The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Gewehr 88/05 Commission Model bolt action rifle with a fixed five round Mannlicher style magazine. The action is marked with LOEWE BERLIN 1890 on the breech ring and GEW 88 on the left side. The breech is also marked 'S' denoting adaptation for Spitzer ammunition. It has a one piece wooden stock, a central sling swivel barrel band and a steel end cap that incorporates a bayonet lug on the right side. The barrel is jacketed.
The central band is stamped 7R.E.3.199. It is complete with a cleaning rod, magazine cover plate and butt sling swivel clip. The rear sight has been calibrated in Arabic numerals.
This rifle is one of a batch considered obsolete by the Germans and transferred to the Turkish Government at the beginning of the First World War. The markings on the central band indicate that originally it was issued to the German 7th Infantry Regiment, No 3 Company Ersatz Battalion.
Gewehr 88 'S' Commission Model bolt action rifle with a fixed five round Mannlicher style magazine. The action is marked with OE WG STEYR 1890 on the breech ring and GEW 88 on the left side. The breec
Gewehrl 88 'S' bolt action commission rifle. Polished bolt with a straight arm and a blackened receiver stamped with an S over a moon symbol and a crown over DANZIG 1891. The left side is stamped GEW
Gewehr 41 semi automatic rifle. The receiver and bolt are made from steel castings and machined. It is marked on the left side G41 duv (denoting Berlin-Lübecker Maschinenfabrik) 43 and the serial numb
Mauser Model G98 bolt action rifle. The receiver breech ring is marked WAFFENFABRIK MAUSER OBERNDORF 1916 and the left side Gew 98. The rifle is complete with a matching serial number bolt but missing
Mauser T Gewehr anti tank single shot, bolt action rifle. Wooden half stock with a pistol grip and a mounting bracket on the fore end to take the MG08/15 bipod. The polished steel receiver is stamped
Mosin Nagant Model 1891 bolt action rifle. The octagonal breech is stamped with an Imperial Russian eagle over a Cyrillic inscription and the rear sight is calibrated in Turkish Arabic numerals on the
