Original German Made M1891 Argentine Mauser Rifle by Loewe of Berlin with Aluminum Grip Bayonet - made in 1897 nChannel for training cadre of enlisted

for training cadre of enlisted men for their unit

The pursuit was hindered by a number booby traps

It was manufactured specifically for the "lend lease" program

These were long gone from IMA more than 20 years ago after the original release from Portugal in the early 1990's

and it looks like the holster's belt loop(s) were possibly reworked

Original German Made M1891 Argentine Mauser Rifle by Loewe of Berlin with Aluminum Grip Bayonet - made in 1897 nChannel for training cadre of enlistedOriginal Item: Only one available. his is a very nice example of the Model 1891 Argentine Mauser rifle, one of many "export" models made for foreign governments, all based on the Mauser Model 1889. After the Mauser brothers finished work on the Model 71 84 for Germany in 1880, the design team set out to create a small caliber repeater that used smokeless powder. Because of setbacks brought on by Wilhelm Mauser's death, they failed to have the design