"If your still listening; dang" You kidding me, I've been pausing to take notes

I just bought one of these m95 rifles from RTI. If anyone is interested: Overall i am very happy with the rifle i got. I was pleasantly surprised. Its all matching! (Well we dont know if the bolt does, but i think in this case it might actually be) Nothing missing or broken. The Stock was in great shape. The blueing was also almost completely present! very good for an old rifle over 100 years old. There were no Ethiopian markings which is what i wanted. None of the original markings were scrubbed. No graffiti on the stock or anything. no cracks or really even many dings if so they were minor. The bore seems really good as well!!! I just got the rifle today so i havent had time to properly clean the bore to where its spotless but it looks like it has failry strong rifling throughout. Its not been counterbored and doesnt have missing rifling. The action is fairly smooth but i havent had the time to clean and polish it yet. I did take it all apart and clean it thoroughly. The stock is a little dry but some linseed oil and proper care will take care of that. although i havent shot it yet i did try some snap caps with it and the bolt and everything seems to function great. There was a little rust on the bolt i guess that is my only qualm but its not bad. also the trigger pull is pretty tough but im not sure if thats how theyre supposed to be. Ive never even seen one in real life before. I think it will be an ok shooter tho for the price and given its age.

Thanks. Made me appreciate my Austrian Steyr long rifle even more. In 2011 I bought two of the Carbines for $75 apiece. One had the carbine rear sight and the other had the rifle sight. Kicked like a MULE. The long rifles are mild to shoot.

Great video with lots of information! Even here in Austria the M95 is not seen as often as K98, Nagant and so on. The prices are beginning at 250 to 300€ for bulgarian ones which are by far the most seen M95's. Something like 20 or 25 years ago a few big arms dealers bought thousends of M95 out of bulgarian Arsenals so you see a lot of this guns in mint condition. Greetings from Austria! (actually 15 minutes away from Steyr)

I love you guys are realistic about prices and the fact they will only go up. It’s so annoying hearing don’t pay x for this rifle they are overpriced and WILL come down haha

This is definitely one of the best videos on this type of rifle and I'll undoubtedly be coming back for a reference. Thanks guys this'll really help my since an M95 is the next rifle I'm hoping to get.

Thanks for going full in depth in this rifle. I think you and C&Rsenal are the only two channels with full on guides with this rifle.

Those mannlicher rifles were very well made, and make a really good rifle even by todays standards.

Definitely informative! I really appreciate the dedication you both have. Thank you.

I needed this video. I'll be looking for an original M95 next, as part of my WWI collection. Thank you.

I learned a lot on this video. That 8mm M95 was the big one. At the Gun Show some guy was tying to push one on me. Had no idea about not having the clip for it. Glad I did not buy it. Now I know what to look for. Thank you.

This kind of video is highly appreciated. The content is scare and very interesting. I now know that my long rifle has been through the Bulgarian sausage mill but came in mostly intact; but, now I want to acquire an original, unmolested M1895 8x50mm. Please keep these videos coming!!!

Thanks! This was super informative for a recent purchase of an M95.

Been waiting patiently for this video, and it's cool to see Aaron on vid for once. Love the wedgelockers..got an '88-90 and some M95s, just need a 86 now.

Well done. You clearly have a lot of knowledge regarding these, relate it very well, and have the integrity to answer a question with _I have no idea_ when you do not have a definitive answer.

The Mannlicher M95 and it's derivatives are my favorite milsurp rifles. I have a karabinerstutzen in 8x56r and it's my favorite rifle I own. I want to have a collection of Mannlicher rifles and I need a long infantry rifle next.

Outstanding info here.. thank you!

GREAT video, thanks for all the info.

Thanks a lot ! A very good and informative video !

Awesome video I just picked up a long m95 in 8x50 for $200 and this was a cool little bit of information

I just picked up my M95 today! Beautiful rifle!

One of the best "Non-Ian" videos I have seen on classic rifles! I like the range and detailed description...great reference video - watched it three times before getting aone....ONE QUESTION: What do you use on all the rifles to make them look so good? They have a great finish/look and not "shellac-looking" -- WAX or polish or oil? or are they stripped and refinished?? Thanks --

Great info. And very nice 75 stingray!

I like my m95 stutzen. Fun as heck to shoot. I even bought dies so I can reload my own 8x56r. I paid 300 for mine 2 years ago but it came with 5 boxes of ammo and 3 clips. I have 2 boxes of original nazi ammo on clips.

He’s not kidding about that surplus German ammo. Its fun to see the huge fireball come out of the barrel when I shoot my m95

Great video and very interesting rifles.Thanks for the video.

Just bought my WW1 M95 long rifle with the Bulgarian crest ! Finally found it on Gunbroker and still waiting for delivery, and probably overpaid but I had to had it😊

I love the m95 rifles. I currently only have a Bulgarian long rifle and cut long rifle but I hope to get more while they are still affordable. Love the rifles and I love the bayonets

Found this video quite useful, in the process of picking up a Nazi marked Steyr M95/30 Stutzen and doing research on it before I do my own overview/shooting demo of it. Subscribed

This is a great video was extremely helpful and am currently looking for a stutzen rifle

I just picked up a M95M this week and know zero about it … the old man I bought it from said he had the clip but needed to find them … now I need to be sure to go back and get them 😂

Thankyou for your amazing information. My first one I bought in the early 90's which was a carbine though not sure which one. Definitely a converted one though. The one I have now is a full length rifle

Do another installment on the M95, this was very good.

The best deal I've ever gotten on 8x50R Mannlicher was in bulk 500 rounds of Bulgarian manufactured rounds for $200 and out of the 500 I only found 2 of the rounds were unusable. Needless to say I was pretty happy about the whole ordeal😄🍻🤘

Hey guys! Love the video. I love ww1 austro-Hungarian small arms and my luck with the 1895s is insane. I have a museum quality m1895 long rifle in 8x50r made in 1915 and I have a 1895 karabiner Mit stutzenring in 8x50r made in 1913 with the unit marking of the 6th hussars

If I was to collect them or even to get one as a shooter I would get a slug kit to slug the barrel along with go, no go and field gages. If you can find them but I would think you could. This was an excellent video, very interesting.

Austria-Hungary despite not being a major military power during its existence, has contributed greatly to military history. It could also be said about their predecessors the Habsburg territories and the Austrian Empire.

Yeah my first m95 was one of the Austrian shortened rifles and the only ammo I had was the German surplus. I shot about 20 rounds out of it and started hunting for the long rifle version and PPU the next day. Love my long m95 though.

There were also the 1885 Remington lees out there at the time, although they didn't have packet loading.

Ah the good old days...not THAT long ago I think it was Christmas 2013 I bought a M95/30 carbine for 85 bucks off SouthernOhioGun on their 12 days of christmas sale. I got 3 others, one a M95/34 for $120 from them and one M95M at the Tulsa gun show which is the M95 carbine converted to 8mm Mauser in Yugoslavia. It is intact and functional although I snapped the extractor and had a very good welder friend fix it since they are impossible to find and 8x56r extractors wont work. I only shoot cast loads in that one. I broke the extractor trying to check headspace...the gauge slipped forward of the bolt when I closed it. One of my M95 carbines has the short carbine rear sight, I forget but does that mean it was always a carbine and not a cut down rifle? One of these days I want a M95 rifle in the original caliber.

I just picked up an M95M, I'm kinda stoked.

Speaking infront of my favorite and most exotic car ever made.

I've had a M 95 for over 10 years, after watching this video I need to.get it out, to find out what I have. I bought some of that 1937 German marked ammo on clips dirt cheap .

nice video . i got a m95 with an elm stock!

Nice video. Availability and price might be regionally dependent. I’m in Texas and basically never see them. I finally found one in a pawn shop, a reworked original stutzen, for about $400. Before that I hadn’t see one anywhere for at least 10 years, and I hunt around a lot.

I have three of these rifles. Two of them I bought together for $150. Rebuilt them from parts and they all shoot fine. Reload for them too. However, about that kick !!!

My M95 long rifle has the matching serial number stamped in the top of the round bolt knob, and it matches the receiver and stock number. Not electro pencil, stamped fairly deeply.

Just picked up a Steyr M95 long rifle in original 8x50r and the AOI Africa Orientale Italiana stock stamp. Making ammo for it is rather easy.

Nice video. Love those rifles with history. Do you know anywhere I can buy a Steyr M95 carbine rear band? Some available online doesn’t seem to match mine though they may still fit. Thanks!

I used to know an old timer who said back when Krag stuff was plentiful and cheap surplus here, he rebarreled one of these with a USGI 30-40 Krag barrel.

Very informative! Thank you. Any info on 8x50 Budupest with no date marks? Nothing on the underside and nothing on the barrel shank. Was that common?

M95’s rifles were not prone to headspace probs like Mausers and Mosin. For correction of the rare headspace problems 3 kinds of bolt heads were made and marked k, m, and n stamps. So no serials needed. They were stamp to indicate rework was done when it comes to the front sling swivel and etc.

I would love to see the photos of german troops with the m95. There is only one that I can think of that has the two soldiers crouched together, likely former Austrian troops

I stumbled across an M95 the other day and picked it up. It is still chambered in the 8 x 50 and has an induction date of 1898. I’d really like to learn some more about it but so far all the rifles I can reference are way newer and have some differences.

I found a clip for an 1886. I've tossed around the idea of buying one.

I have a M95 long rifle which got chopped down. As far as I can tell it is all matching, the stock only has the one set of serials on it, the only iffy serial on it is on the bayonet/stacking lug piece, it only has the last two digits. Naively, I took it straight to the range before stripping it down. Cosmoline was literally weeping from the gun lol.

Here in Australia you pay a lot more for them. Ammo is extremely hard to find these days if at all. There's a place that does do limited runs of brass though and they do boxer style flash hole rather than the Berdan which is easier to find primers for

is the trigger pull on the heavy side? the one i just got is a lil tough. and the action is a little sticky but i heard that is normal. my bolt was a little rusty too as well but ive cleaned it pretty good and lubed it. I may try to polish the bolt more.

I had the bolt on my M95 come open on me when I fired it (with surplus ammo). Luckily the bolt stop worked and it missed my nose by a millimeter. I was not injured. Has anyone else had this happen to them or maybe heard of it happening to someone? I've been wondering ever since how strong these actions really are - especially since they were originally chambered for a weaker round. Thoughts?

Just "won" my first one, $395 with three clips with 1938 ammo. Hungarian made with a Bulgarian rework S higher up the shank, original carbine. Pretty pumped!

Is an Austrian Steyr RIFLE still in 8x50R, matching left side barrel and receiver, round bolt head stamped to be matching and lined out stock numbers on the left side and a right side matching stock number in the wood; worth keeping? Bulgarian rework but they kept the original caliber. I am in the 3-day inspection period should I return it or keep it as it is in original caliber? They had it listed as being in 8x56R but no S on the receiver ring. Functions pretty good. Top of buttplate is unit stamped as well: 56 R then next line 331. 56th regiment, rifle 331? No S stamp so I assume it is 8x50r. waiting for 8x56r ammo to check. No gas hole in bolt.

I just picked my M95 up today. It came with 50 rounds of PPU 8x56 RS and three clips, plus two of the clips are Waffen stamped. Still a lot of questions about this firearm though. Mine was originally a long rifle, there is a small 2 stamped above the fancy S on the barrel and the S doesn’t cover the acceptance marks. It says it’s a M95/34, but is stamped as a Steyr rifle. The bolt is also stamped with the apparent serial number(6347). There are also four different serial numbers stamped on the buttstock, two on each side. I think it was an original Steyr made rifle, but perhaps sold to Bulgaria and reworked. That’s just speculation, hopefully yall have an answer to all of that. Merry Christmas!

Great vid now I've got to go check my S's out. My first M95 is a 1917 $50 long rifle in great shape, I like it best over the shorter ones. I reload for them. One of the short ones had a brown painted stock is there any significance to that or is it just painted brown. These are very cool rifles, I got my first one in the 1970s. I also got 750 rds of the nazi ammo at $1.50 a box in the 2000s. I see this ammo at gunshows now for $15-25 a box, that's nuts. I use berdan primers for those thou.

Ever worked a ross mk3 action? Now that is smooth

So, I just acquired a 8x50r short rifle m.95 that is stamped in Budapest. Just wondering what one would value it at because the vendor I purchased it from was convinced it was chambered in 8x56r but was just missing the S stamp. Push come to shove, I loaded a 8x56r round and it got stuck (It's unstuck now).

Great video. Very informative. Do you have an email where I can send photos for an evaluation? Mine seems to be a mix of variations.

My Steyr has the markings W-n 99 E and it’s a carbine and still is in 8x50r, I’m trying to figure out what year my rifle was made. I got it for cheap and it cleaned up with no problems. I made some ammo for it and used black powder since I don’t trust the hand made ammo and the rifle is very old 😮 being marked W-n 99, I don’t want to over pressure it. I got mine for $300 with a rotten stock and the thing is clean and I wiped it down with some PB to remove rust but it was just rotted wood so the metal was extremely clean. Mine has a us import mark from the 1960 😅 and it says Austro Hungarian 8x50r on it.

I’m a little scared to fire mine, I’ve had it for about a year and I’ve yet to fire it. It’s in absolutely perfect condition, and I’ve made sure it’s rechambered for 8x56R, and I’ve bought some 8x56R Mannlicher rounds for it, but I’m a little anxious to fire it because when I put one of the rounds into the tip of the barrel to check the diameter, it seemed a little too wide for the barrel, despite being the correct round for the correct gun. Much unlike any of my other rifles. Is it by some chance a squeezebore rifle?

I have a thousand questions for you guys. I just bought one and I have some stamps but I don't, it's real weird. Looking for a tad bit more information on my rifle. Any help would be appreciated. Also came with that Nat z ammo

Hey I got the first gun you show ( granddaddy) to open it you have to lift up some lever on the side and the bolt comes out. Now I can't put it back in xc

So I just bought a carbine with the Bulgarian stamped S the receiver matches the stock but the top butt plate doesn't and the gun also has weird markings on the receiver on the top butt plate it says IR2. 2420 The stock has both the bottom swivel and the side swivel.

You're right about exceptions. I have a M95 long rifle that does not have the serial number on the barrel, only on the receiver. There is also a very small rectangular stamp on the right side of the barrel. Do you have any idea of the significance of this?

You're going to have to do an update for the 8x50R M95s coming out of Ethiopia.

Looking at a near perfect yugo m95m . What do you feel it is worth?

So I have a Steyr and a Budapest. neither have S or H markings. the Budapest numbers on the barrel, receiver and stock all match but the rear of the bolt doesn't have that "thumb tab" on it for de-cocking. Its just a knurled round disk end I guess. the Steyr does have the thumb tab however. Whats the significance of not having that thumb tab?

And then you also have the Dutch Steyr M95 Mannlichers (carbines and rifles) with normal bolt action, enbloc clips and rimmed cartridges in 6,5 mm. They were made by Steyr in Austria and AI-Hembrug in the Netherlands. (At AI-Hembrug much later on also the Armalite Ar-10 was produced)

Once had the long M95, but it came to me in 8.15x46r

Are the Mannlicher action openings sealed from debris while there is a clip inside??

You really need to get some Hungarian examples. They are quite different conversions than the typical Austrian/Bulgarian ones. For instance that their serial numbers aren't stamped on the stocks, but the buttplate and they didn't bother with the receiver or barrel number. My 31M even has mismatched barrel and receiver as they didn't care about matching things up during rebuild. You can also sort of tell if a bolt isn't original by the maker. All Steyr made guns have parts with an K stamped, while Budapest made parts have an R. So if your bolt has R marked parts, but is a Steyr made gun you know it's not original. I've also seen pictures of Waffen SS with M95s (among other foreign guns), but those are training photos, so it's likely they were only used in training and not combat.

I have an m95/30 made in Budapest. There are markings on the side of the receiver depicting the hungarian crest of arms. Also, there are an "I" on the top of the tang of the buttplate. Furthermore, on the stock close to the buttplate it says [17] in a square. Lastly, it has the small version of rear sight. Im fairly certain my rifle is made in Hungary/Budapest but did it ever go to Bulgaria? There are etched markings on the bolt, walnut stock. Does anyone know more about these markings and attributes? Would really appreciate any info I can get. I can send pictures through email if needed.

I have a question, can the Trigger Guard Assembly and Bolt assembly of different variants be interchangeable? Thank you

I have a M95/34 made in Budapest with a line on the rear part of the receiver, but no S, description said it was a 8x56r I want to know what this is before I shoot it because I don't want it blowing up, also it has stamped "R"s all over the receiver

M95 M Budapest in 8x57 Mauser. Who did the calibre conversion?

I have an M-95 8x56R with the S over the top. It also seems to have a more modern engraving M/95/34 Austrian 8x56R C.I.A GEORGIA UT and a M9534xxxxx (didn't want to provide the actual number on here.)

The only M95M I've ever found in person was marked at $250 and I almost shit myself until I looked at it and found out it was missing the clip.

Oh, I forgot to ask. When did the rifles get rechambered for to 8x56R: during WWI , after, year?

Anyone know about the M95 trainer rifles with the cut out receivers? I think they are bulgarian trainer but i am not sure. Are they worth collecting?

The bolt head of my M95 has a number stamped on it. And it has a vent hole. Does not match the rest of what looks like a Bulgarian conversion rifle. The top handguard number does not match either the bolt head number or the receiver/barrel combo (electro penciled bolt and front barrel band as well) numbers. But it does appear to be an original Stutzen, judging by the short ladder sight. So a 1918 proofed, Budapest made Stutzen with a Bulgarian order made (numbered and vented) bolt with a 1934 Bulgarian 8x56R conversion (a fancy "S" and side slung swivels).

Do they have gas vent hole in bolt ot receiver? If case rutures?

So I have the fancy S, but what does the number 17 by the S stand for?

i just came across a short one with a fancy H, no top handguard or “furniture” any ideas???

Looking to sell my long M95 in 8x56r. What can I expect to get for it?

What if an m95 was made in Budapest but converted by Austria? don't have it yet, but I might buy it.

I have a Steyr Mannlicher waiting for me at my local gun shop, and it has some markings I’m not familiar with, if anyone could help that’d be great

What’s the currant value on a M95 in 8x50?

How reliable is the bolt lug system on an m95? Is there a chance that the bolt can come flying back into the shooters eye like the ross rifle?

Just figured out mine is Hungary rework...(very worn H and Hungarian proof mark) but also has Bulgarian mods- # on right of stock, plugged under stock, # of front band --but why / when Bulgaria after Hungary?

Mine has the Steyr marking on the receiver but also has the H marking…

I have one and the bolt comes right out the gun when you rack it back.

I have a weird Budapest m95 with a different front and rear sight. I was wondering if I could get a picture to you guys so you could tell me what I have