Hey everyone. I picked this rifle a few weeks ago from a gunbroker auction and wanted to share it since there do not get many mentions in the Mauser collecting world. During WW1 the Germans seized a batch of Paraguayan contract Mausers from the Mauser factory at Obendorf and gave them to their Ottoman allies. This was because they were in the same caliber that the Ottomans were already using (7.65 Mauser). Because the Ottomans used the original Mauser stripper clip design that did not have those little bumps on the side, the clip guide on these rifles had to be replaced with a new screwed-on one. This feature is a small one but it stands out when you know to look for it. It picked up the collector name “Pseudo 1903” because it sort of resembles the unique 1903 pattern ottoman receiver that had a special stripper clip bridge milled into as part of the original design for the same reason (old style stripper clip use).
I don’t believe I’ve ever seen or heard of one of these rifles surviving the Turkish rebuild program of the 1930s and this is sadly one of the rebuilt 8mm rifles, but they are still uncommon and hard to find since most folks who even do have them have no idea they are “special”. I only found this one because the auctioneer mislabeled another Ottoman rifle they were selling which made me think they might have other desirable rifles in this batch of Turks they were selling. I found this one (also mislabeled) when looking through these other listings.
Overall, it is just another well used Turkish 8mm Mauser rebuild rifle, but it is one of the many interesting and unique offerings the Turks made from their wide variety of pre WW1 rifle variants.
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I don’t believe I’ve ever seen or heard of one of these rifles surviving the Turkish rebuild program of the 1930s and this is sadly one of the rebuilt 8mm rifles, but they are still uncommon and hard to find since most folks who even do have them have no idea they are “special”. I only found this one because the auctioneer mislabeled another Ottoman rifle they were selling which made me think they might have other desirable rifles in this batch of Turks they were selling. I found this one (also mislabeled) when looking through these other listings.
Overall, it is just another well used Turkish 8mm Mauser rebuild rifle, but it is one of the many interesting and unique offerings the Turks made from their wide variety of pre WW1 rifle variants.
