HI All, I recently purchased a Mauser model 1871 Cavalry Carbine single shot in 11.15x60 or .43 Mauser. It has been in the same family for over 100 years here in a little town called Hahndorf. The first owner in that family was a member of the Hahndorf Rifle club and was a top class competitor, winning a number of annual events. The Hahndorf Rifle Club was established in 1864 and they still shoot their traditional style of shooting. I have dies, and have ordered Bertram Brass and a CBE mould so should be able to see how it Shoots in 5 or 6 weeks. Anyway, I will post Photos as soon as I can. My initial question: The butt is stamped with the following B.2.TE.82. The B,T and E are in a gothic style and the numbers are much smaller. Can anyone identify this? Thanks
If this rifle is not the 1871/84 it may have a .457" groove dia. My rifle was a 1871/76 Carbine and it had the typical .457" groove dia. The only trouble with that, is that the chamber's neck will only allow a .446" bullet to be seated in the case. There was some thought at the time that deeper grooves would help prevent fouling problems. A paper patched bullet will likely be the best shooting projectile if this rifle does have the .457" groove diameter. The rifling depth in these was .011".
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the units were all young, createt in 1899 so you would await the carbine 88. maybe they start with older carbine 71 because there were not enough modern rifles at hand for such new units? pics from the great war showing the carbine 98a.
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