Quote Originally Posted by Jay2020 View Post
I finally got the 8x56 dummy stuff. It wouldn't go all the way in the chamber. I guess it is fairly safe to say I am going to really search for ome 8x50. What is this rifle.i keep looking at it and wondering
Honestly this really has me curious as well. I happen to quite like the Mannlicher rifles and variants as they aren't really a well documented area and they also tend not to be faked as much as others so they tend to be more 'as issued or left service' rifles than most firearms (lack of common ammo and as such the desire to sporterize protected many, as well as later surplus dates).

What we do know out of this rifle for 100% sure is it is a Stutzen stock, a 8x50r barrel and receiver, and a odd bolt with stamped serial numbers but is not a Bulgarian bolt, a long rifle rear sight, and the front sight is a long rifles style of front sight. The stock has been re-numbered to the rifle but it isn't original to the rifle as it was originally issued.

My current thoughts are leaning towards the idea that someone who was using M95s post-WWI (possibly Italyicon but no definitive proof of that) and no spare parts had a Stutzen fail or get damaged in service and/or a M95 long rifle get damaged in service/used as spare parts and wished to replace the Stutzen. They then cut down the long rifle, remounted the front sight on the shortened barrel, and restocked it in the Stutzen stock they had. The Italians did prefer the carbine/short rifle configuration so maybe one of their armourers did it as a one off as they weren't manufacturing new parts for the rifles. This last bit is speculation but I can't give much more than that with the unfortunate lack of markings on the rifle. It is a interesting piece though!