The M1893 was developed into several variants, including a shortened carbine adopted by the Spanish as the M1895 & as the M1913 & M1916 short rifles. These rifles featured a 21.75-inch (552 mm) barrel & were manufactured by Fábrica de Armas from 1916 to 1951 & Industrias de Guerra de Cataluña from 1936 to 1939. Beginning in 1913, large sight protectors were added to the front sight. The M1916 rifle had a bent bolt handle & a full-length stock with a lug for an M1913 sword bayonet. ![]() The M1893 introduced a short staggered-column box magazine that fit flush with the bottom of the stock & the magazine held five smokeless 7×57mm Mauser rounds, which could be reloaded quickly by pushing a stripper clip from the top of the open bolt. The M1893 was based on the experimental M1892 rifle, which Paul Mauser developed for the Spanish Army as part of a program to correct deficiencies in the earlier 1889, 1890 & 1891 series of Mauser rifles. The Mauser Model 1893 is a bolt-action rifle commonly referred to as the Spanish Mauser, although the model was adopted by other countries in different calibres, most notably the Ottoman Empire. ![]() The Model 1916 rifle was adopted on 14 November 1916 to replace the M1895 carbine which was itself a descendant of the Mauser Model 1893.
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