

Paul Mauser returned to Oberndorf in December 1869, and Wilhelm arrived in April 1870. The partners went to Liège in 1867, but when the French government showed no interest in a Chassepot conversion, the partnership was dissolved. Shortly thereafter, a partnership was formed in Oberndorf between Norris and the Mauser brothers. Norris believed the design could be adapted to convert Chassepot needle guns to fire metallic cartridges. The rifle was shown to the Austrian War Ministry by Samuel Norris of E. The rifle initially used a firing needle a later version used a firing pin and a rear-ignition cartridge.

Based on the Dreyse needle gun ( Zündnadelgewehr), he developed a rifle with a turn-bolt mechanism that cocked the gun as it was manipulated by the user. Peter Paul was conscripted in 1859 as an artilleryman at the Ludwigsburg arsenal, where he worked as a gunsmith. Another son, Franz Mauser, travelled to America in 1853 with his sister and worked at E. The factory was built in an Augustine cloister, a stout building ideal for arms production. Their father, Franz Andreas Mauser, was a gunsmith at the Württemberg Royal Armory. His brother Wilhelm was four years older. Peter Paul Mauser, often referred to as Paul Mauser, was born on 27 June 1838, in Oberndorf am Neckar, Württemberg. 4 Mauser firearms after the Second World War.3.1.10 Type A, Model B, Model K, Armee-Model C, Africa Model.3.1.4 Models 1 and Experimental Model 92.

