[1] Mauser was born in Oberndorf am Neckar, in what was then the Kingdom of Württemberg.

The rifle was adopted as the Gewehr 71 or Infanterie-Gewehr 71 and was the first metal cartridge weapon of the German Empire.

While Paul was the more technical of the two, Wilhelm handled this business side of the factory.

[1] The Mauser company later developed the Gewehr 98 and Karabiner 98k rifle series.

The Gewehr 98 itself is often considered the penultimate development of the line of Mauser rifles that were introduced in 1871.