Service Īfter the adoption of the long rifle, 200,000 were received before 1905.
The Model 1905 carbine was a shortened version of the Model 1903, designed for cavalry and artillery units. It also had a larger receiver and a longer cocking cam and firing pin than the German variant. The weapon had curved arm on its bolt stop to block the cartridge clip when the cartridges are stripped into the magazine. The Mauser 1903 was a modified version Gewehr 98 The Lange Visier sight was replaced by a tangent leaf sight, the nose cap was simplified, the rifle could be fitted with older Ottoman M1890 bayonets. The Mauser Model 1903 (also known as the Ottoman Mauser) was a Gewehr 98-pattern bolt-action rifle designed for the Ottoman Army.
Iron sights adjustable to 2,000 metres (2,200 yd)
