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When I picked these up they were so dirty they grimed my soft cases! Varsol tubbed them, stripped and BLO'd three of the stocks, happy how they turned out. The Carcano has some pretty bad pitting. The Krags are 6.5X55 Swedish. The M95 is talking to me but I think I'll move the others along soon....
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The M95 rifles are not as prevalent in Canada as they are in the US. When International Firearms imported them into Montreal, the rifles went south and the carbines stayed here. A lot of the carbines were made up from full length cut down rifles. It's pretty easy to spot these by the long rifle rear sight still attached. The original carbines had a short rear sight.

With good ammo and the proper diameter bullets these rifles are very accurate if they have decent bores. The enblocs can be difficult to find but Hornady makes loaded ammo as well as the .329 diameter bullets.

They used to be cheap. Arsenal refurbs started at $19.95 in excellent condition. The original non refurbs in excellent condition were a bit pricier but not much. Thankfully you could purchase a case of 1000 rounds on enblocs for about twice the price of the carbines.

They can be marked with the stamps of different nations. Hungary, Austria and others. During the late thirties many were converted to the 8x57 by changing out the bolt head and putting on a new barrel which was the same length and profile as the K98 barrels. They shoot very well if you can find them. The mag wells have a similar system machined and installed in them so that they will be able to be fed with the regular charger used on the 98 Mausers. It's pretty easy to just look at the rear sight to see the difference but the receiver bridges will be marked with the armory as well as a large 95M

OP, your rifle is chambered for the rimmed 8x56 cartridge.
 
It likely is, however it might be in the original WW1-era 8 x 50. Does it have a large S or H stamp over the chamber?
 
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