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A beautiful job. Question: have you tried using brass wool for delicate de-rusting? I've had some good luck with it, but I may be missing something. I found it didn't hurt the finished areas when taking off that bit of rot in otherwise good finish.
@@Backyard.Ballistics Thank you for the fast answer. I really love seeing your restores! They have inspired me to do some here that actually turned out successful. Not as beautiful as yours of course. You really explain steps, chemicals, etc. VERY appreciated.
That's actually not true, they still make the round in India as .315 Indian. A REAL unicorn would be 11.15×58mmR, used in the M1886 Mannlicher and older Werndl-Holub rifle.
Unfortunately that is usually a matter of legal requirement, not practical relevance. Which just makes me extra happy that our hero is firm as concrete on only giving firearms to museums that are in countries that do not require their destruction.
@@andersjjensen Not 100% about this case but but in many European countries what makes a gun easier to own and not needing to be deactivated or having hard to get licenses to own is availability of ammunition. eta: Looks like Italy is similar to the US in that antique is designated by age (pre 1890). Though, unlike the US, antique does not mean 'not a gun'.
Good news for those who still have unconverted m.95's, there's a company called Millsurp Munitions in the US that's starting up and its going to be making 8x50r along with 6.5 Vetterli and 6.5 Carcano for the first run in a few weeks. Im not too sure what pricing is going to be, but he has said is going to be competitive with PPU's pricing
@@M.M.83-UI doubt they would mind selling the brass if they make them if it would be easier to get approved for export and cut out the expense of making a complete round.
Keep up the good work! The History of our Wars cannot be understated, the fact that you're decided on preserving such heritage. I applaud your efforts and pray that you make this your full time job!
I restored a 1916 French Berthier all by hand. It was found behind a wall in an old barn. My buddy didn't know what to do with it so he let me have it. I rust blued everything by hand and it took 8 coats to finish. The 8mm Lebel ammunition was very hard to find, but I eventually found some. It's surprisingly a fantastic and accurate rifle. Very long and cumbersome and I can see why the French ditched it after WWI. Great video as always. God bless
I believe the straight-pull was also adopted as it was considered easier to operate and required less training time of new troops. Excellent restoration as always.
Leather: Clean with soupy water, spray with antibacterial spray, let dry and spray it with Ballistol. Absolutely can recommend. For heavilly cracked leather use ballistol Vaseline
I've just discovered that the SKS that i restored actually came with a leather pouch! its all still soaked in cosmoline, but i look forward to restoring it. your videos have inspired me to restore more of the older 40's to 60's stuff that i have (including a WWII used M1911A1).
The wetness improving rust removal is probably the same reason you use water on whet stones. I think it helps move chips and detritus away from the bits doing the work.
Nice job with the rifle. Very informative video. Ancestors are amazing people. Every one should be able to find someone in their family tree that did amazing things. Thanks for sharing your story.
I've been binge watching these videos lately and let me tell you, it's such a relief seeing an honest youtuber who gets to the point and doesn't fake his restorations
A very interesting family story. My grandfather volunteered for the Legions - a Polish formation fighting alongside Austria-Hungary - because it was under Russian occupation. He fought in the Carpathians during World War I. Later, after the fall of Austria-Hungary, he fought for Poland in the Polish-Bolshevik war on various fronts of the war. He even received a Latvian decoration for fighting for the country's independence. He was a professional non-commissioned officer who was awarded the Cross of Valor four times for outstanding military deeds. During World War II he fought against the Germans in Polish Kampain 1939. Later he wanted to join the conspiracy, but he was caught, taken to the concentration camp in Auschwitz and murdered there. In Poland, lanolin is used to renovate stiff leather. Lanolin is an emulsifier intended for very dry and dry leather.
interesting rifle, i think its the easiest restoration you have has for a while !! i have a 1886 11mm mannlicher rifle , super interesting action , another one saved you should keep a tally like on the ww2 fighter ace with the outline of the fire arms you have saved , thanks for the interesting content nice to see it back shooting again
What a joy and an honor to restore such a historical technological relic from a by-gone era! That was a wonderful restoration and preservation, still full of character after 110 years. A show piece for a museum to be sure! Thanks for sharing that experience with us! BTW - my father's side of the family is from that region of Italy/Slovenia/Croatia. Hope there weren't any TeeVeeDubs battling the Backyard Ballistics. That would break my heart! Cheers friend!
A wonderful old rifle from the war in the Dolomites. I have a diary of a Italian Officer who fought there in WW1. great job you did. I have had several of those but in 8x56r. I had one in 8mm. I like that design alot.
To players of battlefield 1, this gun would be very familiar as it is available for the scout class. It is a personal favorite of mine specifically for the straight-pull design as you don't need to descope to cycle.
My grandfather very likely used this Manlicher straight pull model for the Hungarian empire in WWI. What a curiosity it seems now. Although it appears a carbine, which is interesting in itself. All I know of his history, was that he fought in Odessa with one. In the interwar years my father, along with his friends, would find loose cartridges and place them in-between the barn floorboards, and fire them with a nail and hammer.
Где-то читал, что чтобы восстановить старую кожу надо замочить её надолго в смесь спирта (водки) и глицерина, ну конечно же предварительно очистив (отмыв) её от грязи. Потом уже, когда она размягчится от этой смеси смазать жиром гусиным...
Another great restoration! Strangely I get more enjoyment watching it be dismantled than put back together. I think it is the anticipation of what condition each part is in.
Wonderful craftmanship, Carlo. Thanks for sharing the story of your relative in the Isonzo front. People tend to forget about the Isonzo and what a hellscape of vertical stone it was. There is a book by John MacDonald worth reading, "Caporetto and the Isonzo Campaign". Absolute high command lunacy. Also, iirc the Hungarians were still using M95s in second line units up to 1943, with the front line rifle being the 35M. Have a wonderful weekend, mate. Cheers.
Could you please list the CAS-numbers for the chemicals that you use in the blueing process? The proprietary American names for chemicals makes for confusion.
It must be greatly satisfying to take old garbage and restore it to a functioning, beautiful historic firearm and to be able to fire it. Love your channel.
Your work is amazing to watch! It inspired and helped me to work on one of my old guns a BRNO ZH 201 o/u shotgun - I made up a long vat to boil pieces, figured out a good cleaning and rusting process, it's been a lot of work but really satisfying. Thanks for all the great videos! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I own a m95 in 8x50r. it's what got me into reloading. I bought dies and can consistently hit the gong at 300 yards with iron sights. the longest range available to me
I found one of these many years ago on the bottom of a bog in Poland by chance. Full wood, working action after use of penetrator and even with leather strap. Nice video as always!
My mothers greatgrandfather Leopold Leemans fought for the Kingdom of Belgium in ww1 :) My greatgrandfather Franciscus De Pauw fought in ww2 for Belgium :D So i understand the links to a certain war in firearms very well :D
Just restored a bayonet myself too. Made the attatchment lock work again, and made a new bolster. Othervise I did not make a non-reversable modification.
Your Mannlicher there wasn't used in ww1 it was made in Budapest Hungary as a Carbine rifle Because it says Budapest on the top and it has carbine sights on it which wasn't done to the long rifle version when converted and also the ammunition is still made I just ordered some online
Great job on bringing this M95 back to life. Ive never cared for the M95 much until I got into collecting Yugo Small arms and I picked up a few M95M 8mm Mauser conversions. Hope you get a chance to mess with one of the Italian M1s, there is a Book about them in detail but its only in Italian so I havent had a reason to pic it up since I dont speak the language
My grandfather has a much different story. He said that he lead hi grandfather and his troops into a slather. That he thought that having more soldiers meant victory. But better fire proved him wrong
Honestly, probably one of the best condition rifles you've gotten before the restoration and certainly one of the nicest post-restoration. Your videos have really made me want to get into finding old, rusty guns and fixing them up. I recently came across an AMT Back Up .380acp with an A serial number. The grip screw on the left side has near completely flattened head from rust and I'm not entirely sure how to deal with it. I figure the best course of action would be let some rust dissolver such as bore cleaner or a more dedicated product to soak it and then drill slightly into it with a bit skinnier than the shaft to then pull it out. Would this be a good plan?
About the magazine and the clip feed, the inventor of the box type mag is James Paris Lee (I recently watched forgotten weapons vid about the M1895 Lee navy rifle literally just before this vid); while the clip type were made and patented by both Lee and mannlicher, though they were both unaware of each other's work. Can you imagine coming up with an idea, not knowing there's someone halfway around the world with the same thing? Stuff like that happens a lot Anyway, this vid is very helpful, especially in the de rusting and bluing part. Never knew scrubbing off rust while wet actually restored the original finish; and left the parts with rust pitting smooth. I guess it just works! 👌👍
I used to have load data for 8x50 mannlicher in the form of a photograph of a page out of a book that I believe was called cartridges of the world, or military cartridges of the world. But it's been a few years since I reloaded and I can't find the photo anymore. I used it several times with 350 grain round nose bullets and it worked quite well.
These are very interesting rifles in my opinion. Had a couple chances to add one to my collection but I didn't due to ammo being incredibly rare. Still might one of these days though.
First off, great to see you again! Second, i have an original Steyr maker M95 in 8x50R Mannlicher, getting ammo for it is the worst. custom reloads are so expensive and finding components for reloading by hand is exactly as hard in the states as it probably is for you all the way over in italy. Im glad at the very least to have a good example of a Long rifle variant still in good and functional condition
my great grand father was part of the september compagine in the south of poland in world war 2, he was fighting along with his brother/cousin. they were both captured and sent to a POW camp (Stalag A1). His brother/cousin was sent to a camp in germany where he was later executed, where as my great grand father was sent to a gulag in siberia where he was sentenced for slave labour. after a few years he decided he was bored of waking up every day at 5am for work and decided to run away (he jumped off the train and walked it back to poland), lived and died in the 80s. goat
@@Backyard.Ballistics no problem, I’ve got many many many more. we had lots of casualties in wwii in my family - we know almost nothing about our family from anything before 1920 because when we fled from Warsaw up north to Gdansk we left behind almost everything. Maybe myheritage will help lol
@@sunflowertf you can certainly give it a try. Maybe your "lost" relatives are in the family trees of some more distant relatives you don't know, and they may have pictures or more data about them.
Elm would be more commonly referred to as "Ulme" in German. Calling it "Rüster" (or "Effe") is more of a regional thing which most German-speakers wouldn't actually understand.
Dude I just bought the stuff to manufacturer 8x50r mannlicher including the dies, I also found some load data if you are interested, I also have safe load data for the 6.5 vetterli rifle
Love your work, been trying my hand at gun restoration myself. I'd love if there was a Twitter or Subreddit I could as questions to avoid rookie mistakes, like to avoid using a wire wheel which you pointed out in your Luger restoration! Still have plenty of questions for projects I have.
The m95 in general was around before WW1, originally chambered in 8x50, they existed as long rifle only during ww1, the carbine version came around a few years before ww2 and almost every rifle was rechambered for 8x56 and most that received the caliber change were shortened to be carbines, some long rifles do exist that were given the updated caliber but not shortened but they are not common, eventually they did start making factory carbines, you can tell the difference between a factory and a modified carbine by the size of the rear sight, a tall sight means it was a rifle at one point, and you can tell if it had the caliber change if you see a "S" on the receiver, in conclusion, you sir restored a factory carbine, but is particular rifle most likely did not exist during ww1, still a very cool video 😊
Also if you recorded the bayonet process as well, I'd be interested to see it! ive been wanting to restore an old bayonet of my own, and not sure what to do about the wood scale grips. Theyre riveted on, and have some sort of rack mark or something on them, and so I dont want to break them to get at the metal under them, but I dont want to remove the rivets because they show that the bayonet are of a rare type with cut down rivets. Hard choices! Ill probably just ignore the under-scale area and be careful removing the rust around it to not damage the wood.
I gotta pay attention to some of these methods. I keep finding Springfield 1903s on the cheap at gunshows because they’re pretty busted up and old and I have always wanted one. Also very unfortunate that many Italians in that war were lead to their deaths by the callous folly of Luigi Cadorna
There were 12 battles of the Isonzo River. When I was watching Blackadder I thought there could be no one as incompetent or callous as General Melchett. But he was definitely true to life. I guess the mountains terrain of North Italy limited their routes of attack.
@@ieuanhunt552 The Isonzo river marked the entire eastern border between Italy and the Austrian Empire. It's not like 12 battles had been fought in the same place. Also, the battles on the Italian front were brief and fierce affairs. They were over in about a week, when it was clear there was no hope to break through, or the supplies accumulated to fight them started to dwindle. There was nothing like the several-months-long battles on the western front. Every week of the battle of Verdun (10 months long), or of the Somme (4.5 months long) counts as an Isonzo battle. Even more nonsensical because, in those, week after week, the same men, with the same equipment and tactics were sent forward in the same way and places, hoping for a different result.
Hello! I don't mean to tease, I just want to provide some information. 1. The rifle was not manufactured, but even in 1920-1925 m95 weapons were assembled in Hungary, as many parts were made during the war, but they were not assembled until later. 2. The screw must be thoroughly oiled or greased because it can wear easily. By the way, with a little practice you can shoot with it much faster than with a rotating bolt gun, I say this from experience. 3. The wear of the lock can be tested by taking it out of the gun while it is cocked and shaking it in the air, or by slightly tapping the edge of the cartridge receiving rim against something. If the structure unlocks, the lock is already worn out, which does not lock in many things. Otherwise, if the lock is not worn, it can only be assembled with a hammer, but there are exceptions. 4. They stopped the production of straight pull guns because they were too delicate. They often got stuck and unusable from the water, dust and mud in the trenches, and they weren't even oiled for obvious reasons. The soldiers could almost not repair the weapon on the spot without tools, this was left to the gunsmiths/repairers. There were usually 2-4 gunsmiths/lovers in one stage (at least among the Hungarians). And they always had 2 complete spare weapons and a variable number of stem structures (bolts), usually 2-4 complete lock structures for rifle craftsmen (but this can be different). There is no gun number on the stem screw (screw) from the factory because they knew it would break over time and have to be replaced. Thus, only the customer and the inventory were numbered. By the way, it is possible that the weapons were not brought home by the Italians as spoils of war, but also used, as the Italians were in great need of the weapons due to the poor supply. But the Hungarian teams also took advantage of the Italians. As he said, the loading frames were obsolete, as this was the only way to load the weapon, so the soldiers were ordered to collect the magazine frame in addition to the ammunition sleeve. If I may ask, what ammunition did you convert? You have a viewer from Hungary who also has such a weapon, only the modernized one.
Great grandpa used one of these when he was shelling russians around Galícia with an artillery crew in 1914-1916 but after being freed from russian PoW camp in late '17 he got a different type of weapon, as he became an officer's personal guard, and was sent to italy where he threw his gun into a deep river's canyon before capture ... he had a six year long "vacation" post war.
the thing about straight pull guns is if you're designing a bolt to open from just being pulled back you might as well just make it self loading. you're making a more complicated mechanism than a manual twist bolt, but without the ROF of an automatic design
Interesting ad for this video, I have an Italian heritage that I was trying to find more clues, my grandmother's mother came from Italy and landed in the middle of the jungle in Brazil, the family conquered a lot of land and then lost it all in old western-like shootouts
You´re a genius, a great master, very good job. Thanks for restorate those beautifull and invaluable guns, I don´t know if my english is good but i guess that youll can understand what i want to say. Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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A beautiful job. Question: have you tried using brass wool for delicate de-rusting? I've had some good luck with it, but I may be missing something. I found it didn't hurt the finished areas when taking off that bit of rot in otherwise good finish.
@@thelaughinghyenas8465 i've used bronze brushes, but didn't really see any advantage over steel wool
@@Backyard.Ballistics Thank you for the fast answer. I really love seeing your restores! They have inspired me to do some here that actually turned out successful. Not as beautiful as yours of course. You really explain steps, chemicals, etc. VERY appreciated.
Fantastic as usual, thanks for the video and sharing the skills and knowledge. 👍🇬🇧
Try restoring an bigger gun, like a cannon or a small artillery piece
no real need to deactivate this firearm since the ammo is rarer than unicorns. Great restoration as always.
That's actually not true, they still make the round in India as .315 Indian. A REAL unicorn would be 11.15×58mmR, used in the M1886 Mannlicher and older Werndl-Holub rifle.
imagine flying unicorn who farts rainbow colors,what a view,lol
Unfortunately that is usually a matter of legal requirement, not practical relevance. Which just makes me extra happy that our hero is firm as concrete on only giving firearms to museums that are in countries that do not require their destruction.
@@andersjjensen Not 100% about this case but but in many European countries what makes a gun easier to own and not needing to be deactivated or having hard to get licenses to own is availability of ammunition.
eta: Looks like Italy is similar to the US in that antique is designated by age (pre 1890). Though, unlike the US, antique does not mean 'not a gun'.
As a unicorn I can confirm this.
Good news for those who still have unconverted m.95's, there's a company called Millsurp Munitions in the US that's starting up and its going to be making 8x50r along with 6.5 Vetterli and 6.5 Carcano for the first run in a few weeks.
Im not too sure what pricing is going to be, but he has said is going to be competitive with PPU's pricing
That's good news! Will they be shipping components overseas though?
@@Backyard.Ballistics it wouldn’t hurt to ask, and also if your local FFL’s can import ammunition
Nice, but are we speaking of loaded rounds or empty brasses? The second would be much easyer to import in the EU.
@@M.M.83-UI doubt they would mind selling the brass if they make them if it would be easier to get approved for export and cut out the expense of making a complete round.
It’s always good to see a bit of history saved from the scrap heap and brought back to life.
Never clicked on a video faster. Love M.95's. I've got 4 ❤
As an engineer i really enjoy these videos and the technical aspect of it. Great to see an expert at work.
When are we gonna see the collab we all need? Backyard Ballistics and Forgotten Weapons.
Keep up the good work! The History of our Wars cannot be understated, the fact that you're decided on preserving such heritage.
I applaud your efforts and pray that you make this your full time job!
Gorgeous work. No gun should be deactivated in my opinion.
Very beautiful restoration. Glad it went to a museum. Happy New Year!
I restored a 1916 French Berthier all by hand. It was found behind a wall in an old barn. My buddy didn't know what to do with it so he let me have it. I rust blued everything by hand and it took 8 coats to finish. The 8mm Lebel ammunition was very hard to find, but I eventually found some. It's surprisingly a fantastic and accurate rifle. Very long and cumbersome and I can see why the French ditched it after WWI. Great video as always. God bless
It's amazing how well it looks and fires after over a century, great job!
I believe the straight-pull was also adopted as it was considered easier to operate and required less training time of new troops.
Excellent restoration as always.
You are a hero for doing these restorations
Leather: Clean with soupy water, spray with antibacterial spray, let dry and spray it with Ballistol. Absolutely can recommend. For heavilly cracked leather use ballistol Vaseline
Just got back from being out in the boat fishing all day and discover Backyard Ballistics dropped a new video. Brilliant day
I love the process you show, and the history lessons. Not to mention the history you preserve
Lovely restoration. Awesome to see that you decided to preserve as much as you could of the original and weathered look.👍
I've just discovered that the SKS that i restored actually came with a leather pouch! its all still soaked in cosmoline, but i look forward to restoring it. your videos have inspired me to restore more of the older 40's to 60's stuff that i have (including a WWII used M1911A1).
The wetness improving rust removal is probably the same reason you use water on whet stones. I think it helps move chips and detritus away from the bits doing the work.
Nice job with the rifle. Very informative video. Ancestors are amazing people. Every one should be able to find someone in their family tree that did amazing things. Thanks for sharing your story.
I've been binge watching these videos lately and let me tell you, it's such a relief seeing an honest youtuber who gets to the point and doesn't fake his restorations
A very interesting family story. My grandfather volunteered for the Legions - a Polish formation fighting alongside Austria-Hungary - because it was under Russian occupation. He fought in the Carpathians during World War I. Later, after the fall of Austria-Hungary, he fought for Poland in the Polish-Bolshevik war on various fronts of the war. He even received a Latvian decoration for fighting for the country's independence. He was a professional non-commissioned officer who was awarded the Cross of Valor four times for outstanding military deeds. During World War II he fought against the Germans in Polish Kampain 1939. Later he wanted to join the conspiracy, but he was caught, taken to the concentration camp in Auschwitz and murdered there.
In Poland, lanolin is used to renovate stiff leather. Lanolin is an emulsifier intended for very dry and dry leather.
In my best Indiana Jones impression “it belongs in a museum!”
interesting rifle, i think its the easiest restoration you have has for a while !! i have a 1886 11mm mannlicher rifle , super interesting action , another one saved you should keep a tally like on the ww2 fighter ace with the outline of the fire arms you have saved , thanks for the interesting content nice to see it back shooting again
That was a great restoration video! Thank you for preserving history!
Thank you for watching!
Always looking forward to your restoration videos.
What a joy and an honor to restore such a historical technological relic from a by-gone era! That was a wonderful restoration and preservation, still full of character after 110 years. A show piece for a museum to be sure! Thanks for sharing that experience with us!
BTW - my father's side of the family is from that region of Italy/Slovenia/Croatia. Hope there weren't any TeeVeeDubs battling the Backyard Ballistics. That would break my heart! Cheers friend!
You did a beautiful restoration on that carbine. It is a shame nobody can get ammo for such firearms. The museum it goes to is lucky to have it.
Another excellent restoration.
one of your best restorations yet! love it
I restored one of these myself, an 8x50R long rifle they're very well made and stood up to abuse surprisingly well!
A wonderful old rifle from the war in the Dolomites. I have a diary of a Italian Officer who fought there in WW1. great job you did. I have had several of those but in 8x56r. I had one in 8mm. I like that design alot.
Loved the leather refinishing. It’s crazy what you’re able to do with the right knowledge and materials!
It's so cool seeing you restore 2 guns that I have models of my own from somewhere completely different in the world.
To players of battlefield 1, this gun would be very familiar as it is available for the scout class. It is a personal favorite of mine specifically for the straight-pull design as you don't need to descope to cycle.
My grandfather very likely used this Manlicher straight pull model for the Hungarian empire in WWI. What a curiosity it seems now. Although it appears a carbine, which is interesting in itself. All I know of his history, was that he fought in Odessa with one. In the interwar years my father, along with his friends, would find loose cartridges and place them in-between the barn floorboards, and fire them with a nail and hammer.
Beautiful, I love old bolt action rifles.
it seems like one of the better kept guns on your channel
Thank you so much! Your videos are so informative and inspirational.
Где-то читал, что чтобы восстановить старую кожу надо замочить её надолго в смесь спирта (водки) и глицерина, ну конечно же предварительно очистив (отмыв) её от грязи. Потом уже, когда она размягчится от этой смеси смазать жиром гусиным...
Another great restoration! Strangely I get more enjoyment watching it be dismantled than put back together. I think it is the anticipation of what condition each part is in.
When I worked at Century Arms in Montreal we sold a crap ton of these. Had a few in this and worse condition that we had to sell at the end.
Wonderful craftmanship, Carlo.
Thanks for sharing the story of your relative in the Isonzo front. People tend to forget about the Isonzo and what a hellscape of vertical stone it was. There is a book by John MacDonald worth reading, "Caporetto and the Isonzo Campaign". Absolute high command lunacy.
Also, iirc the Hungarians were still using M95s in second line units up to 1943, with the front line rifle being the 35M.
Have a wonderful weekend, mate.
Cheers.
There’s also The White War by Mark Thompson that does a faithful historical analysis of The Isonzo. Gotta love Cadorna and his constant assaults
Now that looks magnificent. Good job.
Wow that finish you applied made that stock jump to life!
Could you please list the CAS-numbers for the chemicals that you use in the blueing process? The proprietary American names for chemicals makes for confusion.
Reminds me of the Ross rifle used by the Canadians. That one was modified to fire semi automatic because of its straight pull.
It must be greatly satisfying to take old garbage and restore it to a functioning, beautiful historic firearm and to be able to fire it. Love your channel.
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Your work is amazing to watch! It inspired and helped me to work on one of my old guns a BRNO ZH 201 o/u shotgun - I made up a long vat to boil pieces, figured out a good cleaning and rusting process, it's been a lot of work but really satisfying. Thanks for all the great videos! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great content, thanks for sharing!
Nice video good restauration
Another good and honest restoration, well done 👍
Nice save… 👍
I own a m95 in 8x50r. it's what got me into reloading. I bought dies and can consistently hit the gong at 300 yards with iron sights. the longest range available to me
I love the air tool sounds.
I found one of these many years ago on the bottom of a bog in Poland by chance. Full wood, working action after use of penetrator and even with leather strap. Nice video as always!
Hadn’t seen this model thanks for repairing an demo’ing it😎👌🏽
My mothers greatgrandfather Leopold Leemans fought for the Kingdom of Belgium in ww1 :) My greatgrandfather Franciscus De Pauw fought in ww2 for Belgium :D So i understand the links to a certain war in firearms very well :D
Just restored a bayonet myself too. Made the attatchment lock work again, and made a new bolster. Othervise I did not make a non-reversable modification.
Your Mannlicher there wasn't used in ww1 it was made in Budapest Hungary as a Carbine rifle
Because it says Budapest on the top and it has carbine sights on it which wasn't done to the long rifle version when converted and also the ammunition is still made I just ordered some online
Great job on bringing this M95 back to life. Ive never cared for the M95 much until I got into collecting Yugo Small arms and I picked up a few M95M 8mm Mauser conversions. Hope you get a chance to mess with one of the Italian M1s, there is a Book about them in detail but its only in Italian so I havent had a reason to pic it up since I dont speak the language
M1 Garands?
@@Backyard.Ballistics I think he's talking about the BM59 by Beretta, the best friend of italian conscripts during the cold war.
Haha! i just bought one of these, and lo and behold it appears on my recommended!
Big Brother is listening😉
Fantastic video as per usual. You are one of the few creators I watch every video from start to finish, hanging on every word.
My grandfather has a much different story. He said that he lead hi grandfather and his troops into a slather. That he thought that having more soldiers meant victory. But better fire proved him wrong
i love seeing old war rifles getting restored
very interesting. Thank you.
Honestly, probably one of the best condition rifles you've gotten before the restoration and certainly one of the nicest post-restoration. Your videos have really made me want to get into finding old, rusty guns and fixing them up. I recently came across an AMT Back Up .380acp with an A serial number. The grip screw on the left side has near completely flattened head from rust and I'm not entirely sure how to deal with it. I figure the best course of action would be let some rust dissolver such as bore cleaner or a more dedicated product to soak it and then drill slightly into it with a bit skinnier than the shaft to then pull it out. Would this be a good plan?
I absolutely love your videos
About the magazine and the clip feed, the inventor of the box type mag is James Paris Lee (I recently watched forgotten weapons vid about the M1895 Lee navy rifle literally just before this vid); while the clip type were made and patented by both Lee and mannlicher, though they were both unaware of each other's work. Can you imagine coming up with an idea, not knowing there's someone halfway around the world with the same thing? Stuff like that happens a lot
Anyway, this vid is very helpful, especially in the de rusting and bluing part. Never knew scrubbing off rust while wet actually restored the original finish; and left the parts with rust pitting smooth. I guess it just works! 👌👍
Absolutely beautiful restoration!
I used to have load data for 8x50 mannlicher in the form of a photograph of a page out of a book that I believe was called cartridges of the world, or military cartridges of the world. But it's been a few years since I reloaded and I can't find the photo anymore. I used it several times with 350 grain round nose bullets and it worked quite well.
These are very interesting rifles in my opinion. Had a couple chances to add one to my collection but I didn't due to ammo being incredibly rare. Still might one of these days though.
First off, great to see you again! Second, i have an original Steyr maker M95 in 8x50R Mannlicher, getting ammo for it is the worst. custom reloads are so expensive and finding components for reloading by hand is exactly as hard in the states as it probably is for you all the way over in italy. Im glad at the very least to have a good example of a Long rifle variant still in good and functional condition
my great grand father was part of the september compagine in the south of poland in world war 2, he was fighting along with his brother/cousin. they were both captured and sent to a POW camp (Stalag A1). His brother/cousin was sent to a camp in germany where he was later executed, where as my great grand father was sent to a gulag in siberia where he was sentenced for slave labour. after a few years he decided he was bored of waking up every day at 5am for work and decided to run away (he jumped off the train and walked it back to poland), lived and died in the 80s.
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Thanks for sharing your story 😉
@@Backyard.Ballistics no problem, I’ve got many many many more. we had lots of casualties in wwii in my family - we know almost nothing about our family from anything before 1920 because when we fled from Warsaw up north to Gdansk we left behind almost everything. Maybe myheritage will help lol
@@sunflowertf you can certainly give it a try. Maybe your "lost" relatives are in the family trees of some more distant relatives you don't know, and they may have pictures or more data about them.
Elm would be more commonly referred to as "Ulme" in German. Calling it "Rüster" (or "Effe") is more of a regional thing which most German-speakers wouldn't actually understand.
Dude I just bought the stuff to manufacturer 8x50r mannlicher including the dies, I also found some load data if you are interested, I also have safe load data for the 6.5 vetterli rifle
Love your work, been trying my hand at gun restoration myself. I'd love if there was a Twitter or Subreddit I could as questions to avoid rookie mistakes, like to avoid using a wire wheel which you pointed out in your Luger restoration! Still have plenty of questions for projects I have.
The m95 in general was around before WW1, originally chambered in 8x50, they existed as long rifle only during ww1, the carbine version came around a few years before ww2 and almost every rifle was rechambered for 8x56 and most that received the caliber change were shortened to be carbines, some long rifles do exist that were given the updated caliber but not shortened but they are not common, eventually they did start making factory carbines, you can tell the difference between a factory and a modified carbine by the size of the rear sight, a tall sight means it was a rifle at one point, and you can tell if it had the caliber change if you see a "S" on the receiver, in conclusion, you sir restored a factory carbine, but is particular rifle most likely did not exist during ww1, still a very cool video 😊
Also if you recorded the bayonet process as well, I'd be interested to see it! ive been wanting to restore an old bayonet of my own, and not sure what to do about the wood scale grips. Theyre riveted on, and have some sort of rack mark or something on them, and so I dont want to break them to get at the metal under them, but I dont want to remove the rivets because they show that the bayonet are of a rare type with cut down rivets. Hard choices! Ill probably just ignore the under-scale area and be careful removing the rust around it to not damage the wood.
I gotta pay attention to some of these methods. I keep finding Springfield 1903s on the cheap at gunshows because they’re pretty busted up and old and I have always wanted one. Also very unfortunate that many Italians in that war were lead to their deaths by the callous folly of Luigi Cadorna
There were 12 battles of the Isonzo River. When I was watching Blackadder I thought there could be no one as incompetent or callous as General Melchett. But he was definitely true to life.
I guess the mountains terrain of North Italy limited their routes of attack.
@@ieuanhunt552 The Isonzo river marked the entire eastern border between Italy and the Austrian Empire. It's not like 12 battles had been fought in the same place.
Also, the battles on the Italian front were brief and fierce affairs. They were over in about a week, when it was clear there was no hope to break through, or the supplies accumulated to fight them started to dwindle. There was nothing like the several-months-long battles on the western front.
Every week of the battle of Verdun (10 months long), or of the Somme (4.5 months long) counts as an Isonzo battle. Even more nonsensical because, in those, week after week, the same men, with the same equipment and tactics were sent forward in the same way and places, hoping for a different result.
Happy New Year and thank you for this video!
Hello! I don't mean to tease, I just want to provide some information.
1. The rifle was not manufactured, but even in 1920-1925 m95 weapons were assembled in Hungary, as many parts were made during the war, but they were not assembled until later.
2. The screw must be thoroughly oiled or greased because it can wear easily. By the way, with a little practice you can shoot with it much faster than with a rotating bolt gun, I say this from experience.
3. The wear of the lock can be tested by taking it out of the gun while it is cocked and shaking it in the air, or by slightly tapping the edge of the cartridge receiving rim against something. If the structure unlocks, the lock is already worn out, which does not lock in many things. Otherwise, if the lock is not worn, it can only be assembled with a hammer, but there are exceptions.
4. They stopped the production of straight pull guns because they were too delicate. They often got stuck and unusable from the water, dust and mud in the trenches, and they weren't even oiled for obvious reasons. The soldiers could almost not repair the weapon on the spot without tools, this was left to the gunsmiths/repairers. There were usually 2-4 gunsmiths/lovers in one stage (at least among the Hungarians). And they always had 2 complete spare weapons and a variable number of stem structures (bolts), usually 2-4 complete lock structures for rifle craftsmen (but this can be different). There is no gun number on the stem screw (screw) from the factory because they knew it would break over time and have to be replaced. Thus, only the customer and the inventory were numbered. By the way, it is possible that the weapons were not brought home by the Italians as spoils of war, but also used, as the Italians were in great need of the weapons due to the poor supply.
But the Hungarian teams also took advantage of the Italians.
As he said, the loading frames were obsolete, as this was the only way to load the weapon, so the soldiers were ordered to collect the magazine frame in addition to the ammunition sleeve.
If I may ask, what ammunition did you convert?
You have a viewer from Hungary who also has such a weapon, only the modernized one.
Honestly one of the best condition firearms you have ever worked on
I know, my standards are quite low... People are starting to call me Scrapyard Ballistics🤣
I always find these videos so oddly satisfying and I don’t know why
The best weapon conservation on you tube .
It's always a good day when our favourite ballistic channel uploads
Yay, BB is back!
nice....well done.....thanks for sharing
You're videos are always worth the wait
Great grandpa used one of these when he was shelling russians around Galícia with an artillery crew in 1914-1916 but after being freed from russian PoW camp in late '17 he got a different type of weapon, as he became an officer's personal guard, and was sent to italy where he threw his gun into a deep river's canyon before capture ... he had a six year long "vacation" post war.
the thing about straight pull guns is if you're designing a bolt to open from just being pulled back you might as well just make it self loading.
you're making a more complicated mechanism than a manual twist bolt, but without the ROF of an automatic design
I love these videos.
Great content. Keep up the good work
Thanks!
Interesting ad for this video, I have an Italian heritage that I was trying to find more clues, my grandmother's mother came from Italy and landed in the middle of the jungle in Brazil, the family conquered a lot of land and then lost it all in old western-like shootouts
If you ever need custom dies or bullet molds, let me know. We can get literally anything made here in the US in a few weeks for cheap.
This was definitely worth the wait. Thanks pookie
Wow, that thing is ancient.
You´re a genius, a great master, very good job. Thanks for restorate those beautifull and invaluable guns, I don´t know if my english is good but i guess that youll can understand what i want to say. Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina.