This design feature was carried over to later Mauser bolt-action military rifles. Inletting cuts in the stock fore-end for the barrel shoulders are relieved to prevent binding of the barrel as it elongates from heating in rapid fire. The stepped barrel contour of the Turkish Model 1890 rifle was retained in the Argentine Model 1891 version.
There is no auxiliary bolt safety lug as in the later Mauser Model 1898 action. The Argentine Model 1891 rifle was essentially identical in design to the earlier Turkish Model 1890 rifle and was chambered for the same cartridge. Later Argentine Service ammunition was loaded with 154-gr. round-nose bullet to a muzzle velocity of approximately 2060 feet per second. Mauser cartridge loaded originally with 212-gr.
These arms were chambered for theħ.65 mm. Additional arms of this pattern were made later for Argentina by Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) in Berlin. The Argentine Model 1891 Mauser military rifle was adopted in that year, and the initial production contract calling for 180,000 rifles and 30,000 carbines was granted to Ludwig Loewe & Co.
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