Later this would be changed to a 153-gr. spitzer bullet at 2,700 f.p.s. Patented by Paul Mauser in 1895, it became the Gewehr 98 (Rifle 98) of the German military three years later.

The German-made Gewehr 1898 may be the most instantly recognizable of the bunch. The Swedish M1896 could be the most popular among shooters, and the Chilean M1912 may be the one rifle of the batch ...