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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: telof latzi on February 14, 2009, 01:39:04 PM
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A friend and I are trying to find out more about this rifle. It is apparently a Steyr M95. With a little bit of internet research it looks like this was chambered in 8x50R, 8x56R, and 7.92x57. We're wondering what this shoots and if it's possible to get ammo.
The only markings I can find on it are on the top, muzzleward of the action it says STEYR M95 and on the left side of the barrel it says 808K.
If anyone can shed any light on this it would be appreciated.
(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/11898/steyr.png)
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8x56R
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Not that I'm questioning you, but for my own educational bennefit, how do you know?
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The M1895 was originally chambered in the 8x50mmR cartridge. Between the World Wars, both Austria and Hungary converted the majority of their rifles to fire the more powerful 8x56mmR round. Greece[1] and Yugoslavia[2] converted at least some of their captured M1895s to 7.92x57mm Mauser, fed by stripper clips instead of the original model's en-bloc clip system. This conversion was designated M95/24 in Greece and M95M in Yugoslavia. The M95/24 is often mistakenly attributed to Bulgaria, but 7.92x57mm was never a standard caliber of the Bulgarian military.[3] These conversions are prized by collectors for their relative scarcity and chambering in a commonly available round, but suffer from a fragile extractor and a lack of replacement parts.
Good info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steyr-Mannlicher_M1895 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steyr-Mannlicher_M1895)
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http://surplusrifleforum.com also
And enything else you wish to know about this firearm see links on right side of page: http://www.surplusrifle.com/steyrm95/index.asp
