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RE: speed reference pg. 111 at the very bottom "Most Mauser-made sporters had pear shaped bolt handles, but military -type bolt handles were also used."

This is in the section about the Army Hunting rifle Model C.

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The model C Army type hunting rifles were made using rejected or leftover parts of the military production. They were not offered any more after WW1.
The Standard model and the Modell fuer die Reichspost were military rifles. Not made for the regular Reichswehr, they were sold to paramilitary police and party organisations, bypassing the rules of the Versailles Treaty. As they were not official military rifles they had to undergo civilian proof. They were never sold piecemeal to the public or retailed to individuals. So they cannot be rated as "commercial Mausers".

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