Quote Originally Posted by Eaglelord17 View Post
They were about as accurate as most service rifles of the era. One of the issues with the M95 specifically was how thin the barrel was, mainly for sustained fire it would heat up and change the POI (though when first adopted the Austrian-Hungarians were quite proud of how thin and light they managed to make the barrel). They were also about as reliable as most other rifles so that's not the reason either (they had their quirks but so did everything else).

I believe in general they tended to be a bit more expensive. That and after WWI Austriaicon was pretty much prohibited from manufacturing small arms, which is also why places like Czechslovakia and Belgiumicon managed to take over the manufacturing market that Germanyicon and Austria-Hungary held pre-WWI (as Germany was also severely limited as well). Belgium and Czechslovakia both chose to make Mauser designs, and that was that.
The light weight and thinness of the barrel were exactly the first two things I noticed when picking up thay rifle. Very impressive. I'd say thay is why the recoil is so stout on these guys? I've heard that they can really put a beating on ya!