These rifles were often rechambered in larger rounds up to and including. A combination of these led to his death on 13 January Mausers were readily adapted as hunting rifles in Africa, safari rifles were often made from Mausers. Wilhelm Mauser suffered from health problems throughout his life, which were aggravated by his frequent business travels. By 23 Maythe Mauser partnership had three factories in Oberndorf. The sights were produced at the Xaver Jauch house starting 1 May A delay in the purchase forced them to buy real estate overlooking the Neckar River Valleywhere the upper works was built that same year.Ī house in Oberndorf was also rented to fulfill the Bavarian order. Peter Paul and Wilhelm Mauser continued development of their new rifle in Paul's father-in-law's home. The results were impressive and Wilhelm was invited to the arsenal at Spandau. Shortly thereafter, a partnership was formed in Oberndorf between Norris and the Mauser brothers. Norris believed the design could be adapted to convert Chassepot needle guns to fire metallic cartridges. The rifle initially used a firing needle a later version used a firing pin and a rear-ignition cartridge. Remington was outraged at the behavior of Norris and never made an effort to sell the new rifle.īased on the Dreyse needle gun, he developed a rifle with a turn-bolt mechanism that cocked the gun as it was manipulated by the user. The Norris-Mauser patent was taken out in the United States. Norris was convinced that he could sell the design to the French to convert their Chassepot rifles. He also stipulated that patents were to be taken out in his name and that a royalty would be paid to the Mauser brothers for rifles sold. In Norris hired the Mauser brothers to go to Luttich to work on a new design. It was here that American Norris of the Remington company saw the new Mauser rifle design. He forwarded their new gun to Vienna for testing. Locally the Dreyse needle gun had just been adopted so the brothers turned to the Austrian ambassador to try to sell their gun. While the original needle gun used a pin that pierced the base of the cartridge to ignite the primer in the middle, Mauser soon developed a needle that ignited the charge at the base, a superior design. After Paul developed a new turning bolt design Wilhelm was impressed enough to rejoin the business and succeeded in obtaining the financing to purchase machinery and continue development. Paul and Wilhelm had separated due to differences during this time. During his entire career he had a unique ability to produce both the gun and the ammunition for it. Paul's first invention was a cannon and its ammunition. Paul was the engineer and designer but Wilhelm took on the task of manager for their interests with the Oberndorf factory. Paul engaged his older brother Wilhelm in working on a new gun system in their spare time after work. Maxxfan plusīy December he had so impressed his superiors that he was placed on inactive military service and assigned to the royal factory at Oberndorf. Peter Paul was conscripted in as an artilleryman at the Ludwigsburg arsenal, where he worked as a gunsmith. Another brother, Franz Mauser, went to America in with his sister and worked at E. His brother Wilhelm was four years older. His older brother Wilhelm assumed many of his father's duties as he became ill. Originally located partly at Ludwigsburg and partly in Christophsthal, the factory was transferred to Oberndorf in the former Augustine Cloister.Īndreas Mauser was the master gunsmith there. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Mauser designs were also exported and licensed to many countries which adopted them as military and civilian sporting firearms.
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Their line of bolt-action rifles and semi-automatic pistols has been produced since the s for the German armed forces.