Ludwig Löwe & Company was fifty per cent owner of Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre, a company formed in 1889 to manufacture Mauser rifles for the Belgian government, with DWM and IWK forming soon after.
The shares held by the Württemberg Vereinsbank and Paul Mauser were sold to Ludwig Löwe & Company on 28 December 1887, with Paul Mauser staying as the technical leader. The partnership became a stock company under the name of Waffenfabrik Mauser on 1 April 1884. Wilhelm Mauser suffered from health problems throughout his life, which were aggravated by his frequent business trips these problems ultimately led to his death on Januat the age of 47. By, the Mauser partnership had three factories in Oberndorf. The partnership of Mauser Brothers and Company was formed between the Württemberg Vereinsbank of Stuttgart and Paul and Wilhelm Mauser on February 5, 1874. The Württemberg Royal Armory was acquired by the brothers on May 23, 1874, after an agreement between the Württemberg government and the Mauser brothers to produce 100000 Model 71 rifles. To fulfill the Bavarian order, a house in Oberndorf was purchased.
After an order for 100000 rifle sights was received by the brothers from the Bavarian Rifle Factory at Amberg, they began negotiations to purchase the Württemberg Royal Armory, where a delay in the purchase forced them to buy real estate overlooking the Neckar River Valley, where the upper works was built that same year. The sights were produced at the Xaver Jauch house starting from. After which, the Mauser brothers received an order for 3000 rifle sights, while production of the rifle was given to government arsenals and large firms.
Their rifle was accepted by the Prussian government on 2 December 1871, and was accepted and used in service until 14 February 1872, after a design change to the safety lock for the weapon was requested. Peter Paul and Wilhelm Mauser were developing their new rifle in Paul's father-in-law's home.
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