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2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Mechanical Variations of the Mauser Rifle Jul 13, 2009
This is a very detailed and comprehensive labour of love. It summarises in an overview system Mauser development, including the models and localities of manufacture.
It then goes into exquisite detail of the model variations, linking them (through the author's research) to earlier models and other variations. As a supplement to works by Ball, Otteson, Olsen and Walters (all cited as references) this text is of immense value.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Interesting Study on Military Mauser Rifle Models May 25, 2008
This treatise on the Mauser turn-bolt system rifles is largely an index to information contained in the "standard" works on Mauser, especially Ball's Mauser Military Rifles of the World and Ludwig Olsen's Mauser Bolt Rifles. The author makes no claims to be in an expert; the preface outlines the author's goal to give the reader a way to identify rifles and focus on their mechanical variations - this it does.
Pros:
· Several good timelines on rifle manufactures, cartridges and, of course, models.
· Lots of black and white photographs; photo quality fair to excellent.
· Concise dimensions of the component parts of various models.
Cons:
· Little "new" information.
· The writing style and humor (acknowledged by the author in his preface) is all his own - not at all what I was expecting in a scholarly study authored by a Professional Engineer.
This book is a useful adjunct to the detail-oriented collector/researcher if you already have the more commonly read Mauser rifle books.
4 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Mauser mechanical variations Mar 10, 2008
This book is a compiliation of articles out of many other reference books. If you have all the other references, it's kind of a dissapointment. However, I'm sure I'll find some limited use for it someday.
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