Steyr 1895M Safety Issues

[Aragorn243]

I found another project rifle today, a Steyr 1895M. Metal in good shape, intact extractor and fixed clip in place. It needs new wood and barrel bands along with a new rear sight.

My issue is my Petersons guide includes a warning about firing these with full 8mm loads. "Many experts consider them to be unsafe with full power loads".

I've searched the net last evening and this morning and can find no reference to these being unsafe and considering the power behind the original rounds, I can't see how it should be an issue.

What I did find is lots of references on how not to load single rounds into the chamber so as to not break the extractor which is normally already broken on these anyway due to missing fixed clips.

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