Interesting Turkish Commission Rifle Tidbit.

[Nyles]

I was talking to my Turkish history proffessor today and showed him a quick sketch I'd made of the crest on my M88/05/35 Commission Rifle. Its identical to the one pictured in the link,

http://www.turkmauser.com/93/images/1893_1936_Receiver_Face.jpg

He said that it was the crest for the gendarmes - TC meaning Turkish Republic and AS.FA an abbreviation for Military Police. I found it interesting, as I'd heard before it means military factory. Military factory makes sense, but my Prof would probably know what he was talking about - he's Turkish, born and raised in Istanbul, definately knows his Middle Eastern, and espescially Turkish, history.

 

[Claven2]

Nearly all Turk mausers seem to have that mark. I doubt the military police had that many bolt actions

 

[JP]

Nice story, but nothing to do with military police.


Abbreviations or markings that you will see on rebuilt rifles are: T.C, Turkiye Cumhuriyeti or Republic of Turkey; .ASFA., Askari Fabrika or Military Factory and ANK ARA or Ankara.