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Model Xicheng Rifle  BANZAI, ISSUE 485, November 2022 Model Xicheng rifle is a Chinese copy of Mauser M1907 rifle made by Chishui Arsenal (赤水兵工廠) in 1930s. The rifle was named after a Chinese warlord General Zhou Xicheng (周西成) who at the peak of his career became the governor of Guizhou. He established Chishui Arsenal in 1923. Subscribe to BANZAI: http://www.banzaionline.com Selected pages of the article:

The Second Sino-Japanese war outbreak on July 7 1937, Chinese domestic rifle production incapable of fulfilling enormous demands of rifles as the number of the Army growing fast. Meanwhile, many arsenals and weapon deposits were lost to the Japanese. Nationalist Government had to purchase more than 300,000 Mauser rifles from Mauser Company, FN, A Gavage and CZ between 1937 and 1939. From 1937.7 to 1939.4,  Nationalist Government Military Affairs Commission ordered 322,000 Mauser rifles from Mauser Company, FN, A.Gavage and CZ. This number dose not include local orders, taking over orders prior to the war and other government agencies orders.   Part 1: Chinese Banner Mauser K98k Part 2：Ceskoslovenska Zbrojovka Model 24 CZ was another important source of Mauser rifle to China at the beginning years of the war. CZ supplied 100,000 Model 24 rifles to China between 1937 and 1939.  The first Nationalist Government contract of 50,000 Model 24 was signed in July 1937 in Lond...

毛瑟在中国：M1904步枪合同 Mauser in China: Model 1904 rifle by Aaron J. Zou      This article studies the contract of Model 1904 rifle that Mauser Company sold to China in 1907 and probable commercial sales of Mauser Model 1904 rifles and carbines to China. It first appeared on Chinese language magazine  Small Arms  ( Qingbingqi , 《轻兵器》) of  January 2023. The English version in the title of Mauser in China: Model 1904 rifle has been printed by BANZAI of  Issue 492 (June 2023).      《毛瑟在中国》(Mauser in China) is a series of articles studying the contracts of rifles and pistols that Mauser Company sold to China between 1880 and 1939.

This study of Chinese Mauser M1907 rifle and carbine comprises of two parts.  The first part studies the history of China adoption of 6.8mm rifle caliber, which has been published by Junshi Shilin (军事史林) , the journal of the   Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution, on the issue of December 2023 in the title of ' A study of Lianbingchu standardizing rifle caliber in the late Qing Reforms ' ( 清末新政练兵处制定枪械口径考述 ,  Qingmo Xinzheng Lianbingchu Zhiding Qiangxie Koujing Kaoshu ).  Download the article here.   The second part studies the Mauser development and sales of M1907 rifle, carbine and cartridges to China, which will be published soon.