![]() It also had a standard sling swivel attached to the center band (which is not present on this particular rifle). ![]() The Artillery carbine version was a shortened variant of the infantry rifle, used the barrel jacket, lower sling swivel fittings of the rifle but had a turned down, checkered on bottom bolt handle. Carbine pictured ia a matching, original WW1 configuration carbine w/no mods.Īlbum by willyp. They were made in long rifle & various carbine configurations, the one illustrated here is a model 1889 Artillery carbine which was basically a carbine version of the standard infantry rifle. They were mfg in Belgium, England, by Birmingham & in the US by Hopkins & Allen. The Mdl1889 was the standard Belgian rifle at the start of WW1. In 1889 Belgium adopted the 1889 Mauser rifle in 7.65cal, based on the earlier 1891 Argentine Mauser it utilized a barrel jacket similiar to the 1888 Gew rifle of Germany. ![]() ![]() Willyp | Home > Weapons of the world photo Albums > ![]()
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