Here's a rifle I got from a friend around 1971. He told me his dad was in the Hell on Wheels division which I now know is the 2nd Armored Division. I want to think it might have been a bring back but I'll never know now. His father was a good mechanic and I remember him telling us that his tank had an airplane engine but I don't know if it was a Sherman or a Stuart. I have to admit I've neglected it a bit over the past 50 years. Very minor surface rust on the bright parts now that I think will clean up with fine steel wool and oil. Have to get some tung oil for the stock too. Bore is perfect and the action sound like a bank vault being locked Empty clip drops out the bottom after the last shot and the loaded clip can be dumped by pressing the button in from of the trigger and opening the floor plate
The Steyr-Mannlicher M95 was a very interesting rifle, the last in the line of Steyr-Mannlicher military straight-pulls. The action limited it as far as really high-powered cartridges were concerned, but it armed the Austro-Hungarian army throughout WWI and turned up all over the place in WWII. Guns held by the Austrian Army passed into the German inventory in 1938. Many others were held by the Balkan powers as war loot/reparations and the Italians also got quite a few via the same route. Many Italian M95s fell into British hands in the African campaigns and were recycled for use by British forces in East Africa and India. Along with old Italian Carcanos, M95s continued to pop up in various hands in the Horn of Africa for decades after WWII.
Starting on the stock refinishing Surprise. It looks like the forend is a different wood. Birch maybe? Rest of the stock looks like walnut. Maybe original color near forend band Just noticed the rear sight doesn't have a windage adjustment. Front sight is drift adjustable and this one has been drifted. Whatever bluing process they used is great. Looks good for 110 years old. Old reliable.
Just do a Google Image search . Royal Canadian Military Institute: The Sword & Pistol Room - SpaceFinder Toronto
Indeed. It's a wonderful place. My cousin and his son, a Captain with the Royal Canadian Regiment, are both members and I have had the privilege to attend on several occasions.
