Steyr Mannlicher M95/30 (8x56mmR) History & Shooting Demo

[@asagrimmr1459]

I have always liked these. They are wonderful on a deer drive in heavily forested areas.

[@kepp81]

I just picked one up today at a gun show. It's my first collectible rifle. Super excited about it

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

Heck yeah man! Cool one to start out with, enjoy 👍🏻

[@nickskoczen708]

Great info! I just picked one up over the weekend, originally a Wn17. I got the rifle and 52 original boxes with en-block clips of German 1939 spritzer rounds for $300. It's only missing a buttplate, so on the hunt for that and maybe a bayonet. Keep up the good work!

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

Very nice, and thank you kindly! I’m still hoping to pick up a bayonet for mine

[@hmsyndig7577]

My Bulgarian refurbished M95's bolt was unworkable at first. I sharpened the extractor tail's rib and the bolt was a little more workable . Then I ended up replacing the bolt shroud with a unnumbered one. In the end, the stiffness went away and I could somewhat baby the bolt. Pronunciation speaking, as a friendly clarification, the proper way to pronounce Budapest is "Budapesht", with the stress on the first syllable.

[@MrPelcat]

You can easily tell if these rifles are converted full length guns or original carbines by the front sight band or lack thereof on the carbines. The rifle length rear sight is also a telltale sign.

[@Mike-pb2to]

Just picked one up for 400 bucks. It's a 1908 production that was modified into the carbine length and rechambered to 8x56mmR. The rifle shoots beautifully, and I even got some 1938 produced ammo with the Reichsadler emblem on the boxes, enblock clips, and the ammo itself included with the rifle

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

Very nice! Not a bad deal either, most of them I’ve seen have been $400-$600 so you’re definitely on the lower end of pricing, and getting the extras is always awesome!

[@taurushipointenthusiast1306]

$400 $400 holygezsnikes I got less than than in two of these, 1 Budapest Carbine the other a Steyr Long now of course that was yesteryear's prices, to see how far these have jumped since wow

[@markbroad119]

I must have lucked out in '02. $100 at Big 5

[@sean1964]

I found two of these back in the 1980s, I owned a Garbage co and was driving through an alley in Brentwood Ca, and saw these in an alley, someone had made lamps out of them but the didn’t drill any holes in them, I just took one apart cleaned everything up and refinished the stock! Looks pretty nice and I’m sure it will fire nicely now!

[@manofgod2025]

Thomas,outstanding narration, thank you.

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

Thanks for watching!

[@davidaustrian9455]

Just bought a steyr m1895 long rifle, which was converted at the Bulgarian arsenal. Nice video.

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

Awesome find man! Thanks for watching 👍🏻

[@cswhan3201]

Great tabletop review. Very informative.

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

Thank ya kindly!

[@randomfaca]

Interestingly, some of the first actual combat use of these original M95 rifles and carbines was not with the A-H or Bulgarian armies. They were instead used by the insurgent IMRO organization that worked in the territory of today's North Macedonia. These were supplied by Bulgaria. Of course, being an clandestine organization there's really no exact numbers of units but there's plenty of photos of the insurgents armed with these rifles, and these were used in combat against the Ottoman ruling forces, some 10 years prior to the Balkan wars as well as WW1.

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

Very interesting, I think I’ve stumbled across some info on that at some point but it’s hard to keep track of all the info bouncing around my skull lol, thanks for watching!

[@randomfaca]

@@GreatNorthwestWeaponry it is interesting, most of the arms as one would suspect were older stuff (Russian Berdans, Turkish Martinis etc) yet the few modern Mannlichers left such an impression to the insurgents they were often mentioned in the folk songs of the time.

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

I know the Italians gave it the monicker “Ta Pum” and wrote a song about it. It’s a fun and interesting piece, hope I can get a long rifle variation in the not too distant future!

[@thegungooch639]

Great video man, I'm actually picking one up tomorrow with some of that German surplus ammo, I've always wanted one so I'm excited. It's coming with a French mas 36 chambered in 308 too so 2 new ones for me!! I just subscribed to your channel buddy. I like your vids! Cheers

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

Thank you very much and congrats! That’s a pair of mighty fine rifles you’re getting! Be warned with the German surplus ammo I’ve heard it packs a serious punch, should function excellently though. Really want a Mas 36, I actually just picked a a Brit marked Winchester P14 American Enfield the other day that I’m super pumped about. Thanks again for the sub!

[@thegungooch639]

Unfortunately the MAS is a century arms Frankenstein but it runs good! I'm real excited about the m95 lol the P14s are awesome man, 303 Brit is a great round. Anyway look forward to more videos!

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

Thanks more on the way every 10th, 20th, and 30th!

[@nathanieljones7981]

@@thegungooch639 watch out on the mas 36, 308 mas' can be pretty dangerous and blow apart

[@markadolphus5094]

Always check out the surplus ammo with an expert I had mosin surplus that was Chinese from 1956 and they were very hot rounds.. causing them to be totally useless for accuracy ive since learned and were probably pretty dangerous to be using in an 1891 luckily nothing let go but I definitely wouldn't do that again use more modern surp in a really old unit.

[@Cache73]

Great showing of this rifle. I love the bolt on this....

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

Thanks!

[@ComfortsSpecter]

Immaculate Art The Perfect Rifle Best Thing to come out of Europa Great Vibe

[@jprracing1]

The only rifle i know a song was written about the distinctive sound of firing it. The Ta Pum song. This is a piece of histroy.

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

Yes indeed! If I’m not mistaken C&Rsenal actually has it playing in the background when Mae is shooting the rifle. Thanks for watching!

[@RedbudWorkshopProductions]

The swiss rifles were there own design, very different and a lot smoother system. Same idea as james parris lee and ferdinand von mannlicher designing a magazine system at the same time, very different but still similar.

[@user-iw5rw4iy9c]

The 8x50R cartridge reloading dies cost more than my press cost🤦🏻‍♂️. Didn’t know what I was getting into, but at this point making an obsolete cartridge work is my life goal. Edit: Good video btw. Ur content/style of production is excellent.

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

I believe in you! While you’re at it make me some 8x52mmR Siamese so I can shoot my Siamese m46/66 😂

[@user-iw5rw4iy9c]

I am legitimately thinking of converting a bunch of 7.62x54R into 8x50/52R (which is easily done) and selling it to recoup my investment. I just don’t know the legal and liability aspects to it....

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

Well if you find a way around that get on it and I’ll buy your entire stock lol

[@markadolphus5094]

​@user-iw5rw4iy9c make sure you tip some of the powder out😅

[@markadolphus5094]

Fantastic old guns great for hunting and a really fun to experience that historic feeling of a big old battle gun. when you're holding them that thought always pops into your mind or question gets asked I wonder many people this thing has laid down, it's kind of creepy. I had an old mosin nagant I was once thinking that and thought meh maybe none at all probably just been in some depot for training somewhere it was pretty neat and tidy. It had been captured and refitted in Finland or Switzerland can't remember.. anyway one day I decided to strip it right down for a clean and explore so took the wood off it. The whole inside of it had the crap charred out of it it was an eighth of an inch of charcoal so it had obviously been at some stage, in a very desperate situation indeed.. being loaded and emptied until nearly glowing..which made me realise .. its definitely not none.. 😮

[@themedhunter]

Nice video! Thanks for posting

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

Thanks for watching!

[@CRR8980]

Now Rain Wilson is going to watch this and be a guest star on your channel😂 Nice shootin TomTom!

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

@Collin Rippey that would be the highlight of my life

[@johnski4709]

I picked up a Steyr 1895 Mannlicher rifle but it is unfortunately in 8x50r caliber. Rare for a 30" barreled rifle that was re-arsenaled at some time (stamp on bolt, crossed out numbers on left rear stock, matching number on right rear stock), no "S" on barrel chamber top but barrel and receiver match. Will not chamber a 8x56r round. Has unit marking on the top of the buttplate. Rifle length sight that is still measured in "strides".

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

I would assume pre 1930 re-arsenal considering the lack of ammo update? To my understanding that is when the cartridge change took place but it is odd to find a non re-chambered carbine. Makes me wonder at the rarity of such a combo

[@johnski4709]

@@GreatNorthwestWeaponry It's not a carbine though, it's a rifle with rifle sights and 30" barrel. Maybe kept as a hunting rifle in readily *at the time) 8x50r ammo after the war? 56 R 381 is the buttplate unit marking. Rear sight is still in 8x50r "strides" marking that goes to 26

[@pens8766]

Great looking rifle.

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

Thank ya kindly!

[@donnielowe1127]

GREAT data... I have one in excellent shape looking for reload heads

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

Thanks! I don’t know much about reloading for these but I’m pretty sure Buffalo Arms has parts for reloading for these 👍🏻

[@davidfriesen9512]

Awesome!!!!! I had to dig up a 2017 rifle sporting firearms journal magazine and re-read something.page 63. The Russians armed 2 corps of their own troops with captured m95s and ( get this) built a new munitions factory just to supply them with ammo. So neat. A friend of mine here in Edmonton has one

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

Didn’t know much about the Russian side of it, thanks for the info!

[@MrPelcat]

That's interesting, any specific markings that indicate Russian use?

[@ruger51995]

I appreciate how you emphasized the name the correct way, im American and not a german speaker but that way alot of Americans pronounced stuff all goofy is annoying

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

Thanks! I try to emphasize that sort of thing where I can (the poor French get their language butchered on this channel though lol)

[@1murder99]

I have one of those. Hate the barleycorn front sight.

[@GeauxRilla]

I need a lefty bolt! Any hope for us strange shooters?

[@WolvCustoms]

Thank you for uploading this. Hey do you know if it’s easy to replace a extractor form these bolts? There’s one for sale but needs a new extractor. I personally never owed one before. Thank you

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

@RONNIE HERNANDEZ I cannot say for sure if it’s hard to replace the extractor, I have yet to fully take the bolt apart, but finding a full replacement bolt for these is usually pretty easy. Thanks for watching!

[@Drexus76]

It isn't too hard to do, there's other videos on YT. I own one too.

[@Treasuremonk]

What if there is no “S”? My has couple very symbols and numbers

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

If there is no S then it likely wasn’t updated for spitzer cartridges and is probably still chambered in the original 8X50R Steyr instead of 8X56R

[@zarb88]

Nice rifle. Ive never had a straight pull bolt it looks scary.

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

@Zarb it’s a pretty mean sucker, fun but barbaric lol

[@kawashimaarisaka2682]

So hard to get commercial 8x56R ammo for this rifle. I have some old military staff from 1938 with even Nazi eagle on it, but dare not to shoot them...

[@carlopelzen6515]

How much is the price for this ??

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

They are usually between $500 and $700 from what I’ve seen 👍🏻

[@marckcarbonelloifveteran410]

How good are they? I am thinking on buying one.

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

I am personally a big fan of them, very interesting design. Be warned though you have to run it like a truck, if you try to carefully open the bolt you will get nowhere

[@marckcarbonelloifveteran410]

@@GreatNorthwestWeaponry This is a real men’s rifle, how available is the ammo? Thanks

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

I’d say not “readily” available but you can find it online, PPU makes it and I’ve found it on the SGA Ammo website pretty consistently. You want to make sure you get one that has been updated for 8x56 though, original 8x50 is extremely difficult to find if not nearly impossible (an S stamped on the top of the receiver indicates it was re-chambered)

[@eclectic3618]

Found one for $520, on the fence as I really want the K31

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

I’d say that’s a pretty average price, pretty close to what I paid for mine and the last couple I’ve seen anyway. You can probably expect a fairly similar price for the K31 so I’d say you’ve got yourself a pretty tough choice there!

[@cdegenova1761]

Is this including tax or (shipping if online)?

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

Where I am (Oregon) we don’t have a sales tax but I think $550 was the exact total I paid

[@eclectic3618]

@@cdegenova1761 it was cash person to person local

[@maurytucu4362]

Used by the austrian-hungary empire 🇦🇹🇭🇺 1917

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

Yes indeed!

[@markbroad119]

But Man-licker makes it seem less stout. I've got the same, found Ammo at Albany gun show and Bend Oregon. $100 for 40 rounds in stripper

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

Not bad!

[@GarandGuy2553]

Nice video! I just shot some 1938 German ammo through my Styer 95 carbine.

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

Shooting these old gals is always a good time! Thanks for watching

[@kodibassInsideoutboards]

Ammo' It;s about the Ammo,, If PPU or others would produce the Ammo. Then It would Be a Great Surplus gun, But there is That,

[@Disco3214]

Im from Austria :D

[@davidaustrian9455]

Both my parents are from Austria. One grandfather died in Russia ww2. The other was captured in Greece in 1940, P.O.W. sent to Australia by the British. Great grandfather was captured by Russians in WW1 on eastern front.

[@silverbullet7434]

Try not moving the gun from your shoulder when pulling and pushing the bolt. You can teach yourself and its so much quicker and accurate.

[@dotnask0001]

The stamp could be an insult to Bulgaria who didn't accept nazism. But again it unlikely to have survived would it being removed during communism. Maintenance forces in Bulgaria used mannlichers.

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

Good info man, thanks 👍🏻

[@Българин_1942]

Surprisingly small recoil

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

After a lot of the stories I’ve heard it definitely wasn’t horrible, comparable to firing a K98k I’d say. I’ve heard the old German surplus ammo for these is nightmarish though

[@markbroad119]

Wow, you never grab another man's bolt without asking if it's ok. 😂

[@datasilv]

Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia (K Und K hadsereg fegyvere)

[@robertjones2811]

I bought one for $89.

[@robertjones2811]

Shipped to my house.

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

Not bad! Recent or was this a few years back?

[@robertjones2811]

@@GreatNorthwestWeaponry That was 2012

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

That tracks, man I wish 2012 prices still applied…

[@codyam]

Hide that damn thing from Trudeau.

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

@Jeff Bush darn right!

[@codyam]

@@GreatNorthwestWeaponry love the videos you got my sub dude!

[@GreatNorthwestWeaponry]

@Jeff Bush Thanks man I’m glad you are enjoying them! I just dropped a new video this morning, More every 10th, 20th, and 30th

[@ronzi83]

Manli H er. You need to say H like hotel. ManliHer