Steyr Mannlicher M1895 8x50mmR Lebel (aka 8x51R Lebel) Rifle

Steyr Mannlicher M1895 8x50mmR Lebel (aka 8x51R Lebel) Rifle

 

Steyr Mannlicher M1895 8x50mmR Lebel (aka 8x51R Lebel) Rifle.The Mannlicher M1895 (German: Infanterie Repetier-Gewehr M.95, Hungarian: Gyalogsági Ismétlő Puska M95; “Infantry Repeating-Rifle M95”) is a 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. It was nicknamed the Ruck-Zuck-[Gewehr] by Austrian troops (ruck-zuck spoken as “roock-tsoock”, in common language meaning “back and forth [rifle]”) and “Ta-Pum” by Italian troops who wrote a song about it during World War 1. The primary producers were the OEWG in Steyr, and FEG in Budapest.

Originally they were chambered for the round-nosed 8x50mmR cartridge, but almost all were re chambered to accept the more powerful spitzer 8x56mmR cartridge in the 1930s.

This is a great rifle in lovely original condition.

 

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Steyr Mannlicher M95 8mm Rifle

The 8×50mmR Lebel (designated as the 8 × 51 R Lebel by the C.I.P.) rifle cartridge was the first smokeless powder cartridge to be made and adopted by any country. It was introduced by France in 1886. Formed by necking down the 11×59mmR Gras black powder cartridge, the smokeless 8mm Lebel cartridge started a revolution in military rifle ammunition. Standard 8mm Lebel military ammunition was also the first rifle ammunition to feature a spitzer boat tail bullet (balle D), which was adopted in 1898. The long-range ballistic performance of the 8mm Lebel bullet itself was exceptional for its time. For use in the magazine tube-fed early Lebel rifle, the 8 mm case was designed to protect against accidental percussion inside the tube magazine by a circular groove around the primer cup which caught the tip of the following pointed bullet. However, the shape of its rimmed bottle-necked case, having been designed for the Lebel rifle's tube magazine, also precluded truly efficient vertical stacking inside a vertical magazine. The bolt thrust of the 8mm Lebel is relatively high compared to many other service rounds used in the early 20th century. Although it was once revolutionary, the 8mm Lebel was declared obsolete after World War I and was soon after replaced with the 7.5×54mm French round.

 

 

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