His father was originally a shoemaker and then made leather scabbards for the Royal Rifle Factory in Oberndorf.

While Wilhelm handled the business side of the factory, Paul proved to be the more technically capable engineer.

Deliveries to these countries make the Mauser name a world-renowned guarantee of quality for precise weapons.

Mauser lost his left eye in 1901 as a result of a cartridge explosion during a test firing of the self-loading C98.

[1] Peter Paul von Mauser died on 29 May 1914, 2 months before World War 1 started[why?