One of the earliest bolt action rifles was developed by brothers Paul Mauser and Wilhelm Mauser. At that time a U.S. patent could not be obtained if a foreign one had already been filed, so they filed a U.S. patent first, before filing in Germany. The patent lists their home as "Oberndorf on the Necker, in the Kingdom of Wurtemburg", and was issued in 1868. This was a single shot rifle, and shot an 11 mm bullet. The next big improvement would be the introduction of a magazine and repeating bolt action rifles.
Great info RE: the origin of the Mauser rifle. I've got an old Sweedish Mauser, Carl Gustav, dated 1902. My father has one dated 1898, both excellent (virtually identical) weapons. Great locking system I do like the olde .303 enfields as well! (although different from the mauser action).
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