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Rifle Details: Modell 1893 Cavalry Carbine   (Created: 29.03.2013, Changed: 29.10.2020)

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Rifle Name: Modell 1893 Cavalry Carbine Manufacturer: SIG Neuhausen, Eidgenössische Waffenfabrik Bern (W+F) Calibre: 7.5x53.5 GP90 First Issued: 1893 Number of Pieces: 7750 Overall Length: 1018 mm Weight (unloaded): 3100 g Barrel Length: 550 mm Rifling: 270 mm Rifling Dir.: R Grooves: 3 Magazine Capacity: 6 Rounds Permission required: Ger: Schriftlicher Vertrag, Meldung an zuständige Polizeibehörde.

Description:

Description With the introduction of the Modell 1889 Infantry Rifle in calibre Gewehr Patrone 90 (7.5mm GP 90) 1890 and thus the replacement of the Vetterli rifles in calibre 10.4mm Vetterli by the majority of soldiers equipped with rifles, the cavalry was still equipped with an "old" weapon, namely the Vetterli Karabiner 1878, in the old calibre. The Modell 1889 Infantry Rifle was not suitable for cavalry that needed a short rifle due to its length. From the point of view of standardisation, different calibres were suboptimal for active troops and so in 1891 the chief of arms of the cavalry, later General Ulrich Wille, demanded the procurement of a new cavalry carbine.   The Swiss Federal Technical Rifle Commission then tested various models (with bolt action and straight-pull bolt action), whereupon the Chief of Weapons of the Cavalry gave preference to the Mannlicher rifle with straight-oull bolt action system. First 10 test rifles and then a total of 4'000 additional cavalry carbines were to be ordered from SIG in Neuhausen.   After successful completion of the tests, some improvements were incorporated. The Military Department then applied to the Federal Council to introduce the cavalry carbine, which declared it an order on 1 March 1895 as the "Swiss Repeating Carbine Model 1893".   The Modell 1893 Cavalry Carbine System Mannlicher has a bolt 80mm shorter than the Modell 1889 Infantry Rifle, which allowed a very short construction of the carbine.   The bolt of the Modell 1893 Cavalry Carbine has two locking lugs, which reach into the system housing behind the barrel. The disassembly of the bolt (and especially the assembly afterwards) was very complicated, so that many men with disassembled bolt engaged and had to assemble it with professional help.   The barrel is screwed to the system housing, is 550mm long and has three grooves with right-hand twist with 270mm length.   The sight has several mechanisms for distance adjustment; for 500 to 1200m the sight blade can be adjusted. At 300m you can shoot via a front mounted, fixed rear sight and at 400m finally via a folding rear sight.   The front band with front sight protection jaws and front sight is screwed to the barrel at the front. If the screwing is loosened, the front sight carrier with front sight will also move and cause an increased dispersion of the weapon.   The magazine is attached directly next to the trigger guard, as was done later on the Modell 1931 Carbine, and holds six cartridges. The Modell 1893 Cavalry Carbine has no magazine catch; therefore the breech can be closed even when the magazine is empty.   Manufacture The first 4'250 pieces of the Modell 1893 Cavalry Carbine were made by SIG Neuhausen ("S.J.G. NEUHAUSEN", Picture), probably in 1895 and early 1896. From March/April 1896 and the number 4'251 on, production took place at the Waffenfabrik Bern (W+F, Picture).   Numbering The following parts are numbered: - The barrel (full number) - The system housing (full number) - The bolt (full number, on the latch or on top of the lock) - The magazine (full number) - The front band (full number or the last three digits) - The stock and the hand guard (full number in each case) Other parts are marked with the last two/three digits   Bladed weapons The Modell 1893 Cavalry Carbine had no bayonet attachement lug. The cavalry was equipped with Säbel Ordonnanz 1867 and then Säbel Ordonnanz 1896 when the Modell 1893 Cavalry Carbine was in action.   Service time Its active use by the cavalry and cyclists probably came to an end at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1905 the new Modell 1905 Cavalry Carbine with the bolt type 1896 and the calibre Gewehr Patrone 90 (7.5mm GP 90) 1890 was introduced. Already in 1911, with the introduction of the Modell 1911 Carbine in the new caliber Gewehr Patrone 11 (7.5mm GP11), the Modell 1905 Cavalry Carbine were all changed to Modell 00/11 Carbine. From this time on the Modell 1911 Carbine was the standard weapon of the cavalry. However, the Modell 1893 Cavalry Carbine was still in use. Thus a use in the author's relatives is documented until the 1950s in "Hilfsdienst" (HD). According to an eyewitness report, Modell 1893 Cavalry Carbine were used in Zurich in 1957 as dummy rifles to train recruits on the fighting track.   After the privatisation a considerable number of the Modell 1893 Cavalry Carbine was 'tinkered with' and converted to hunting rifles.

 
 

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Ammunition (Top):

Gewehr Patrone 90 (7.5mm GP 90) 1890
Manipulierpatrone GP90 (7,5 mm Man P 90)
Blinde Gew. Patrone 90 (Bl 7.5mm GP90)
7.5mm Kadettenpatrone
7.5mm Blinde Kadettenpatrone
Blinde Gew. Patrone 03 (Bl 7.5mm GP03)
 
 

Accessories (Top):

Lienhard Universal Matchapparat Mod. G
Owner Tag
Kavallerie Holster Schweiz
 
 

Pictures (Top):

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Full size (602 KB) GER: Radfahrer der Schweizer Armee mit Kavallerie Karabiner 93. Das Bajonett gehört nicht zum Kavallerie Karabiner.
Modell 1893 Cavalry Carbine
Full size (1.5 MB) Top: bolt for Modell 1897 Cadet Rifle, Infanteriegewehre 89/96, 96/11, 11 and Karabiner/Kurzgewehre 00, 05, 00/11, 11 Bottom: bolt for Modell 1893 Cavalry Carbine	Full size (1.5 MB) Top: bolt for Modell 1897 Cadet Rifle, Infanteriegewehre 89/96, 96/11, 11 and Karabiner/Kurzgewehre 00, 05, 00/11, 11 Bottom: bolt for Modell 1893 Cavalry Carbine	Full size (1.9 MB) Some common short Swiss rifles, from top: Modell 1893 Cavalry Carbine Modell 1897 Cadet Rifle Modell 1911 Carbine / Modell 00/11 Carbine Modell 1931 Carbine Modell 1955 Sniper Carbine	Full size (1.2 MB) Some common short Swiss rifles, from top: Modell 1893 Cavalry Carbine Modell 1897 Cadet Rifle Modell 1911 Carbine / Modell 00/11 Carbine Modell 1931 Carbine Modell 1955 Sniper Carbine	Full size (458 KB) Modell 1893 Cavalry Carbine Location: Schweizerisches Militärmuseum Full (http://www.festungsmuseum.ch)
Full size (401 KB) Modell 1893 Cavalry Carbine Location: Schweizerisches Militärmuseum Full (http://www.festungsmuseum.ch)

 
 

Manufacture Dates (Top):

		Serial Numbers
Year	Quantity	From	To		Remark
	4250	1	4250		Manufactured by SIG (before 1896, probably all of them in 1895)
1896	250	4251	4500
1897	250	4501	4750
1898	250	4751	5000
1899	250	5001	5250
1900	400	5251	5650
1901	500	5651	6150
1902	500	6151	6650
1903	500	6651	7150
1904	300	7151	7450
1905	300	7451	7750
	11	E 1	E 11		1897 - 1903, Extraserie
	96	P 1	P 96		1895 - 1905, Privatserie. Nummern 46 bis 84 gingen an die Compagnie commerciale, Paris.

 

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