mystery gun?

[577/450]

Buddy of mine sez he has a rifle in 8mm mauser. It is a straight pull bolt action. Now I have not even seen it so w/o pics worthless animation don't fly. Just wondering if in the forum's collective knowlege, is, was there such a critter? Claims it was from ww1

 

[John Sukey]

Austrian 8mm Steyr straight pull NOT 8mm mouser. unless it's been reworked.
rimmed case.

 

[m39a2]

The Germans reworked lots of the straight pull Styers to 8mm mauser from 8 x 56R. You can usually tell by the small half round cut out on the back of the ejection port to allow the longer cartridge cases to eject.

Scott

 

[green]

A conversion to 8x57 on the Austrian M1895 straight pull called the M95M IIRC was done in Yugoslavia. It is much more likely to be in 8x56R cal.

 

[Talquin]

on the top of the receiver is there a large 'S'? if so it is in 8mm mauser. if not it is in 8x56R

 

[green]

The M95 Austrian was originally made in 8X50r.
The 8x56R conversions will be stamped on the chamber S (Austrian conversion) or H (Hungary).
The 8X57 conversions will be stamped M95/24 (Austrian conversion) or M95M (Yugoslav). In addition the 8X57s are cut for a Mauser clip guide.

 

[Drachenblut]

If it IS in 8mm Mauser, it could be an Austrian Mannlicher-Steyr M-95 Rework. Surprisingly I have heard many German soldiers prefered it to thier Gewehr and so a program was set up by certain arsenals to rework a number of the rifles.

 

[revilo]

 

[577/450]

Thank you all for the info If I ever get to see it I WILL POST PICS

 

[Talquin]

so green : S means 8x56r no mark means 8mm mauser

 

[green]

No. 95/24 or M95M means 8X57.
No additional marks means it is still probably in 8X50R cal.