The partnership became a stock company under the name of Waffenfabrik Mauser on 1 April 1884.

Wilhelm Mauser suffered from health problems throughout his life, which were aggravated by his frequent business trips these problems ultimately led to his death on Januat the age of 47. By, the Mauser partnership had three factories in Oberndorf. The partnership of Mauser Brothers and Company was formed between the Württemberg Vereinsbank of Stuttgart and Paul and Wilhelm Mauser on February 5, 1874. The Württemberg Royal Armory was acquired by the brothers on May 23, 1874, after an agreement between the Württemberg government and the Mauser brothers to produce 100000 Model 71 rifles. To fulfill the Bavarian order, a house in Oberndorf was purchased. After an order for 100000 rifle sights was received by the brothers from the Bavarian Rifle Factory at Amberg, they began negotiations to purchase the Württemberg Royal Armory, where a delay in the purchase forced them to buy real estate overlooking the Neckar River Valley, where the upper works was built that same year. The sights were produced at the Xaver Jauch house starting from. After which, the Mauser brothers received an order for 3000 rifle sights, while production of the rifle was given to government arsenals and large firms. Their rifle was accepted by the Prussian government on 2 December 1871, and was accepted and used in service until 14 February 1872, after a design change to the safety lock for the weapon was requested.

Thanks for looking.Peter Paul and Wilhelm Mauser were developing their new rifle in Paul's father-in-law's home. There is an hair line crack on the right side of the stock above the recoil lug that does not appear to go thru to the barrel channel and a small woden dowel repair near the right side disassembly disk (Please See Photos) Some other heavy dings and scrapes are pictured - some could very well be battle damage from WWI? Hard to find a stock set with all the hardware you can use to restore a sporterized WWI German M 98 rifle. This stock has the usual heavy dings and dents expected for an almost 100 year of military stock that very likely saw battle. The numbers on the parts are different or mixed, but the parts are original and correct for this WWI era German Gew 98 rifle, except for the handguard which is the same color, but could be WWII German? The Model 98 long rifle was the standard shoulder weapon used by German infantry during WWI. The Imperial proofs are still faintly visible on the right side of the butt stock (Please See Photos). This stock set is complete with the front and rear bands, springs, flatt butt plate and handguard and is the final beech wood version of the WWI German Gew rifle stock with the grasping groove and takedown/disassembly device in the stock.

This WWI German GEW 98 Rifle Stock set that will fit WWI German 98 rifles with the large ring Mauser action.

Mauser gewehr 98 stock