Mauser Model 1871

Mauser Model 1871 / Gewehr 71
Mauser Model 1871 / Gewehr 71
	Mauser Model 1871
Type	Bolt action rifle
Place of origin	German Empire
Service history
In service	1872–1888 (as the standard German service rifle); 1881–1945 (limited and foreign use)
Used by	Germany; See Operators
Wars	Argentine Civil Wars; First Boer War; Serbo-Bulgarian War; Second Franco-Dahomean War; First Sino-Japanese War; First Italo-Ethiopian War; Greco-Turkish War (1897); Uruguayan Revolution of 1897; Second Boer War; Boxer Rebellion; Balkan Wars; World War I; Easter Rising; German Revolution of 1918–19; World War II (limited);
Production history
Designer	Mauser
Designed	1867–1871
Manufacturer	Mauser; Steyr;
Produced	1871–1890
No. built	3,000,000
Variants	Jägerbüchse; Carbine; M1878/80 (Serbia); G.A.G. M1879 (Border Guards); M71/84; M1887 (Turkey); M80/07C (Serbia);
Specifications
Mass	4.5 kg (9.92 lbs)
Length	1,350 mm (53 in)
Barrel length	855 mm (33.7 in)
Cartridge	11.15×60R; 11.15×37R; 10.15×63R (Serbia); 11x59R Gras (Serbia); 7×57 (Serbia); 9.5×60R (Turkey); 7.65×53 (Trial); 6.5×53.5R (Uruguay);
Caliber	.43
Action	Bolt action
Muzzle velocity	1,430 ft/s (440 m/s) (11×60mmR)
Maximum firing range	1,600 m (1,749.8 yd) (maximum setting on sights)
Feed system	Single-shot; M71/84: 8-round tube magazine; M80/07: 5-round stripper clip, internal magazine;
Sights	Iron sights graduated from 200 to 1,600 meters

The Mauser Model 1871, adopted as the Gewehr 71 or Infanterie-Gewehr 71, or "Infantry Rifle 71" ("I.G.Mod.71" was stamped on the rifles themselves), was the first rifle model in a distinguished line designed and manufactured by Paul Mauser and Wilhelm Mauser of the Mauser company and later mass-produced at Spandau arsenal.