60+ Chines Mauer
I will follow this thread hoping to learn from an expert.
Chines mauer. It was imported from germany and spain astra 900 and mm31 but mostly produced locally in various arsenals the larger being in hanyang shanghai gongxian shanxi. Referred to as a chiang kai shek model short rifle it was manufactured between 1936 and 1949. Der chinesische name 10 000 li lange mauer 萬里長城 万里长城 wànlǐ chángchéng beinhaltet die chinesische längenangabe lǐ 里. Chinese made mauser 98 chambered in 7 92 8x57.
These rifle and other chinese military rifle are not popular among collectors and i cannot understand why. Der ausdruck ist jedoch nicht wörtlich zu verstehen. 350 imported 97 wih shoulder stock. Ein historisches li entspricht etwa 500 m 10 000 li sind daher ca.
The 1934 materials proved to be incorrect and new tools were sent in early 1935. Chinese type 17 broomhandle copy of a c96 mauser 45acp one of approximately 350 imported this one by navy arms 97 ooverall condition gun. Chinese type 17 45 acp copy of a c96 broomhandle mauser one of approx. 10 000 had been bought by china in 1934 and the germans provided the tooling to produce the type 24.
Curious i also have a chinese mauser although the date stamp is quite different. Original finish worn with pitting in a few places. The most common and popular pistol in china since the beginning of the republic in 1912 was the mauser c96 called the box cannon 盒子炮 in chinese. Take 20 off all broomhandle luger and nambu pistols in stock.
Wildwood inc wildwood inc. Serial numbers are not matching but this is very common for chinese mausers. Your stamp of the number 9 is stamped in the center of the chiang kai shek rifle manufacturer banner. Like the karabiner 98k it was a shortened and lightened version of the gewehr 98 specifically a copy of the oberndorf export mauser named standard modell.