These appear to have been reworked a bit and are often sold as Model 38/46 Short rifles.Īfter WWII, the Turks must have acquired quite a few K98K rifles and reworked them. And, after WWII Turkey acquired Kar 98K rifles on the open market.Ī carbine length 98 style rifle that was commonly given to Turkey in WWI. After WWI Turkey bought new 98 pattern rifles from CZ. Germany and Austria also provided the Ottoman Empire, with thousands of Gew. 88 is often treated as if it were of Mauser design. While technically not a Mauser rifle, the Gew. Germany provided her ally, the Ottoman Empire, with thousands of Gew. These may not be the safest rifles to shoot due to the shortened receiver but I've not heard of any problems. These have had the receiver ring shortened to make a hand guard holder. The Turks rebuilt a bunch of rifles in 1954 using some WWI Gew 98's. These will not always have a turned down bolt. See SampleĪnother standardization rifle that is the same as the 1903 conversion to the 1938 standard, but in a short rifle length. This is a large ring small shank (LRSSM) rifle.Īnother standardization rifle that is the same as the 1938 standard, but in a short rifle length. It also seems to be the case that, for the first time, receivers and parts were made in Turkey and assembled starting in 1940. Kale, for the arsenal where they were assembled.
While little is publicly known about this, it appears that all Turkish assembled rifles are marked K. It appears that every rifle they had was converted to 8mm including Gew.88, Gew.98, 18.Īs they became isolated during WWII they began assembling their own rifles from accumulated parts. While actually starting the conversions in 1933 any rifle converted to this standard is commonly called Model 38. The Turkish Republic updated their old rifles to a common configuration commonly know as the Model of 1938 and all in 8x57 Mauser. However, these are the current common names used in print and are usually what the importers are calling their rifles. The model names given to these classifications are likely to be factually incorrect. When converted to 8mm this is often called an 03/38. There was also two carbine versions of this rifle with 21.65 and 17.72 inch barrels. This hump was necessary to support the unique stripper clip used at the time. The rear receiver bridge will have a "high hump" at the clip loading point. The straight bolt handle has a distinctive tear-drop shape. This is a large ring small shank (LRSSM) rifle. These are intermediate length actions and a bit shorter than the standard 7.92, 98 action. These were chambered for 7.65x53 and had a few other changes that kept the rifles similar to their previous purchases. Those that remained in Turkish hands were converted to 8mm in the 1930's.Īgain, the Ottomans kept pace with the German army and ordered new rifles in the pattern of the Gew. Chambered for 7.65x53, it was virtually identical to the Spanish model, except for the magazine cutoff. The Ottomans received 280,000 1890 rifles, the remainder of the 1887 contract.Īs soon as the Ottomans saw the Spanish Modelo of 1893, they placed an order for 201,00 rifles in the new configuration. It was chambered for Mauser's new 7.65x53 smokeless powder cartridge. However, this was completely a Mauser design. 88, in that it had a charger loaded, 5 round, single stack internal magazine. This rifle was somewhat similar to the German Imperial Army Gew. The Ottomans eventually terminated this contract and made the switch to smokeless powder after accepting 270,000 of these rifles. This black powder rifle was to be chambered for the 9.5圆0R military round. The Ottomans placed there first order with Waffenfabrik Mauser for 550,000 rifles patterned after the Gew.
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