Pre-1900 Spanish Weapons?

Nyles

Nyles

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Been doing some reading on the Cuban Wars of Independence (1868-1878 and 1895-1898 - worth looking into, the Spanish-American War was FAR from the whole story) and it got me thinking about getting some arms from the conflicts.

I never seem to see Spanish Rolling Blocks or M1893 Mausers. Anyone else ever come across any? What do they seem to go for? Also, anyone know what kind of sidearms the Spanish were using at the time?
 
i have seen a few spanish mausers with dates in the 1890's, they have all been in *used* condition to put it mildly.
 
That was an interesting time. There was still cavalry ,bayonet charges and volly fire. When you compare those wars to WW1 the difference is astounding.
No wonder they were not ready for it. It would be like North America fighting a Chinese space armada in 2014.
 
Believe it or not, it was very common in the 1895 war for the Spanish to form squares - apparently their troops were such lousy shots their officers felt massed fire was the only way they could hit anything. Of course, that just left the Cubans to pick them apart with long range rifle fire...
 
I uased to have a Spanish cavalry carbine made in 1899. I also have another spanish mauser still in the grease, although I can't recall at the moment the date of manufacture.
 
Nyles said:
Believe it or not, it was very common in the 1895 war for the Spanish to form squares - apparently their troops were such lousy shots their officers felt massed fire was the only way they could hit anything. Of course, that just left the Cubans to pick them apart with long range rifle fire...
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the americans tried parading around in formation in front of the spaniards (who had mauser rifles) in cuba did they not? there were probably still US civil war veterans in the officer corp.
 
I've got a Bubba "improved" 1895 Spanish cavalry carbine a guy gave me. Missing top wood and varnished and stock extension glued in. Just about fits in a gum boot.
 
US Army Regulars were using Krag Rifles and US Marines the Lee Navy Straight Pull, but indeed the majority of National Guard troops still had the Springfield Trapdoor single shot rifles.
 
bdft said:
The Spanish showed them how a 7x57 Mauser worked. There's a reason the Springfield 03 looks like a Mauser. The Americans were still using the 45-70, weren't they?
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Same with the P-14. After the British saw what Mausers could do in the Boer war, they also wanted to make a Mauser copy.
 
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