.50 mm
Muzzle velocity -
The capacity of the cartridge box - 8 shells
The range of looks - from 300 to 2000 m

Production
Production took place from the year 1887 in the company Waffenwerke Mauser, Oberndorf am Neckar and in the small extent at the factory of Ludwig Löwe & Co, Berlin. The total was made ordered 220 thousand rifles and undetected carbines.

Markings
The first guns were on the left side of breech marked "shareholders waffenfabrik Mauser, Oberndorf a/Neckar Deutsches Reich". Mass weapons should have a description of the same, but in Turkish in Arabic script..
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