The tree that made that rifle stock was (probably) alive in the 18th century.

A.O.I stands for Africa Orientale Italiana (Eastern Italian Territories of Africa) and it was the acronym referred to the actual territories that include Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia.

"When 128 years old you reach, look as good, you will not!" --A wise elder

just another 28 years and you'll have AKs that are 100 years old. That's scary

1:56 "...And so 't will be, When I am gone, This worn-out bolt Will cycle on..."

Now as to the units of measurement. As to a Schritt being 0.82 m. Well that makes sense, as the officer in his recon would pace off the distance to different terrain features, so when the men arrives they can be ordered the distance. That is practical in volley fire from an entire company - especially at long ranges where you can't really see what you are shooting at, but with a 100 rifles you are bound to hit something? In any case it makes the shooters feel better and might induce some reluctance in the attacking force - we are talking before mashine guns were a thing. Now, a mile (british) is 1609 meters. A mile means thousand paces - i.e. the roman term "passus" which is a double pace - i.e. you count every time your left foot hits the ground. 2000 * 0.82 meters = 1640 meter - which close enough for practical purposes. But do not be overly confused, as a roman mile is approx. 1480 meters - probably because the latinos were shorter people (or the roman legionare carried more weight on marches). Now it also depends on the regiment. The Gurkhas maintains the light infantrys high cadence and has shorter steps, but more of them in a given time. Timing is important in marches! The Star and Stripes is a slow march - I have known a lady playing piano to gym for retired persons, and the Star and Stripes was used for their march. Even the most physically challenged could keep pace. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l5Nni7qZ3tytoHk.html Since Napoleon the french infantry keeps a rather rapid pace - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ia-ogs9iqtjFiHU.html and its army (especially infantry) has a rapid cadance. EXCEPT the Foreign Legion, that has allway had a strong German element. I once met a frenchman with excellent german (which is highly unusual) - that was due to him having been an NCO in the Foreign Legion. An example of a German march: Alte Kammeraden. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eceio6tntLyXqJ8.html The Foreign Legion: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gZmSocSlydmanIU.html That is why the Legion is normally la avangarde de parade. That gait would otherwise mess up the entire parade. Now horses naturally fall into the gait of the beat of music. Just as an aside.

The German word ,,Schritt" means step, like a step that you walk

Somewhere out there, there's a guy who's all like "I can't believe anyone is buying this crap."

Need to do an Elbonian mud test on these small arms

I picked up one of the M95 carbines from them. It turned out it was actually one of the first 1000 rifles produced after the death of Emperor Franz Josef of Hungary, (SN 977 with double emblem stamp) and thus I can place it being produced within the last week of November of 1916

Darn good job Ian but I could not stop looking at that glorious goatee

As Europian you Sir make so exelent gun history i just wanna cry...

Love the way those sights work perfectly after all those years.

Good lord that wood is so depressingly dehydrated

What an interesting specimen of a carbine. I love the Mannlicher rifles and carbines, they are very underappreciated in my opinion.

I love the firearms that you do reviews on. Either my dad had one of them or I did. Some I would give my brother's left nut for. I love being a collector but it's no fun anymore since I don't make the money I used to when I was 30. Back then I had 54 firearms which doesn't seem like a lot for serious collectors but for my financial situation it was great. I can't believe that I had one of each manufacturer of the M1 carbine and I even had a ME and ME carbine with the battery pack and the scope and light transmitter. I collected everything that ever came out for the carbine. I was really good at building them. I had 3 friends that sold ME carbine parts and they would save the good stuff for me and if I didn't need them then they would sell them to other people I still have a big wooden box of M1 carbine parts. If I had a void barrel I think I could build one. Matter of fact I'm going to go down and take a look at what's going on with all the parts. I have been so wrapped up in the AR-15 platform rifle that I have been neglecting my search for a decent K-98 and PPSH-43. I told the WW2HISTORYHUNTER that I would be doing a video on the k-98 and I still haven't found a decent one. I did one on the TT33 well the M-57 I don't want to lie. I love that cartridge. I ts so much fun to make out of 5.56 brass. I could just buy the brass but I love the satisfaction of making the brass myself. Thier is just something about making as much as you can when it comes to reloading. I wish I could make the primers and powder myself so I am creating 100% of the components to ammunition myself. When we move to Tennessee I am going to apply for all the different FFL's that exists I I can manufacturer firearms and own and operate full automatic firearms and load ammunition for sale. I'm going to go down that rabbit hole again. I can't even get a SBR in Illinois. Why did I leave Colorado. Well I'm glad I did now. I'm going back into business for myself when I move. Thanks for another great video. Happy Safe Shooting🇺🇸💪

For being 128 years old, it’s condition is actually pretty good

Ian, you mentioned chamber casting to figure out the caliber. Have you done a video on that?

Beg to differ Ian, the upgrade to M95 parts was done in Austria, up to 1918. This particular short rifle is in the Stutzen ( Musketoon) configuration ( sling swivels underneath only, bayonet lug, stacking hook). I have a M90/95 Carbine ( Karabiner) upgraded similarly ( side slings, no Bay.lug, no stacking hook). Italy did inspect and overhaul the Capture & ReparationsArms in the early 1920s, and a typical Italian Inspection mark ( Relief Savoia Shield) is usually found on the Receiver Ring, but is so small ( about 1/8-3/16") that it maybe missed. Not uncommonly, only some parts have been swapped out ( bolt, etc.). I have a Pre- Current RTI/OI import ( acquired 20years ago) M90/95 upgrade, with AOI stamp, no signs of Post 1941 Ethiopian ownership. One must remember that these WWI booty rifles only got into Ethiopian Possession AFTER Italy's 1941 Defeat in Abyssinia by a combined British/ Indian/African Rifles/South African Force. BTW, the name "Ethiopia" replaced "Abyssinia" after WWII. (Abyssinia derives from Byssinos, and ancient word for Cotton...the Linnaen name for Cortton is Byssina, as in Byssinosis, a lung disease in spinning factory workers ( Industrial Revolution Britain) due to the high cotton lint (dust) concentrations pre- OHS. Doc AV

A fellow from Ethiopia modifies a military rifle and it's called unique and exciting. A fellow from Tennessee does the same and he's called Bubba.

Thank you , Ian .

Headed to C&R after this! Thanks for the info!

I heard all of the Elbonian small arms still use sights in schritts. 🤣🤣🤣

Something about the heavily worn metal and butt stock on this rifle is really beautiful. Really just a nice rifle.

AOI stands for "Africa Orientale Italiana" ("Italian Eastern Africa"), which was the official Fascist government denomination for the Italian occupied territories in eastern Africa (Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea). Finding a gun marked AOI is literally the equivalent of finding a gun marked "Property of the Government of Puerto Rico".

More Elbonian content please. I'm trying to get Drach on board, and someone else already got Chieftain. Who do you think should do the air wing?

Very cool! I have a RTI Fucile Modello 1891 Carcano on the way. Sure hope it's in decent shape. I've been lucky with what I've ordered from them so far.

thing looks like its been sitting in a pile of mud for most of the last 100 years

The time capsule element of these Ethiopian rifles is fascinating, especially when explained with the tweaks and changes.

Somehow, I get an Ethiopian version of the “Good, Bad, and the Ugly” scene, where Eli Wallach makes his own gun out of assorted revolver parts.

2:45 I love how you call the shrit obsolete and archaic but then convert it into obsolete and archaic feet haha.

The cartridge lifter in the magazine is has also been changed to the 1895 type, it's certainly a historical relic. I would call it a arsenal rebuild using whatever they had on hand.

Is it bad that "I'm forgotten weapon's Ian McCollum" has become a calming phrase for me?

I wish this Carbine could talk. I imagine it has a pretty unique and interesting story.

First a C&Rsenal episode on Dutch Mannlicher carbines, now Ian uploads a video on Ethiopian Mannlicher carbines? Today just keeps on giving. Edit: you mean the 1891 Mosin was still chambered and had sights marked for round-nose 7.62x54R? That's astoundingly rare, even in Eastern Europe and Russia!

The wood looks like it's ready to turn to dust

Someone tell Ian that he should have supplies to do chamber casts AND impression rubbings (parchment + charcoal). Add some calipers too.

I saw they had some 1890s but none of them had the correct bolts. I did get an 88-90 from them. unit marked to the 14 stutzen regiment and mil accept date of 90. bore wasnt too bad either.

The Mannlicher is, in a corrupted form, called ምንሽር in Amharic, read as 'minishir'. Your videos are very informative.

What's not to enjoy when Ian nerds out.

I keep waiting to see what else will come out of these shipments. And also, Elbonia Forever!

Probably asking 1200 for that "unique" gun in NRA exilent according to RTI

Can you put the CR223 in your list of stuff to do. The German army is getting a new service rifles so i Like to see your opinion on it.

woohoo lets go forgotten weapons video

Can you cover the Mosin Nagant 1891 I would love to have a comparison for mine and what differences are between them. I can't find any other rifle like it.

If there was only the ammo to go with all these cool guns coming out of Ethiopia!

That rifle has been there and done that. It is not only old, but it was not put up in storage for a lot of that time. An M91 in original none updated configuration is rare in the US? Hum....I need to go check that old beater I have.

Good ole’ Dirty Firdy at it again

I’d say that the dual production by Steyr and FEG had much more to do with the discordant politics of the Dual Monarchy (aka Austria-Hungary) than with concerns about redundancy or spare capacity. Basically, the Hungarian half attempted to get duplicate production of any kind of weapons systems (including having a dreadnaught built at Fiume, today’s Rijeka, rather than at the well established shipyards in Trieste and Pola which were in the Austrian half). This duplication was both an internal insurance against the other nationalities in the Kingdom of Hungary part of Austria-Hungary, against a showdown with Vienna (which might also draw on the support of the other nationalities), and an economic subsidy/stimulus to the economy of the Kingdom of Hungary. Hence, the duplication of arms manufacturing was one way of cementing the dual system and (especially from the Hungarian point of view) hedging against any further federalisation, which would have likely included the Czechs and various Slavs and possibly the Romanians and Bosniaks as well, thus diluting the influence of the Hungarians in such a broader power sharing scheme.

I fucking love this

Have you tried laying newspapers on the stock and then rubbing a crayon lengthwise over that? I remember we did something like that on old gravestones in elementary school. The engraving may ( or may not) display on the paper. Just a thought.

Wat's the scratching on barrel at 3:23. It kinda looks like numbers.

I'd love to have an 1891 Mosin Nagant.

Every edge on this rifle looks heavily rounded. How much of that is wear and how much is how it was made?

"well worn" barely begins to cover most of those rifles.......

Is the bore shot completely out does it needs to be rebarreled.

Ya done goofed on the name in the vid intro

What is the pad behind the bolt utility ? And on the left of the bolt, is that a safety ?

Paying reparations with guns is weird now. Especially 30 year old guns. Would any county even accept 1990 guns as payment today ?

I agree, these weapons from Ethiopia are very interesting.

Just looking at the thumbnail I instantly thought "Yeah, that gun has spent its life in Africa"

The whole bolt is from a m.95, not just the cocking piece - look at the bolt root and the safety style. The trigger guard and follower are also from a m.95 - look at the follower style, not an m.90. So the only m.90 parts are the barreled receiver and sights.

used and abused but still looks workable at 128 y/o tells you about the quality....

Nobody: Absolutely nobody: Ordnance Departments: STACKING RODS!!!

The rifle that never stoped smoking Italians

Here're C&Rsenal's more in depth videos that Ian mentioned: Small Arms of WWI Primer 038: Austro-Hungarian Mannlicher 1886 to 1888-90 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oNebfqpnyeCld58.html Small Arms of WWI Primer 039: Mannlicher 1895 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/at6VmKhiqp-7p58.html Small Arms of WWI Primer 040: Austro-Hungarian Mannlicher Carbines kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g55iY8ummtjLZqM.html

I'm waiting for the day you do a video on the yugoslav m57

Lets go M90/95 nice

any chance of seeinga soviet pss their cartridge sealed assassination pistol

Does anyone have a lead on where to get the the Amharic marks translated on the Ethiopian rifles from Royal Tiger?

So the Trit is basically the same as an Arshin?

Thumbnail said "Ethiopian", but I read it as "Elbonian."

How could one clean it up while preserving its worn condition? Is that even possible?

Is it possible for you to review some hunting/ sporting rifles, especially those with special calibers or interesting actions? Very nice Video by the way♤☆.

feet is just as obsolete as Schritt.

'Rode hard and put away wet' doesn't even begin to describe the condition of that weapon... ...is it history? Yes, most certainly. The ethos reflected in that carbine is a whole other matter.

A solider would be proud to be issued a new “Mannlicher” 😂

I have always loved that Styer 95 carbine. It is ugly but it works great. Years ago, a buddy of mine had one. He complained he could never find ammo for the blasted thing and was going to make a pole lamp out of it, so I gave him an old pole lamp that I had in my shed to keep him from butchering it. Then, because I could not find ammo for it, I butchered it, sort of. I tried to keep the stock the same, other then putting a nice finish on it but I did re-barrel it into a rimed cartridge that I could purchase locally. That being the .444 Marlin. I did replace the sights with modern open sights and when I did the barrel, I cut her down to the same length as the stock and replaced that ugly stacking bar thing with a nice steel for-end cap. It made a wonderful little woods deer rifle and I took a couple white tail deer with it one year. Well I was so proud of my work that I displayed her at a gun show, and, well, another lover of that gun talked me out of it, got a nice Churchill 25-06 rifle with Burris scope in trade and for good measure he tossed in an old Smith Model 13 357 Mag. Still wish I had kept it but the 25-06 was a great gun, I took many deer and antelope with her before becoming disabled and no longer able to get out in the field to enjoy the sport.

It's beaten, but in that carbine style... i like it.

Pls do the gp25

Don't you love the dry desert sand wear look? To be honest that leaf sight is well designed with it's simple retention system.

Anyone else here from C&Rsenal's "Small Arms of WWI Primer 130: Dutch 1895 Carbines"? :)

In the Austrian Hungarian Monarchy the Hungarian Royal Army use the Mannlicher M95 in the WW1 (and under WW2 in 8X50 mm caliber) Three variation existed in caliber in the M95 rifle: 8 x 50 mm R; 8 x 56 mm R; 7.92 × 57 mm Mauser The question is when these Mannlicher rifles were exported to Ethiopia? WW1 or after WW1 or after WW2?

Mmmmmnnmm. Mnnlicher. My favourite!

The title image says Mnnlicher, not Mannlicher, BTW.

I bet that bolt actually matches, if M95's have numbered bolts it pretty much means no matchy, at least that's what Othiaaaiais and Aaron from milsurp world said. But if it's numbered it's probably in 8x56r anyways. Either way it looks shootable.

"one of the things you can definitely say about most of these ethiopian rifles is that they're in relatively poor condition" so is ethiopia

*"It's a hybrid!"(C)* I still don't know the original of this (either "StarTrek" or, maybe, "Doctor Who"), I'm just a regular listener of SGU (Skeptic's Guide to the Universe), where it's used quite often.

Were there any rifles actually rejected by Ethiopia?

Mnnlicher hehe. Yes I read the text at the bottom when the video starts :p

I gotta stop playing video games, I have the sudden urge to get out the gun oil and clean that rifle.

Yay

Who here remembers GunLabDotNet

AOI means Africa Orientale Italiana. (Italian East Africa)

So I guess the schrit and the arshin are roughly equivalent?

Did Ian just have a Mannlicher relapse?

Ian's C&R license is gonna be worn to tatters because of that ethiopian cache. :p

Could almost have been an Elbonian Carbine to go with their LMG!

I swear Ian is coördinating with Othias and May ... So you're doing an 1895 Mannlicher? I'll do different 1895 Mannlicher then.

"Used and Abused" 😂😂😂