The rifle will mainly be used to hunt deer and elk in the timber.įor that I've loaded Hornady grain softpoint bullets at 2, fps with Even with the mistaken identity, working with the 8x57 Model has been informative and fun. With that in mind, I loaded my remaining unaltered 8x57 cases with various bullets and powders, and I've listed the best- along with Winchester's factory load- in the accompanying chart. The Mannlicher-Schoenauer is a strong action but not quite equal to the Model 98 Mauser. In the long run, though, I have come out ahead because 8x57 cases and ammunition are readily available. My rifle was an 8x57 Mauser and not an 8x56 Mannlicher-Schoenauer. In fact, the fired 8x56 cases looked just like 8x57 Mauser cases, and it turns out I should've heeded the note in Rifles of the World about Model chamberings, and I should've made a chamber cast before loading. However, after shooting a few I discovered primers had backed out slightly and case shoulders had expanded forward. Operating under the premise that the rifle was chambered in 8x56, I started reloading. A narrow aperture rotates out of the way to expose a larger aperture. The opening and closing bolt pushes the horizontal arm out of the way and it swings back into place when the bolt clears. The sight is mounted on the bolt release. A Lyman Model 36 swing-away aperture sight is a cool addition to the rifle. The front sight is a Marble with a gold bead. It's not marked with a name or a number, and it might be the original. The rifle wears a rear sight with a folding leaf in a dovetail cut in a boss on the barrel.
Neither pull has a hint of creep or overtravel. Pulling and setting the rear trigger lightens the front trigger's pull to one pound. Mannlicher-Schoenauer Carbine ~ A Short History The the stock comb had been butchered to raise its height, and varnish clogged the checkering panels on the grip. The bluing on the metal was nearly perfect, but two hideous holes had been drilled in the left side of the receiver and two more on the top of the ring to attach a scope mount. The condition of the Model was pretty good for a rifle made nearly a century ago. Rifles of the World indicates the Model was chambered in "an 8x56mm Austrian and, apparently, an 8x57mm German chambering appeared.Ī couple of items that came with the rifle suggested mine was chambered in 8x The box didn't list a velocity, but Cartridges of the World gives the velocity as 2, fps. The book also says the Model was chambered in 7x57 and 8x56 Mannlicher-Schoenauer.
Gun Trader's Guide described the Model as having double-set triggers, full-length stock, rotary magazine and trap buttplate- although a former owner had replaced that buttplate with a ventilated recoil pad. On top of the receiver ring was printed "Made in Austria" and the words "Mannlicher," Schoenauer" and "M. The thin fore-end of the full-length stock pointed the rifle like a wand casting a spell. The bolt glided back and forth like it rode on oiled air, and its lugs seated with a tight fist. Yet beneath the chops and changes, the splayed head of the flat bolt handle at the middle of the rifle's receiver and rotary magazine identified it as a Mannlicher-Schoenauer. It's corrosive.The rifle had obviously suffered the abuses of alterations. That way I'll have the fun of working up new loads. I think you would be happier just loading the 8x56R. Can you imagine what that would cost today? I mention that only since someone will probably bring up that 95's have been converted to 8x57 before.īuffalo Arms and Bertram Brass both have new custom brass for reloading. That is what you would have to do to make the conversion to rimless. They installed new barrels, reworked the magazine to eliminate the Mannlicher clip, milled a stripper clip guide and reworked the bolt head. Is the 8x56R ammo tough to find? Realize out here in the ultimate sticks Any other cartridge that the 95 might be rechamber to with little difficulty? Has anyone shot a few of these Thanks for the assist. I would love a mannlicher-schoenauer but the tag is a little high for my present situations.
Anyway, I would be real skeptical of the action's capability to handle 40, cup on a regular basis. Converting to a rimless round like the 8x57 or anything based on the. Truman for Missouri Senate in ! To my knowledge the 8x56 Mannlicher is a rimmed round. I am thinking though, that the Mannlicher cartridge is slightly wider at the base than the Mauser cartridge, and it might not be feasible to ream the chamber. I plan on buying two and keeping one original This might be one for Tye or AntiqueDr. How strong is that action? What about rebarreling to 6.