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The Mannlicher M1895 (German: Infanterie Repetier-Gewehr M.95, Hungarian: Gyalogsági Ismétlő Puska M95; "Infantry Repeating-Rifle M95") is an Austro-Hungarian straight pull bolt-action rifle, designed by Ferdinand Ritter von Mannlicher that used a refined version of his revolutionary straight-pull action bolt, much like the Mannlicher M1890 carbine.
Mannlicher's Model 1891 rifle was adopted by Romania in 1892 as the Mannlicher M1893 and the Netherlands in 1895. They used the first of a series of 6.5-millimetre (0.26 in) Mannlicher cartridges [1] which became the standard service rifle cartridge for the Romanian Mannlicher M1893 from 1893 to 1938, [2] and the Dutch Geweer M. 95 from 1895 to ...
[citation needed] Later the cartridge was adopted for use in rifles in 1931 as the M31 to replace the 8×50mmR Mannlicher cartridge. The updated cartridge coincided with an update to the Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 rifle in which the barrel length was reduced and the chamber re-cut to accept the new cartridge, and was the cartridge chosen by Hungary ...
The Geweer M. 95, also known to collectors as the Dutch Mannlicher, was the service rifle of the armed forces of the Netherlands between 1895 and 1940 which replaced the obsolete Beaumont-Vitali M1871/88.
The 8×50mmR Mannlicher cartridge has a long history of sporting use in India, as it was a simple matter to modify the Lee–Enfield action to accommodate the 8×50mmR in place of the .303 inch cartridge, thus providing a solution to the British colonial administration's 1907 ban on civilians possessing rifles chambered in British military ...
Other foreign Mannlicher clients opted for versions of the issue rifle of Austria-Hungary, the M1895, or simpler turn-bolt rifles like the M1893 or the Dutch M1895. However, the Mannlicher–Schönauer M1903 did fulfil the specifications of the Greek Army, and the first major contract was signed by the Greek Government in 1903.
6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano: 1940?? kg: reverted to original cartridge Steyr-Mannlicher M1895: Steyr-Mannlicher M1895: Mannlicher: 5: 8×50mmR Mannlicher?? 3.8 kg: imported from Austria-Hungary M1870/87/15 Vetterli-Vitali: M1870 Italian Vetterli: 6: 6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano?? 4.2 kg: issued to colonial troops in Italian East Africa ...
M1895 Lee Navy: 6 mm Lee Navy: 1895 United States: Swiss Mannlicher M1893 carbine: 7.5×53.5 mm Swiss (GP90) 1895-1905 Switzerland: Chiesanova rifle (prototype only) 7.65×53 mm Argentine: 1895-[citation needed] Argentina: Mannlicher M1895: 8×50mmR Mannlicher M95/30 & 31.M: 8×56mmR M95/24 & M95M: 8×57mm IS: 1896-1920 Austrian Empire Kingdom ...