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no real need to deactivate this firearm since the ammo is rarer than unicorns. Great restoration as always.

Wake up babe, new backyard ballistics restoration just dropped

Your channel is the gold standard of gun restoration.

My great-great uncle, Korp. Leopold Wadas, k.u.k. 57.Infanterieregiment (Tarnów), II.Bataillon, 7.Kompanie, used this rifle in the late war on the Serbian and Italian fronts. He was wounded in 1918 and survived the war.

WOOOOOW! That's an "Ian McCullum wants to visit you"-rare rifle right there. And I'm SO glad it was in a condition where a super respectful restoration/touch-up was possible. Some museum custodian somewhere is going to be salivating when this comes in, for sure!

"[...] no silly deactivation" - Amen, brother! 🙌

Wow, this was a really impressive video. I love that you not only restored the rifle but also made ammo for it, something I'd never seen before for a restoration. You are quite honestly the only gun restoration channel I watch these days, and I hope to see more great videos in the future!

Good news for those who still have unconverted m.95's, there's a company called Millsurp Munitions in the US that's starting up and its going to be making 8x50r along with 6.5 Vetterli and 6.5 Carcano for the first run in a few weeks. Im not too sure what pricing is going to be, but he has said is going to be competitive with PPU's pricing

It’s always good to see a bit of history saved from the scrap heap and brought back to life.

Another beautiful restoration not overly done preserving the historical aspect of this rifle. A working shooting museum quality piece for sure. Thanks for another great video Carlo.

Never clicked on a video faster. Love M.95's. I've got 4 ❤

Always a good day when backyard ballistics uploads.

tried your caustic hot bluing solution it worked really impressively, blued an engraved lock plate from a scrapped shotgun that I repurposed into a rotary tattoo machine and it came out perfectly. thanks cant wait for the parkerising video as i tried it once and got marginal results. keep up the good work

A very interesting family story. My grandfather volunteered for the Legions - a Polish formation fighting alongside Austria-Hungary - because it was under Russian occupation. He fought in the Carpathians during World War I. Later, after the fall of Austria-Hungary, he fought for Poland in the Polish-Bolshevik war on various fronts of the war. He even received a Latvian decoration for fighting for the country's independence. He was a professional non-commissioned officer who was awarded the Cross of Valor four times for outstanding military deeds. During World War II he fought against the Germans in Polish Kampain 1939. Later he wanted to join the conspiracy, but he was caught, taken to the concentration camp in Auschwitz and murdered there. In Poland, lanolin is used to renovate stiff leather. Lanolin is an emulsifier intended for very dry and dry leather.

As an engineer i really enjoy these videos and the technical aspect of it. Great to see an expert at work.

Perfect as always 👍👍

This is the only gun restoration channel I trust to be real

It's amazing how well it looks and fires after over a century, great job!

I believe the straight-pull was also adopted as it was considered easier to operate and required less training time of new troops. Excellent restoration as always.

Great to see you again. I look forward to witnessing your handywork. I appreciate the "tasteful" restoration to preserve such a good example.

Keep up the good work! The History of our Wars cannot be understated, the fact that you're decided on preserving such heritage. I applaud your efforts and pray that you make this your full time job!

Very beautiful restoration. Glad it went to a museum. Happy New Year!

Ballistics coming along to save some more historical relics once again. Always a pleasure to watch.

I've just discovered that the SKS that i restored actually came with a leather pouch! its all still soaked in cosmoline, but i look forward to restoring it. your videos have inspired me to restore more of the older 40's to 60's stuff that i have (including a WWII used M1911A1).

Lovely restoration. Awesome to see that you decided to preserve as much as you could of the original and weathered look.👍

Best gun restorer at youtube for sure, great info aswell and nice that you comment what you do in different stages of restorations and also if guns is safe to fire you test them, great work and great content. Just one more thing make more of these !

I've been binge watching these videos lately and let me tell you, it's such a relief seeing an honest youtuber who gets to the point and doesn't fake his restorations

When are we gonna see the collab we all need? Backyard Ballistics and Forgotten Weapons.

Your work is amazing to watch! It inspired and helped me to work on one of my old guns a BRNO ZH 201 o/u shotgun - I made up a long vat to boil pieces, figured out a good cleaning and rusting process, it's been a lot of work but really satisfying. Thanks for all the great videos! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

You are a hero for doing these restorations

interesting rifle, i think its the easiest restoration you have has for a while !! i have a 1886 11mm mannlicher rifle , super interesting action , another one saved you should keep a tally like on the ww2 fighter ace with the outline of the fire arms you have saved , thanks for the interesting content nice to see it back shooting again

Gorgeous work. No gun should be deactivated in my opinion.

The Hungarian army used the weapon itself and the 8x56mm ammo too in the second world war, even developed new guns to use it but at the end they started using 8x57mm mauser too.

Love your channel. Thanks for taking such care of this piece of history. Amazing that you hand crafted new ammunition and that it shot so well. Thanks.

Absolutely fantastic work.

Beautiful restoration! Thank you!

Loved the leather refinishing. It’s crazy what you’re able to do with the right knowledge and materials!

Yet another great restoration on a historically valuable rifle !

I used this gun on BF1 and BF V a lot, I love the straight pull mechanism

Hadn’t seen this model thanks for repairing an demo’ing it😎👌🏽

Beautiful work. Great job👍💯

I restored one of these myself, an 8x50R long rifle they're very well made and stood up to abuse surprisingly well!

Nice work, man. That is an amazing find. So glad to see it was in such good condition, and has survived 2 World Wars! Cheers. Stay safe, shoot straight.

Happy New Year and thank you for this video!

Now that looks magnificent. Good job.

nice....well done.....thanks for sharing

Great content, thanks for sharing!

What a joy and an honor to restore such a historical technological relic from a by-gone era! That was a wonderful restoration and preservation, still full of character after 110 years. A show piece for a museum to be sure! Thanks for sharing that experience with us! BTW - my father's side of the family is from that region of Italy/Slovenia/Croatia. Hope there weren't any TeeVeeDubs battling the Backyard Ballistics. That would break my heart! Cheers friend!

I just watched ALL your restoration videos after coming across one of them in my KZfaq feed. They are spectacular! Well done, with tons of useful information and tips. Thanks for putting this content out there. Really great stuff! Hope to see more videos soon.

Awesome work. It's always a pleasure to watch you work on these guns.

It's so cool seeing you restore 2 guns that I have models of my own from somewhere completely different in the world.

Another good and honest restoration, well done 👍

You did a beautiful restoration on that carbine. It is a shame nobody can get ammo for such firearms. The museum it goes to is lucky to have it.

Absolutely beautiful restoration!

I own a m95 in 8x50r. it's what got me into reloading. I bought dies and can consistently hit the gong at 300 yards with iron sights. the longest range available to me

I restored a 1916 French Berthier all by hand. It was found behind a wall in an old barn. My buddy didn't know what to do with it so he let me have it. I rust blued everything by hand and it took 8 coats to finish. The 8mm Lebel ammunition was very hard to find, but I eventually found some. It's surprisingly a fantastic and accurate rifle. Very long and cumbersome and I can see why the French ditched it after WWI. Great video as always. God bless

one of your best restorations yet! love it

The commitment is truly impressive, love your content

once again, awesome video and beautiful work.

Many thanks for posting this I very much enjoyed watching your presentation

I've been to the Great War memorial in Asiago. It's very striking in person and also seeing the rolling hills behind it.

Always looking forward to your restoration videos.

A wonderful old rifle from the war in the Dolomites. I have a diary of a Italian Officer who fought there in WW1. great job you did. I have had several of those but in 8x56r. I had one in 8mm. I like that design alot.

Love watching your vids. Always very informative and interesting.

Always interesting and informative, thanks!

In my best Indiana Jones impression “it belongs in a museum!”

very interesting. Thank you.

I love the air tool sounds.

3:32 the water both acts as a medium for rust to cling together forming a kind of polishing compound( which provides abrasion on a micro scale aiding the steel wool), and as a lubricant.

Wow that finish you applied made that stock jump to life!

Nice video good restauration

Could you please list the CAS-numbers for the chemicals that you use in the blueing process? The proprietary American names for chemicals makes for confusion.

Fantastic video as per usual. You are one of the few creators I watch every video from start to finish, hanging on every word.

thanks for the video it was awesome!

I love these videos. Great content. Keep up the good work

Great video its great to see an un modified example return to service

That was a great restoration video! Thank you for preserving history!

Awesome resto and great video. My Great Grandfather was fighting in the Dolomites on the Austrian side. He was a Junior Officer in the Hussars but they were employed as infantry in the mountains. Perhaps our ancestors exchanged some fire. Thanks very much for another great video.

It is a pleasure watching your work. Thank you for sharing this history!

Great video man!

Reminds me of a WW1 mannlicher my nanna passed down to me (1918 Hembrug). It took a lot of research to find out cause it looked drastically different from others, and it turned out to be an Indian modified mannlicher (modified in the 1950's). Shortened barrel, muzzle brake, converted to .303. Great stuff!

Hope you're doing well man, always glad to see a new video of yours.

Very glad to see she won't be deactivated! These rifles are a forgetten gem!

Very nice work.

I absolutely love your videos

You're videos are always worth the wait

Another great restoration! Strangely I get more enjoyment watching it be dismantled than put back together. I think it is the anticipation of what condition each part is in.

Best restoration channel on KZfaq

Yugoslavia adopted an interesting conversion of this rifle in the 1930s known as M.95M which changed the cartridge to 7.92mm Mauser and changed the feed system from enbloc clips to stripper clip feed by permanently fixing an enbloc clip in the magazine to act as feed lips and cutting a stripper clip guide into the receiver.

the thing about straight pull guns is if you're designing a bolt to open from just being pulled back you might as well just make it self loading. you're making a more complicated mechanism than a manual twist bolt, but without the ROF of an automatic design

The Manlicher M95 rifle was the rifle, that was also adopted by the Bulgarian army . It first saw service during the First Balkan War in 1912-1913. It was also in service the Bulgarian army during the First and Second World Wars. This rifle remained in service well after the Second World War, but mainly with the Construction Corps. My dad even told me stories how in the late 80s, during his compulsory millitary service, that he saw gypsies, who were issued with Manlicher M 95 rifles, the bolts of which were welded shut. This was made, so they couldn't shoot themselfs or others, if they have a brawl. The gypsies were also given bayonets for their M 95s, which were also welded to their scabard.

i love seeing old war rifles getting restored

Together with Forgotten Weapons and 9 holes Review and Bloke on the Range, the best gun content videos on You Tube.

Nice vid! Rifle says "Budapest" which is the capital of Hungary. Should look at the bayonet too. If it says "FGGY" it is a Hungarian made too. Interesring part is our ancestors were shooting at each others now we are here interested in the same thing!

Hello! I don't mean to tease, I just want to provide some information. 1. The rifle was not manufactured, but even in 1920-1925 m95 weapons were assembled in Hungary, as many parts were made during the war, but they were not assembled until later. 2. The screw must be thoroughly oiled or greased because it can wear easily. By the way, with a little practice you can shoot with it much faster than with a rotating bolt gun, I say this from experience. 3. The wear of the lock can be tested by taking it out of the gun while it is cocked and shaking it in the air, or by slightly tapping the edge of the cartridge receiving rim against something. If the structure unlocks, the lock is already worn out, which does not lock in many things. Otherwise, if the lock is not worn, it can only be assembled with a hammer, but there are exceptions. 4. They stopped the production of straight pull guns because they were too delicate. They often got stuck and unusable from the water, dust and mud in the trenches, and they weren't even oiled for obvious reasons. The soldiers could almost not repair the weapon on the spot without tools, this was left to the gunsmiths/repairers. There were usually 2-4 gunsmiths/lovers in one stage (at least among the Hungarians). And they always had 2 complete spare weapons and a variable number of stem structures (bolts), usually 2-4 complete lock structures for rifle craftsmen (but this can be different). There is no gun number on the stem screw (screw) from the factory because they knew it would break over time and have to be replaced. Thus, only the customer and the inventory were numbered. By the way, it is possible that the weapons were not brought home by the Italians as spoils of war, but also used, as the Italians were in great need of the weapons due to the poor supply. But the Hungarian teams also took advantage of the Italians. As he said, the loading frames were obsolete, as this was the only way to load the weapon, so the soldiers were ordered to collect the magazine frame in addition to the ammunition sleeve. If I may ask, what ammunition did you convert? You have a viewer from Hungary who also has such a weapon, only the modernized one.

Fantastic as always!

Just Outstanding

Congrats on 300k. Well-deserved.

interesting piece of history. Also nice restoration!