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M1892 Spanish Mauser M1893 Spanish Mauser M 1896 Brazilian Mauser M189@Chilean Mauser at Mi89@Mexican Mauser * M89 panish Mauser M1i89ARernington R/B. 1898 Mauser M1902 Remington R/B 411908 Mondragon Semi-Auto 11936 Mexican Mauser Machineguns Chilean Madsen MG Mexican Mendoza LMG M1941 Johnson LMG M1944 Johnson LMG History and Development The 7mm Mauser cartridge was de- veloped by the Deutsche Metal!patron- enfabrik in Karlsruhe (after 1896 the Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfab- rik) and Waffenfabrik Mauser of Oberndorf ad. Neckar for the Spanish government about 1892 for the single- line box-magazine M1889 Mauser bolt- action. In 1893 the Spanish govern- _ ment adopted an improved version of the M1889 (Spanish M92) which used a staggered box magazine contained entirely within the stock. This was the first rifle to utflize this type magazine. The standard 7mm service cartridge for many years was the 172.8-gr. round- nose meta] jacketed bullet pushed by 38.6 grs. of smokeless leaf-type powder toa muzzle velocity of 2,388 F.p.s. in the standard 29.06” barrel. Muzzle energy was approximately 2,150 f.p. Muzzle velocity in the 17.95” carbine barrel ws 2,182 fps. Muzzle energy was about 1,735 £.p. Spanish troops armed with 7mm Mausers fought a few U.S. Regulars 2": ra r ce. ae = 2 a 7 ee n . - ; ~~ oo: Oe eae aE a Oe a a OEE Pe ee ee armed with 3040 Krags and volunteers equipped with black-powder M1873 Springfield Single Shot rifles during the Spanish-American War. The only U.S. volunteer regiment known to be equipped with Krags was the First Vol- unteer Cavalry as Teddy Roosevelt's “Rough Riders” were officially desig- nated. Some Rough Riders carned $0-40 Krag lever-action box-magazine M95 Winchesters which they pur- chased themselves. The superiority of the clip-toading Mausers over the Krags which loaded by the “side-door” method—a method already obsolete when we adopted it— was obvious. Five years after the war ended we adopted a Mauser in 30 cali- bre. Both the 30-03 and the 30-06 case were nothing but the 7mm Mauser case necked up to 30 calibre as the 7mm case was the 8nim Mauser case necked down to 7mm calibre. The present 7.62mm NATO case is another version of the 7mm case. If the 30-06, the 8mm Mauser and the 303 British were the standard cali- bres for the “Great Powers” then the 7mm Mauser was the standard car- tridge for more minor powers than any other single calibre. Nearly every country from the Rio Grande south to Terra del Fuego adopted a Mauser in 7mm calibre. Notable exceptions were Argentina and Guatemala with the 7.65mm Mauser. Though Spain had long Jost her po- litical power over Latin America, the emotional, economic and religious ties were close. Germany seeking trade ex- pansion and Germans seeking settle- ment in the underdeveloped countries . 169 fy os 9 7 yas a te *y aes mite . , re, -~ -~ reser eet ~ era: : 4 -“. * e