M95/34 Steyr Hornady 8x56R Review

[@Toolness1]

I have five of these and the tightest bore slugs at .331 diameter, some are .332 and one is .333! The factory bullets are .330 or .329 so you can guess the issue there.... The Lee mold for this rifle makes .329 bullets....no good unless you want a bore full of lead. So, I take the Lee .338 Lapua mold and size them down in a custom sizer that is .332" and I can get 2 MOA out of them without too much trouble. I have shot under 1 inch groups at 50 yards but usually 1 is about the best I can do. The sights suck...most shoot way high. The triggers aren't great. But if you can pair properly sized bullets with good shooting technique, these can be decently accurate for their age and short length.

[@caboyd1977]

Your rifle appears to be a M95/30. Original M1895 Mannlicher rifles, used by the Austro-Hungarian empire during WWI were cut down to carbine length in the 1920-30s. Most of those converted rifles were also re-chambered to fire the 8.56mmr, or M.30 cartridge. The caliber of converted rifles can be determined by the stamped letters "S" meaning Spitzer or "H" meaning Hegyes Töltény (pointed bullet), which appear on the barrel just forward of the receiver. There are also other tale tale signs that a carbine length M95/30-34 was originally a Long Rifle or indeed started out life as a Stutzen (short) or Carbine model. These include the type of rights, placement of the sling mounts, arsenal repairs to the stock where original sling mounting points were removed, etc. More complete information is available on Wikipedia my searching M95/30 Mannlicher and at the following link: www.hungariae.com/index.htm. Also, M95/34 is a mistake made by US importers. There was never an official M95/34 designation and nearly every rifle marked as such is in fact a M95/30.

[@evilpebble]

Thanks for the info!

[@prinzeugenvansovoyen732]

u might have throat erosion since the 8x56 was corrosive and the germans did not allways have time to care for them on the eastern front also try to loosen the barrel bands a little , maybe the barrel is incosistant bc it cant flex and swings therefor or ur gun is shot out the Austrian Ammo was mostly made in Wöllersdorf south of Vienna and in the scoda munition production plant in checoslovakia as well as FEG in hungary all of that stuff except late war Skoda production was mostly match grade and the guns were well liked -especially by on motorised infantry since it was lighter and more accurate but sometimes powder decays (after 70+ years) so the ammo is now comparable with spam can ammo - some is excellent some is almost a torture for ur gun

[@jims9249]

Enjoyed as always. I had a chance to pick one of those up,but I knew they are stout. It would definitely be a good one to reload for. I like reloading for all my old mil surps anyway. Keep up the good work.

[@evilpebble]

Thanks for watching! I always love hearing from my viewers.

[@franklinvonfrankenstein1137]

If a beginner really wanted to, could they shoot one of these before another gun with less kick? I have a few clips of that ammo and a friend with a Steyr m95/30, I have never shot a gun and am considering going out to a range and firing it.

[@prdubi]

I was jumping up and down on your 1st 2 shots and then kinda went on a wimper. Nice video !

[@evilpebble]

It's pretty consistently like that even after I did a bunch of experiments with loads. I decided to sell it. It's a neat rifle and I hope it found a good home. I just prefer more precision. Thanks for watching!

[@ItaliArmi]

Hi. I have subscribed your channel. I think that the 95/34 it's the stutzen and the 95/30 it's the carbine. It's possible? Andrea

[@evilpebble]

I'm not entirely sure. I don't consider myself an expert in these things, so I would also have to say it is possible but unsure. Thanks for watching!

[@richardperry6580]

Try not to flinch when shooting, your accuracy will improve.

[@evilpebble]

I'm not going to go over my competitive credentials with you, but I do just fine shooting as I do when the rifle is agreeable. Thanks for watching.

[@davidmethvin1705]

We shoot hogs in ga. With 200gr bullets out of carbines and they get up and walk away/3006 150gr not enough/ 270 130gr not enough

[@davidmethvin1705]

You need to take big grain bullets for hog & leave the light stuff for deer

[@meep6188]

you got it right those were Cyrillic let's for ppu

[@2damaxmr2]

Where did you find the sling for it?

[@evilpebble]

I just found a cheap military style at Walmart.