Austrian 1867/77 Werndle

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I watched a couple of videos last night. C&R Arsenals said these saw a lot of service in WWI. They had over 100,000 of them remaining in inventory and as the Mannlicher 1888 was still in use they were still making the ammo for them. Quite a few period photos with them. And while they were issued to the equivalent of the national guard, the front lines changed so fast at times that they were on the front lines more than most other obsolete rifles of the time. Mae didn't like it much. Heaviest trigger pull of any rifle she's fired, slow to load, slow to fire due to the heavy trigger pull. She shot well with it.

I actually found repro cleaning rods which surprised me as these are supposed to be rather rare in the US. Found four bayonets but they are on the pricy side. Also located a nice photo of a sling but that's likely to be also tough.