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Bolt-action rifle
Repeating Rifle Muster 1888
Mannlicher M1888 rifle, from the collections of the Swedish Army Museum.
Type
Bolt-action rifle
Place of origin
Austria-Hungary
Service history
In service
1888–1949
Used by
See Users
Wars
Chilean Civil War[1] First Sino-Japanese War Philippine Revolution[2] International intervention on the island of Crete Boxer Rebellion Second Boer War Xinhai Revolution First Balkan War Second Balkan War World War I Russian Civil War[3] Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia Revolutions and interventions in Hungary Hungarian–Czechoslovak War Polish–Ukrainian War Retaking of Czech Borderland (1918-1919) Polish–Czechoslovak War Polish–Soviet War[4] Greco-Turkish War[5] Pacification of Libya[6] Second Italo-Ethiopian War[7][8] Spanish Civil War[9] Sudeten German uprising 1938 World War II (limited) Greek Civil War[10] 1948 Palestine war[11]
Production history
Designer
Ferdinand von Mannlicher
Designed
1887–1888
Manufacturer
Steyr-Mannlicher, Fegyver És Gépgyár
Produced
1888–1896
No. built
1,095,000
Variants
M1888-90, M1888-95, M1888/24[12]
Specifications (M88)
Mass
4.41 kg (9.7 lb)
Length
1,280 mm (50 in)
Barrel length
765 mm (30.1 in)
Cartridge
M88 8×52mmR M88-90 and M88-95: 8×50mmR M88/24: 8×57mm IS
Action
Straight-pull bolt action
Muzzle velocity
530 metres per second (1,700 ft/s) with M1888 ball cartridge
Feed system
5-round en-bloc clip (stripper clip in M88/24), integral box magazine
Sights
Iron sights
Within military 8 mm firearms, the Repeating Rifle Mannlicher 1888, better known as the Mannlicher M1888, was a bolt-action rifle used by several armies from 1888 to 1945. Derived from the M1885 and later M1886 models, it was Ferdinand Mannlicher's third rifle that utilized the "en bloc clip".
It was succeeded by the Mannlicher M1895 as the standard service rifle of the Austro-Hungarian Army. The M95 uses a more secure rotating-bolt, in contrast to the M88's wedge-lock bolt.
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^[1] Archived 17 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine
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