Steyr M95M Restoration

[Vincent]

You are making a really nice job of this restoration. It’s coming along very well. Thanks for sharing and taking pictures.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

OCD much?
Joking obviously as I am in the firm grip of the same disorder.
It is just so fun to research, play hide & seek with those elusive parts. I tell myself never again when a shelter pet comes calling. But.

[Aragorn243]

The weird thing about this is the stock. I did nothing to it. I did some checking and now believe that this stock was actually off an M95M. It's four inches longer than an M95 carbine stock. I came very close to trading this for some other parts once. Glad I did not.

I really like the rifle. Never felt a real strong attraction to the M95 due to the odd caliber. Ammo is available but for the most part its 70 years old. But in 8mm, that's a different story.

[Aragorn243]

Figured I'd post a comparison of the various M95 types. The top rifle is an M95 which was deactivated. It is not complete at the moment as I have scavenged a few parts off of it for the M95M project. I am getting the parts for it also so it won't be bare forever. The second from the top is the M95M which is the subject of this discussion. The third from the top is an original M95 carbine. The bottom is an M95 rifle which was converted between the wars to a carbine.

Note the lengths of the stocks. M95M's were apparently made from full length rifles. I had been thinking they were made from the carbines but two factors suggest otherwise. Obviously, the stocks are too short for the conversion and as the Carbines were considered improvements over the rifles, why use a carbine for a second conversion when plenty of rifles were around. The barrel bands don't line up on any of them except the original carbine and the M95M. All three of the original caliber rifles have barrel bands that use screws to hold them in place, the M95M's used either these same bands or the band which I included a photo of earlier if it was of the cavalry type.

The third photo shows how part of the rifle was demilled. An oval hole was drilled out of the barrel. Bolt face was also welded and firing pin clipped.

[mmppres]

good to see you keeping busy nice work

[Vincent]

OCD much?
Joking obviously as I am in the firm grip of the same disorder.
It is just so fun to research, play hide & seek with those elusive parts. I tell myself never again when a shelter pet comes calling. But.

I have the same affliction. It’s really nice to see a thread like this and watch someone else hunt down parts and restore a milsurp back to its original condition.

[Aragorn243]

I think I'm going to keep my eyes open for a 24/47 handguard for a more proper fit. The Turk makes a decent sub for now but it's just not quite right and it's bugging me.

[Aragorn243]

Bit of a setback. Bulgarian shipment arrived yesterday and the front band was crushed and the bayonet lug busted completely off. It did not happen in transit, package was fine. I suspect they had them in the plastic bags and just pulled one from a bin without checking. Sent word and waiting on their response. They asked if I wanted replacement or refund. I requested replacement.

The handguard for the long rifle was unissued. I opted to restore the demilled rifle since I had all the parts for it.

Still have not located lower band, or an actually M24 handguard, still actively searching.

[Vincent]

The handguard for the long rifle was unissued. I opted to restore the demilled rifle since I had all the parts for it.

Nice. I am looking forward to seeing it when it’s done.

My son-in-law picked up this M95 at a local gun show this past weekend. Is it one that was to a carbine?





He also found this ammo.

[Eaglelord17]

Originally that carbine was a M95 Infantry Rifle (you can tell by the long rear sight). In the 1930s it was cut down to carbine length and rechambered to 8x56r. If it has a 'S' on the chamber then it was converted in Austria, if it has a 'H' it was converted in Hungary. Proper designation would be M95/30.