mauser igmod71 - The Firearms Forum

layin8 · 08-13-2012, 01:51 PM

i have a model 71 ig that was made in 1875.it has sommerda stamped on reciever,i have seen some staped with amberg and spandaugh but cant find any info on ones stamped with sommerda.does anyone have an idea on the value?

Jim K · 08-13-2012, 08:34 PM

I confess that I didn't know about ones marked Sommerda. Sommerda was the location of the Dreyse factory that made "needle guns" but I didn't know any Model 71s were made there. How about some pictures?

Jim

layin8 · 08-14-2012, 01:43 PM

Iwill try to post pictures today.The gun has the marking of IG MOD 71 so i figured it was a mauser.

doug

Jim K · 08-14-2012, 07:40 PM

The I.G. (Infanterie Gewehr - Infantry Rifle) Model [18]71 was a Mauser design, the first to be adopted by Prussia and most of the other German states. They were made by several German government arsenals and by private firms for sale abroad in both rifle and carbine versions. They were quite a good design for the day (better than the U.S. trapdoor of the same era), and the later 71/84, with a tubular magazine, was also widely adopted, though superceded in 1888 by the Model 1888 Commission Rifle, not a Mauser design.

Jim

08-13-2012, 01:51 PM	#1
layin8 Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 2	mauser igmod71 i have a model 71 ig that was made in 1875.it has sommerda stamped on reciever,i have seen some staped with amberg and spandaugh but cant find any info on ones stamped with sommerda.does anyone have an idea on the value? --> Last edited by layin8; 08-13-2012 at 04:46 PM..

08-13-2012, 08:34 PM	#2
Jim K Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 6,408	Re: mauser igmod71 I confess that I didn't know about ones marked Sommerda. Sommerda was the location of the Dreyse factory that made "needle guns" but I didn't know any Model 71s were made there. How about some pictures? Jim

08-14-2012, 01:43 PM	#3
layin8 Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 2	Re: mauser igmod71 Iwill try to post pictures today.The gun has the marking of IG MOD 71 so i figured it was a mauser. doug

08-14-2012, 07:40 PM	#4
Jim K Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 6,408	Re: mauser igmod71 The I.G. (Infanterie Gewehr - Infantry Rifle) Model [18]71 was a Mauser design, the first to be adopted by Prussia and most of the other German states. They were made by several German government arsenals and by private firms for sale abroad in both rifle and carbine versions. They were quite a good design for the day (better than the U.S. trapdoor of the same era), and the later 71/84, with a tubular magazine, was also widely adopted, though superceded in 1888 by the Model 1888 Commission Rifle, not a Mauser design. Jim