Looking for information on beautiful Steyr M95

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From what I am able to tell it appears to be a 1915 accepted M95 made at Steyr (the original acceptance mark is mostly faded with only the light '15' remaining). The original acceptance mark could have just been light (very common, especially during WWI) or it could have been partially removed by the Czechs.

This rifle was used by the Czechslovakia post-WWI, as evidenced by the 'S-Lion-5'. That particular stamp means it was issued to the Ceske Budejovice military district (there are codes for the 1-12 after the lion part of the stamp 5 being the district I listed). That stamp was also only used from 1919-1922. Odds are the rifle is in the original 8x50r as the Czechs never adopted the 8x56r round, and it doesn't have any evidence of the 'S' or 'H' marking on the barrel shank (most of the original 8x50r rifles found come from either the Czechs or Italy).

I can't help much with the butt-plate markings, but overall a nice example of a Czech owned M95

Thank you sir. That clears up a lot! I found one reloader who loads 8x50r so I might spring and order a couple of boxes and see how she does. I dont see very many of these for sell, at least on GunBroker. Do you have any general range of value? I purchased figuring it may one day make a nice collectable!



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Thank you sir. That clears up a lot! I found one reloader who loads 8x50r so I might spring and order a couple of boxes and see how she does. I dont see very many of these for sell, at least on GunBroker. Do you have any general range of value? I purchased figuring it may one day make a nice collectable!

Learned on another forum that the butt plate marking is a unit number, by the way. Picked up this nice example of a Chinese Type 53 the same day! Great bore and an amazing shooter. All matching to boot!