Mannlicher designed Steyr and FEG built

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I am hoping to get a good mannlicher rifle thread going where we can share pictures, knowledge and answer fellow members and Mannlicher rifle enthusiasts questions!
I will start by posting my Mannlicher rifle collection so far!
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Mannlicher Schoenauer 1903/27 built in Italy for the Greeks
Steyr M95/30 rifle in 8x56r built in 1917 and updated in the 30s
Steyr M95/30 long rifle converted to a carbine also in 8x56r
Budapest M95m converted to 8x57 by the Yugoslavians
German contract g98/40 built by FEG for the Germans in ww2 this on is a 1941
Hungarian 43M the Hungarian adaptation of the g98/40 thins one is a 1944
 

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We rarely (if ever ) get to see Mannlichers in film action,here is a clip from fairly recent one.I have yet to find whole one.Good rifles for what they were designed.Progress with metallurgy,new powders,balistics and new tactics sidelined them fast.Even then they soldered on.

 
It's a Hungarian TV film titled "Szürke senkik".In English it' either The Grey War or Grey Nobodies,not sure if marketing titles or direct translation.
 
The biggest thing that sidelined Mannlichers designs I would argue isn't advancements in tactics or anything of that nature, rather the defeat of Austria-Hungary in WWI and the inability of Steyr to really export or manufacture designs for export. Same thing happened with Germany, however FN and CZ took over the manufacture of the Mauser in the interwar years, no one really did the same for the Mannlicher variants. The M95 design was hurt though by the thin barrel they decided to put on it specifically to keep the gun light (and as a result accuracy suffered).

I don't have a photo of the complete collection I have (downsized a bit recently), currently it is a few Bulgarian M95s in 8x50r, a Swiss K1893 in 7.5x53.5, and this Bulgarian M88/90 in 8x50r. Here is a photo of the M88/90 though as there isn't a photo of these unique and actually really cool rifles on this thread yet (I personally feel they are smoother than a M95).

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The Hungarian 35M rifle uses the Mannlicher clip system and a modified mannlicher schoenauer bolt and it was developed in the 30s and served all the way through WW2 and during the Hungarian revolution in 1956. So the design stood the test of time like any other bolt action rifle out there mabey not as numerous but still there.
Eaglelord17 that is a beautiful rifle! I would love to see a picture of your Swiss k1893!
 
Not the best pic but its the only one i got they are all together
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From top to bottom
1- M95m sporter but i dont have this one anymore
2- Budapest made standart Bulgarian M95 carbine refurb. 8x56r curious thing about this one is the bolt knob instead of a standart round shape it has a flat circular disk (like a really huge and fat coin)
3- Steyr made M95 carbine marked with S lion czech proofmark and somehow ended up in bulgaria as it show some bulgarian stamp and is converted to 8x56r
4- Budapest made Italian AOI M95 carbine still in 8x50r
5- Yugo M95m complete and all matching
6- 1909 Budapest made bulgarian contract M95 still in 8x50r, rifle is all matching minus bolt but is a corect bulgarian bolt. Receiver has bulgarian crest and stock has a gorgeous Bulgarian crest along with matching serial.
7- Steyr made Bulgarian M95 rifle refurb. Suspect to be from the interwar period as it is nothing like those post-war electro-penciled carbine refurb. All refurb serial match still in cosmo 8x56r
8- mismatched Steyr M95 rifle, my go to shooter 8x56r
9- All matching 1915 proofed Steyr made M95. Still in 8x50r, no serial where there should not be, all K stamped part with the stock serialized on the correct left side of the buttstock. I am 99% sure this one went through WW1 by the shape of it.

Im quite happy with those and i am always on the look out for new addition to my collection
 
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Are those threads in it? Or just pixels! I looks like it was modified to look more like a Ross bolt. Did any of these rifles make it to Lithuania? I know they got Ross rifles from the British perhaps it was modified there.
 
Looks like threaded, maybe a bolt that was used on an experimental autoloading rifle with a side mounted operating rod?
 
MiG25 said:
Looks like threaded, maybe a bolt that was used on an experimental autoloading rifle with a side mounted operating rod?
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No thread, it is hollow up to a certain point but it does not goes through

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An experimental bolt perhaps, an effort to conserve material where ever possible. Kind like how they bored out the mannlicher schoenauer bolt.
 
BOHROK said:
An experimental bolt perhaps, an effort to conserve material where ever possible. Kind like how they bored out the mannlicher schoenauer bolt.
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No idea at all, but i must say it is pretty crappy to handle. The aggresive chekering and vigor that you need to use to cycle the action make this rifle a pita to shoot without glove
 
I have a Steyr built Chilean Mauser model 1912 that has been converted to shoot .308.
Sometimes it works perfect but other times It has bad feeding issues. To me it looks to be the caseings are shorter than what the magazine would have originally held and therefore lift up to late and just jam. I was wondering if anyone else owns a rifle like this or has had a similar issue in a different re chambered rifle that might be able to help me fix this problem? Thanks
 
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