To remove the follower (28), use a thin punch to depress the rear magazine bearing (31) or front magazine bearing (33). 308Ģ The magazine assembly should be cleaned and lightly oiled from time to time. In succeeding years other calibers have been offered including 6.5圆8 mm., 8圆8S. Calibers offered in 1950 included 6.5x54 mm. A dummy side-plate was furnished to fill this cut when scope mount base was not attached. Also, a flat surface was milled on left side of receiver to accept scope mount bases. An additional pivoted side safety was added and bolt handle was altered to provide clearance under low-mounted scope sights. There were some design changes in the postwar rifle. G., resumed limited production of sporting rifles. Production of these rifles was discontinued during World War II and was not resumed until 1950.
The firm name then became Steyr-Daimler-Puch, A. In 1929 the Steyr firm merged with Daimler-Puch, a large automobile manufacturer. Ease off the firing pin nut and cocking piece with the safety catch Then depress safety catch (9) as shown and turn the firing pin nut (11) counterclockwise 90° until it unlocks. To disassemble the bolt, first rotate the cocking piece (10) until it snaps all the way forward and firing pin protrudes from the bolt face.
Depress the floorplate spring (40) and rotate the plate until it is free of the undercuts in the receiver, then lift out the assemblyĤ To remove the bolt (12), pull it to the rear and depress the bolt stop (13). To remove the magazine assembly, insert a cartridge point into the front hole in the floorplate (41). The Mannlicher-Schoenauer actions were also purchased by other European and English arms makers for use in building sporting rifles.ġ Mannlicher-Schoenauer magazines can be unloaded by opening the bolt (12) and then depressing the cartridge stop (21), or by removing the magazine assembly. cartridge was the final model offered prior to World War I.įollowing World War I the Mannlicher-Schoenauer rifle and carbine were offered in several additional calibers, including. The Model 1910 chambered for the 9.5x57 mm. The Model 1908 Mannlicher-Schoe-nauer rifle in cal. In 1905 the Steyr firm offered the Model 1905 Mannlicher-Schoenauer rifle in cal. Rear receiver screw little Model 1903 carbine was at one time used by experienced hunters for taking thick-skinned African game up to and including elephant. Model 1903 carbine was regularly furnished with 17.7" barrel, which made the arm both light and compact. as it was Austrian practice to denote caliber by bullet diameter rather than bore diameter.) The cal. (This cartridge was also known as the 6.7x53 mm.
In that same year the Steyr firm offered a sporting carbine chambered for the same cartridge, designated 6.5x53 mm. In 1903 Greece adopted a military rifle of this pattern in cal. In 1900 the Austrian Arms Factory of Steyr, Austria, introduced a Mann-licher bolt-action rifle with spool-type rotary magazine perfected by Otto Schoenauer, director of that firm.