Hanyang-made rifles copied from the German Committee of 1888. At that time, Shijie countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, used single-shot rifles with black powder as their main weapons, and the 1888 rifle, which used smokeless gunpowder copper-backed armor bullets, was the most advanced light weapon.

A brief explanation of the research and development background of the Commission's 1888 rifle: In 1886, France invented the Lebel 1886 8mm rifle, which was the first small-caliber military rifle on Shijie to use smokeless propellant (equivalent to the 11 mm or more black powder bullets commonly equipped at that time), and the 8 mm rifle cartridge used by it far exceeded the 11 mm black powder rifle cartridge used in the previous German Mauser 1874/1884 in terms of range, lethality and ballistics.

The Germans, France's sworn enemies, immediately felt the pressure and quickly set up a rifle trial committee, which soon developed the Type 88 7.92mm rifle. It should be noted that during the development period, there was nothing about Mauser at all, and as for the commission 1888 rifle Weishenme being named "Mauser", it was completely because German arms profiteers deliberately borrowed the name of Mauser in order to open up the Chinese market. At that time, the various non-robberies designed by Mauser were very popular in China, and the 1874/1884 rifle before Mauser was the standard rifle of the Qing army. The 1888 rifle was developed and produced by a Jewish company, and after the gun entered service, there were problems with cracked magazines and exploding chambers, followed by exaggerated reports in anti-Semitic newspapers, and rumors of bribery, and although the committee continued to improve, the German government and military eventually adopted the Mauser 98 rifle as the standard rifle for the German army. During the First World War, the Commission 1888 and Mauser 98 rifles were equipped with the German army at the same time, and the standard rifle of the German reserve was the Commission 1888.In China, the Commission 1888 rifle continued to be produced until 1944, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the militia units also used it until the 70s.