Chinese Mauser Rifle, Hunyaug 88

[Calif-Steve]

The Germans sold a complete Gew88 production line before(?) WWI to China. The Chinese made piles of Gew88's, they were commonly seen in Japanese hands as WWII progressed. Also note the Germans sold something over 400,000 Gew88's into China. The rifle has quite a history in China. Not made in Manchuria (I believe), but Manchuria made Type 38's, Type 99's and Mod 98 Mausers all at the sametime with at least 3 different production lines running at the sametime. I used to see piles of Gew88's in the early 1990's in the big gunshows, very cheap ($20.00) and all beat. They were actually well made but all were really beat after serving in China for 100 years.