The Mauser was provisionally adopted on 2 December 1871, pending the development of an appropriate safety. In 1870–71 trials with 2,500 test rifles took place, with the M1869 Bavarian Werder being the Mausers' chief competitor. Paul Mauser developed his bolt-action rifle from 1867 to 1871. 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. Iron sights graduated from 200 to 1,600 meters M80/07: 5-round stripper clip, internal magazine I just wish it was a little cheaper.1872–1888 (as the standard German service rifle)ġ,600 m (1,749.8 yd) (maximum setting on sights) Decided to keep this magazine though as it really does look good on my G98.
I called KS about this and they were great about updating the information for other customers and offered a full refund if I wanted one. Not sure if I would have bought this if I knew it only worked in the Gewehr 98. Since it feeds all 20 fine, I'm sure it will feed the last five too. I did not try 25 rounds because I had to make up the dummy rounds and didn't really see the point in doing 5 more. I was able to also load and cycle 20 rounds of dummy ammo without any problems. This magazine does snap into my Gewehr 98 marked receiver Russian Capture just fine. I'm sure I could open up the magazine a bit, but I would expect feeding problems as this is not going to be held in the receiver correctly. I have a few K98K's and this magazine does not lock into place on any of them, the pin that locks the magazine in place is off by a few fractions of an inch.
Apparently there has never been a K98K specific trench magazine, only modified versions of this magazine to fit them to each individual K98K. Purchased this magazine thinking it would work on a K98K, but it is actually designed to work on a G98. Gives an interesting look to your Mauser that will sure get comments. Overall, a quality piece of equipment that is well worth the money (although being less expensive would only add to the desirability). The upper body of the magazine will almost definitely need to be modified to fit the rifle perfectly (especially if the wood of the stock is not level with the metal), but shouldn't be too massive a chore. Something else to note is that the magazine body is 1.05" (26.54mm) wide at the front, and 1.12" (28.34mm) at the rear (1.31"/33.25mm with the lug bracket wrapping around the back). It fits a VZ24 as-is, but cannot be modified to fit an M48 (I tried). The dimension from the underside of the front lug to the back of the rear lug is 3.799" (96.26mm), a VZ24 has 3.787" (96.18mm), and an M48 has 3.670" (93.21mm) respectively. To note: this will fit in a Czech VZ24 but not a Yugo M48. The follower spring is plenty long and strong for reliable feeding. The body is constructed of 0.037" (0.94mm) steel, and has a hard, matte black paint.
Well built magazine very strong, welded joints, very nice follower.