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Mannlicher Military Rifles: Straight Pull and Turn Bolt Designs?
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>do u[sic] mean patent disclosures
I mean weapons blueprints.
But yeah, patents would work as an example, too.
> Gunsmithing otoh requires massive overhead and skill and a supply chain
Come on - working a lathe or a drill press isn't rocket science. (Making a good weapon is difficult, making a pipe gun is trivial for a 12 year old.)
>Another reason is that it’s way more efficient to regulate supply side (mfrs) than consumer side, consistent with our current laws
But we don't regulate the supply side. There's no license required for buying a CNC machine or steel stock. Why start now? And why regulate the distribution of information in this one particular case if we're not going to regulate the distribution of information about far more dangerous weapons?
Dutch Mannlicher carbines are tricky. There's a PILE of variations that all generally fall into one of about a dozen known model types.
This looks like a sporterized gun as it lacks any sort of rear band. Some models didn't have a front band/bayonet lug, but all of them had a rear band present.
Numrich and Liberty Tree likely have parts if you're going to try and rebuilt it, but quite honestly, it's not worth it. Its a sporterized gun that fires a cartridge no longer in production. Reloading is complicated too as die sets or brass aren't easily found. Custom dies or a combination of dies intended for other cartridges can be made to work. Utilizing brass from similar cartridges to form into 6.5 Dutch is also an option.
There's not a lot of books out there on these rifles either. The best one I know of in English is by Paul Scarlata: Mannlicher Military Rifles: Straight Pull and Turn Bolt Designs
Mannlicher Monday doesn't' exist but whatever, stuff has to rhyme for /r/guns. Digging through the collection and updating some info and photos made me pull this one out the other week. I got this thing several years back when they were dirt cheap, this one being 250 bucks shipped off Gunbroker at the time.
This is a Bulgarian M95/30 Carbine (sometimes referred to as the M95/34). It likely started life as a standard Austrian M95 Stuzen Carbine and was later sold to Bulgaria prior to WWII as Austria was adopting more modern German weapons. As best as I can speculate, this carbine was sent over to Bulgaria after WWI as an Austrian 1895 Stuzen Carbine chambered in 8x50mmR. It was then rebuilt/refurbished, rechambered in 8x56mmR by the Bulgarians, and had quite a few replacement parts added. It's also possible that this was sent over as a rifle and assembled with a variety of parts into a short carbine. The original serial number was removed during one of it's many refurbishments, so it's hard to say for sure. This carbine likely saw service with the Bulgarian police up until the 1970's.
As usual, detailed photos with descriptions are in the imgur album linked above and/or here. Below are some of the resources I've used to find information on this specific rifle.
Mannlicher Military Rifles: Straight Pull and Turnbolt Designs
/u/Mako275 and his informative posts.
These sources and more can be found in the Milsurp corner over in the /r/guns FAQ/Wiki
This is a Bulgarian M95/30 Carbine (sometimes referred to as the M95/34). It likely started life as a standard Austrian M95 Stuzen Carbine and was later sold to Bulgaria prior to WWII as Austria was adopting more modern German weapons. As best as I can speculate, this carbine was sent over to Bulgaria after WWI as an Austrian 1895 Stuzen Carbine chambered in 8x50mmR. It was then rebuilt/refurbished, rechambered in 8x56mmR by the Bulgarians, and had quite a few replacement parts added. It's also possible that this was sent over as a rifle and assembled with a variety of parts into a short carbine. The original serial number was removed during one of it's many refurbishments, so it's hard to say for sure. This carbine likely saw service with the Bulgarian police up until the 1970's.
As usual, detailed photos with descriptions are in the imgur album linked above and/or here. Below are some of the resources I've used to find information on this specific rifle.
These sources and more can be found in the Milsurp corner over on /r/guns.
I've got a copy of this book. Its not an incredible book but its decent and cheap.
Look this up on Amazon:
Mannlicher Military Rifles: Straight Pull and Turn Bolt Designs
Scarlata, Paul S.
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