The design features a cylindrical sliding closure lockable by means of two symmetrical locking cogs situated in the front side of the closure and a linear striker. Once locked, the swivel lock located on the closure nut blocks the striker from moving. The supply system is composed of a double-column magazine for five cartridges.
Between 1903 and 1905, the German arms factory Waffenfabrik Mauser in Oberndorf am Neckar supplied Turkey with 200,000 M. 1903 rifles which, along with the older types 1890 and 1893, formed the core of the Turkish army’s armaments.
Total length 1,234 mm, barrel length 740 mm, weight 4 000 g, magazine capacity of 5 cartridges