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Austro Hungarian M95 Infantry Rifle
Austro-Hungarian M95 Infantry Rifle
(Osterreichisches Repetier-Gewehr M.95)
(Mfg in 1916 by Osterreichische Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft, Steyr)


Caliber: ....................... 8x50R (M.1893 scharfe Patrone)
Rifling: ........................ 4 groove, 1 turn in 10 inches (Right Hand Twist)
Barrel Length: ............. 30.0 in. (762 mm)
Overall Length: ............ 50.1 in. (1273 mm)
Weight: ....................... 8.3 lbs. (3.78 Kg)
Magazine capacity: ........ 5 rounds.
Qty Mfg: ...................... 2,500,000 (approximately)

Source: ........................ Mannlicher Military Rifles by Paul Scarlata, ISBN No. 1-931464-14-6

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Full length view, M95 infantry rifle.

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View of buttstock.

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View of action area.

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Note the finger grooves and sliding rear ladder sight.

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Note the long, slender stock design.  Also, not the stock band has only a bottom swivel, unlike the cavalry carbines and stutzens.

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Nose cap, stacking rod, and muzzle.

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Full length view of the rifle, charger clip with 5 8x50R rounds and the issue M1895 knife bayonet.

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buttstock.

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Action area.

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Rear sight and finger groove.

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stock band, held on with re-inforcing screw.

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stacking rod, nose cap, bayonet lug and muzzle.

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Rear sight, ladder type, graduated to 2600 schritt. (Schritt = Pace = 0.75 meters)

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Chamber area of the barrel, rear sight and receiver ring.

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Receiver ring marked "STEYR M95".  Note the barrel is proof marked Wn (Austrian Eagle) 16, denoting "Accepted in Wiener-Neustadt near Vienna for the Imperial Army in 1916".

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Top view of bolt.  Note that while in Austro-Hungarian service, M95 bolts were not numbered to the rifles.  Numbered bolts were only issued in Bulgaria during the First World War, though most bolts in post-war issued guns and 8x56R conversions often had their bolts serial numbered at that time, usually in electro-pencil.

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Top view of front sight.

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Buttplate tang.  Note that issue markings located there, though the author does not have the translations.

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Note that the barrel and receiver bear the serial number.

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Safety and cocking piece.

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Rear sight, quarter-view.

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Rear sling swivel.

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Front trigger guard tang.

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Note the opening through which the spent charger clip was ejected from the rifle when empty.

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