Don Jose Boado y Castro, the Commander at Oviedo at that time, stated that the total was over 220,000.
On the other hand, the Model 1893 was purchased in large numbers by Spain in the 1894-1898 time frame from Loewe and later DWM. The rifle was a total failure due to the well-known poor extraction, poor ejection, and double loading issues that plagued pre-1893 Mausers. These were issued to the Battalon de Cazadores de Puerto Rico No. The Spanish Army purchased only 1,200 M1891 rifles solely as a trials rifle, and only 600 were sent to the Colonies for test. The 7.65 mm M1891 was never a standard issue rifle in the Spanish military.
