![]() ![]() ![]() Then when the M1891's arrived the entire lot of 5000 was sold to Peru (or Ecuador) at auction on January 19, 1892. These rifles were never issued in an effort to prevent mix-ups with ammunition. The rifles were manufactured by Ludwig Loewe & Cie for 81.50 Francs each. Knowing it would still be some time before their Mauser 1891 models were delivered they needed a few rifles "right away" and so ordered 5000 Commission 1888 rifles ("Gewehr Model 1888") in the German caliber Mauser 8mm (7.92mm), a different caliber from the 7.65 they would soon be acquiring. So in January 1892 Argentina was facing possible war with Chile. ![]()
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