Steyr Mannlicher M1895

Steyr M1895 Long Rifle (M1930 Conversion) - 8x56R

Steyr M1895 Short Rifle (M1930 Conversion) - 8x56R

A clear identifying feature of the Steyr M1895 rifle series is the stacking pin that protrudes forward on the left side of the rifle, originally used to stand rifle up against each other in the field - 8x56R

The Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 was an Austro-Hungarian bolt-action rifle, developed and designed by Ferdinand Ritter Von Mannlicher. It featured a straight-pull bolt-action feeding from single-column magazine fed by en-bloc 5-round clips. The long rifle featured a 30.1" barrel, and the carbine a 19" barrel. Both rifle and carbine featured a single-piece stock with full-length handguard. It fired the 8x50mmR cartridge. The rifle was produced at Österreichische Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft, Steyr, from 1896-1918, and Fegyver és Gépgyár Rt. ("Arms and Machine Manufacturing Company") in Budapest from 1897-1918. Over 3,000,000 rifles were produced, roughly 75% at Steyr. Bulgaria purchased many M95s, beginning in 1903. It was the primary battle rifle of the Austro-Hungarian Landwehr and the Bulgarian Army during World War I, and continued to serve the postwar Austrian, Hungarian, and Bulgarian armies.

During the latter half of the 1920s, Mannlicher developed a more powerful cartridge, the 8x56mmR and Austria converted many existing rifles and carbines beginning in 1930, and Hungary followed suit in 1931. Austrian conversions are referred to as M95/30, and Hungarian conversions as M95/31. Rifles converted to 8x56mmR had a large "S" stamped on the barrel shank. Many M95s were captured by Yugoslavia and Greece during World War I, and in 1924 both countries began converting these to 7.92x57mm Mauser. The modifications consisted of a new 23.5" 7.92x57mm barrel with Mauser-type tangent-leaf sights, and the magazine was modified to allow conventional loading with a stripper clip. Conversions were done at FN-Herstal and Waffenfabrik Steyr, and domestically in Yugoslavia. These rifles are referred to as M95/24 in Greek service and M95M in Yugoslavian service.

During World War II the M95 was issued to Nazi German police forces, and also saw action with many partisans in Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Italy.

Specifications

(1895 – 1921)

• Type: Rifle

• Caliber: 8×50mmR Mannlicher

• Weight: 7.4 lbs (3.36 kg) (short rifle), 8.4 lbs (3.8 kg) (long rifle)

• Length: 39 in (100 cm) (short rifle), 50.1 in (127.2 cm) (long rifle)

• Barrel length: 19 in (48 cm) (short rifle), 30.1 in (76.5 cm) (long rifle)

• Capacity: 5 rounds

• Fire Modes: Bolt-Action

The Steyr Mannlicher M1895 can be seen in the following:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Battleship Potemkin	Grigori Aleksandrov	Chief Officer Giliarovsky		1925
Ivan Nikulin: Russian Sailor (Ivan Nikulin - Russkiy Matros)		German soldiers		1944
Two Half-Times in Hell		Hungarian soldiers	Hungarian 31M	1961
A Star Called Wormwood (Hvezda zvaná Pelynek)	Rudolf Deyl	Pvt. František Noha	M95 carbine version	1964
	Radoslav Brzobohatý	Cpl. Vodicka	M95 carbine version
	Jirí Sovák	Pvt. Červenka	M95 carbine version
	Martin Ruzek	Pvt. Koval	M95 carbine version
	Jan Tríska	Pvt. Lojzík	M95 carbine version
	Jaroslav Mareš	Pvt. Werner	M95 carbine version
	Josef Vetrovec	Pvt. Pelnár	M95 carbine version
	Gustav Heverle	Pvt. Kolarík	M95 carbine version
	Ladislav H. Struna	Soldier	M95 carbine version
		Austro-Hungarian soldiers
The Corporal and Others		Hungarian soldiers	.	1965
Signum Laudis	Vlado Müller	Cpl. Hoferik	M95 carbine version	1980
	Jirí Zahajský	LCpl. Lorisch	M95 carbine version
	Jan Pohan	Pvt. Steiner	M95 carbine version
	Jan Skopecek	Pvt. Reisch	M95 carbine version
	Jirí Kodes	Pvt. Richter	M95 carbine version
		Austro-Hungarian soldiers
Night Riders (Nocní jazdci)	Radoslav Brzobohatý	Halva		1981
	Leopold Haverl	Babušek
	Petr Cepek	Janoušek
	Pavel Zednícek	Fořt
	Jirí Kodes	Jan Bílý
	Jirí Krampol	Borovička
The Green Wagon (Zelyonyy Furgon)	Boryslav Brondukov	Grichenko		1983
The Green Wagon (Zelyonyy Furgon)	Dmitry Kharatyan	Volodya Patrikeyev		1983
Lake Placid 2			Seen at the sheriff's office. Short rifle variant	2007

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Bors		Various characters		1968

Hemburg M.95 Long Rifle - 6.5x53mmR

Hembrug M.95

In 1895, the Royal Netherlands Army adopted a variant of the Mannlicher M.1893 produced for Romania, which was in-turn developed from the German Gewehr 88. This was a conventional turn-bolt action feeding from a Mannlicher 5-round magazine loaded with en-bloc clips, chambered in 6.5x53mmR. It featured a 28.5" barrel, one-piece stock and half-length handguard. Two carbine variants were produced. Initial production was at Waffenfabrik Steyr beginning in 1895, however in 1904 licensed production began at Hembrug Zaandam in the Netherlands; roughly 470,000 rifles were produced. It served the Dutch Army for 47 years, due to the lack of funds to replace it.

The Hembrug M.95 can be seen in the following:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Operation Amsterdam		Dutch soldiers and resistance fighters	Dutch Hembrug M95 rifle version	1959
Soldier of Orange	Derek de Lint	Alex	Dutch Hembrug M95 rifle version	1977
Soldier of Orange	Huib Rooymans	Jan Weinberg	Dutch Hembrug M95 carbine version	1977
Soldier of Orange		Dutch soldiers	Dutch Hembrug M95 carbine version	1977

See Also

• Steyr Mannlicher - A list of all firearms manufactured by Steyr Mannlicher.