Mauser Model 1871

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	11.15×60mmR 10.15×63mmR 11.15×37mmR 9.5×60mmR 11×59mmR Gras 7×57mm 7.65×53mm 6.5×53.5mmR
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.^[1]