Mannlicher M1888

Repeating Rifle Muster 1888
Repeating Rifle Muster 1888
	Mannlicher M1888 rifle, from the collections of the Swedish Army Museum.
Type	Bolt-action rifle
Place of origin	Austria-Hungary
Service history
In service	1888–1949
Used by	See Users
Wars	Chilean Civil War; Federalist Revolution; First Sino-Japanese War; Philippine Revolution; International intervention on the island of Crete; Boxer Rebellion; Second Boer War; Xinhai Revolution; First Balkan War; Second Balkan War; World War I; Russian Civil War; Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia; Revolutions and interventions in Hungary; Hungarian–Czechoslovak War; Polish–Ukrainian War; Retaking of Czech Borderland (1918-1919); Polish–Czechoslovak War; Polish–Soviet War; Greco-Turkish War; Pacification of Libya; Second Italo-Ethiopian War; Spanish Civil War; Sudeten German uprising 1938; World War II (limited); Greek Civil War; 1948 Palestine war
Production history
Designer	Ferdinand von Mannlicher
Designed	1887–1888
Manufacturer	Steyr-Mannlicher, Fegyver És Gépgyár
Produced	1888–1896
No. built	1,095,000
Variants	M1888-90, M1888-95, M1888/24
Specifications (M88)
Mass	4.41 kg (9.7 lb)
Length	1,280 mm (50 in)
Barrel length	765 mm (30.1 in)
Cartridge	M88 8×52mmR; M88-90 and M88-95: 8×50mmR; M88/24: 8×57mm IS
Action	Straight-pull bolt action
Muzzle velocity	530 metres per second (1,700 ft/s) with M1888 ball cartridge
Feed system	5-round en-bloc clip (stripper clip in M88/24), integral box magazine
Sights	Iron sights

Within military 8 mm firearms, the Repeating Rifle Mannlicher 1888, better known as the Mannlicher M1888, was a bolt-action rifle used by several armies from 1888 to 1945. Derived from the M1885 and later M1886 models, it was Ferdinand Mannlicher's third rifle that utilized the "en bloc clip".

It was succeeded by the Mannlicher M1895 as the standard service rifle of the Austro-Hungarian Army. The M95 uses a more secure rotating-bolt, in contrast to the M88's wedge-lock bolt.