Bolt action rifle, Type 88 ["Hanyang 88"]. Bolt action magazine rifle, Type 88, 'Hanyang Rifle', calibre 7.92mm.; Type 88 rifles were copies of the German Gewehr M 1888, and were made from 1895 until ...

Both stories can rightfully be described as "complicated." From the Gewehr 88 to the Gewehr 98 The Mauser-made Gewehr wasn't actually the first German-made military bolt action rifle, as that ...