Ottoman MAUSER M1890 breech-loading rifle
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Ottoman MAUSER M1890 breech-loading rifle
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MAUSER M1890 Ottoman breech-loading rifle. This breech-loading long-barrelled MAUSER M1890 Ottoman rifle has 5 clockwise rifling and 7.65mm caliber. It has a bolt-action mechanism and 5-round cylinder feed system. It also has a leather strap with a brass buckle. On the left side of the iron firing mechanism, on the outside, it has engraved markings in ancient Arabic script. It has a metal stock cap and two metal rings, which bind the barrel to its wooden frame. One of them has a flat metal ring through which the leather strap passes, while there is another similar ring on the lower part of the stock for the same purpose. This particular weapon is a Turkish spoil of war.