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You can learn more about the cookies we use and why we use them by viewing our Privacy Policy. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Please see our photos and good luck!Eligible for. This rifle would be a nice addition to any collection of early German bolt action sporting rifles and would make just as excellent a hunting rifle today as it did a century ago. This is a nice-looking rifle built with typical German-Austrian craftsmanship just after the turn of the century. The bore is bright-gray, tending more to gray at the muzzle, with light wear in the pronounced rifling and some light erosion at the muzzle end. The Model rifle as the first of the famous M-S Rifles and Carbines and it established the basic design of all the models that were to follow. Mannlicher-Schoenauer rifles and carbines were exclusively manufactured at Oesterreichische Waffenfabrik Gesellschaft Steyr in Steyr, Austria. As with all used firearms, a thorough cleaning may be necessary to meet your maintenance requirements.Īustria and Greece adopted the military rifle and the 6. There is a bolt release on the left rear of the receiver. The rifle has a rotary magazine with a push-button release on the right side of the receiver at the port. It has a Mauser style safety on the back of the bolt which blocks the triggers and locks the bolt. Overall, this rifle rates in about Very Good to Fine condition. The screw heads are mostly sharp with a few showing very light tool marks. The bolt and receiver show operational wear and the bolt body has a streaky, reddish discoloration we believe may be a touch-up. The barrel has a few scattered light marks. There is some very light erosion in the grooves at the muzzle-end. Overall, the stocks are in about Very Good-plus condition as possibly not original to the gun see Our Assessment. The pad has hardened with age with wear and slight loss around the edges, in about Good condition. The checkering is well defined with light handling wear. The stock has some scattered light compressions, scuffs and drag lines. The grip cap has a cleverly concealed plug on a small compartment for storage of small items such as patches, peep sight inserts, etc.
There is no provision for mounting a scope. The front leaf has a vertical line aiming reference, the rear a triangle, we believe both references are platinum-plated. Steyr Mannlicher Safari - Gun making perfection The front leaf is folding and the rear leaf fixed.