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In 1892, Mauser had sold some of the Mauser Model 1892 to the US Army for testing, unfortunately, the Norwegian designed Krag-Jorgensen won as the US Army wanted a gun wanted a gun with a magazine cut-off and to use the 30-40 cartridge. But what if, the U.S. Army, seeing how superior the Mauser action is, instead adopt the Mauser for US Army service.