Mauser continues to produce hunting rifles until 1944 despite the disorder and confusion that war brings. At the end of the Second World War, the Mauser factories in Oberndorf, Berlin and Karlsruhe are hit by the bombing campaign and dismantled by the occupation forces.
Walter Röll, the last manager of the hunting rifles department, continues to build Mauser rifles from residual stocks on his allotment garden under French supervision. The quality of his work is appreciated by French, British and American officers alike.
