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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'.
Yup... ^THIS^ I refuse to watch any of the US "restoration" channels beccause somehow *things just never quite stack-up* and also because Carlo explains *every step, every process and every chemical* that he uses, and most importantly *why* in such great detail 😁👍
My great-great uncle, Korp. Leopold Wadas, k.u.k. 57.Infanterieregiment (Tarnów), II.Bataillon, 7.Kompanie, used this rifle in the late war on the Serbian and Italian fronts. He was wounded in 1918 and survived the war.
He was lucky then! My great grandfather, Wojciech Magda, was with the Polish Legion (Haller's) in Austro-Hungary, and apparently they were mostly issued single-shot rifles.
I believe the Polish Legion was suspected by the Austro-Hungarians to be a nationalist organization and therefore limited their access to the best weapons. The Poles in Galicia associated with Józef Piłsudski set up rifle clubs before the war to teach military-age men how to shoot, and the Austro-Hungarian government allowed them to do it. But they kept an eye on them. During the war, some k.u.k. infantry regiments were issued older rifles. All units in the k.k. landswehr had the most modern rifles and sidearms.
@@bolinfan1519 Yes, it would make a lot of sense to view them with suspicion, from the perspective of an empire participating in the partition of Poland. Such units would usually be worse equipped and provisioned. Anyway - Polish Legions - fascinating history 👍
Wow, this was a really impressive video. I love that you not only restored the rifle but also made ammo for it, something I'd never seen before for a restoration. You are quite honestly the only gun restoration channel I watch these days, and I hope to see more great videos in the future!
WOOOOOW! That's an "Ian McCullum wants to visit you"-rare rifle right there. And I'm SO glad it was in a condition where a super respectful restoration/touch-up was possible. Some museum custodian somewhere is going to be salivating when this comes in, for sure!
RTI actually has a bunch of these for sale coming out of Ethiopia for relatively cheap, but expect them to be in around the same condition of that This one is.
I'd love to see a collaboration between Carlo and Forgotten Weapons someday, because both creators are at the absolute peak of their respective fields and geek like me would go into paroxysms of joy...
Another beautiful restoration not overly done preserving the historical aspect of this rifle. A working shooting museum quality piece for sure. Thanks for another great video Carlo.
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!
tried your caustic hot bluing solution it worked really impressively, blued an engraved lock plate from a scrapped shotgun that I repurposed into a rotary tattoo machine and it came out perfectly. thanks cant wait for the parkerising video as i tried it once and got marginal results. keep up the good work
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
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'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).
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.
That was amazing to see this level of restoration - and having watched your other videos, I understand how rare it is that you find a piece this old that is actually serviceable. I just really appreciate your attention to detail in preserving the historic context of the piece.
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
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.
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.
I just watched ALL your restoration videos after coming across one of them in my TH-cam feed. They are spectacular! Well done, with tons of useful information and tips. Thanks for putting this content out there. Really great stuff! Hope to see more videos soon.
You absolutely have the very best restoration videos. Thank you for your excellent narration and explanation of what you are doing and why. Thank you again.
Subscribed. My uncle was an armourer, navigator and gunner in RAF during WWII. He's buried in Holland somewhere after being shot down in 1943. I had some armourers instructions how to blue and brown guns but it went missing in the last 25 years It isn't that I'm particularly interested in guns but I've always been fascinated by machines of any type and being a machinist interested in bluing parts I make Your voice-over explains things incredibly well and the work your doing is very interesting. Your method of rust bluing is different from Mark Novak and doable without building special equipment
3:32 the water both acts as a medium for rust to cling together forming a kind of polishing compound( which provides abrasion on a micro scale aiding the steel wool), and as a lubricant.
Yugoslavia adopted an interesting conversion of this rifle in the 1930s known as M.95M which changed the cartridge to 7.92mm Mauser and changed the feed system from enbloc clips to stripper clip feed by permanently fixing an enbloc clip in the magazine to act as feed lips and cutting a stripper clip guide into the receiver.
Best gun restorer at youtube for sure, great info aswell and nice that you comment what you do in different stages of restorations and also if guns is safe to fire you test them, great work and great content. Just one more thing make more of these !
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.
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.
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
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.
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!
The Hungarian army used the weapon itself and the 8x56mm ammo too in the second world war, even developed new guns to use it but at the end they started using 8x57mm mauser too.
Nice work, man. That is an amazing find. So glad to see it was in such good condition, and has survived 2 World Wars! Cheers. Stay safe, shoot straight.
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! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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.
Easily one of my favorite channels. Have a habit of watching withing 24 hrs, n try to watch upon notification if i can. I appriciate your knowledge and the sharing of it. Gate keeping is common in the 2a world but i will say in the last 2 decades its gotten ssssoooooo much better. Again think you. I wish i wasnt financially struggling or id certainly make a contribution or become a paid member. The best i can offer is a like, a c omment, and a share to help stroke the algorithm. Keep up the amazing work friend.
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.
I found one in a local gun store in amazing condition, chambered in 8x56mmR, AND it's the Carbine version! I have been wanting to buy it for a bit. I just can't do it yet since I've already bought a few guns recently. Really hoping it sticks around so when I can get some again I can pick it up! I've been watching your videos for a while and was pleasantly surprised when I saw this one! Your tips for cleaning military surplus have really helped me!
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.
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
This channel is pure gold. Every restoration channel is filled with totally nonsensical practices just for the sake of "ASMR", or to look like the restoration scene from Toy Story.
I have one of these rifles, bought it at a gun show in Arizona, though mine was in much better condition and came with a lot of ammo. Great conversation starter.
Love your channel. Thanks for taking such care of this piece of history. Amazing that you hand crafted new ammunition and that it shot so well. Thanks.
Awesome resto and great video. My Great Grandfather was fighting in the Dolomites on the Austrian side. He was a Junior Officer in the Hussars but they were employed as infantry in the mountains. Perhaps our ancestors exchanged some fire. Thanks very much for another great video.
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!
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.
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
Reminds me of a WW1 mannlicher my nanna passed down to me (1918 Hembrug). It took a lot of research to find out cause it looked drastically different from others, and it turned out to be an Indian modified mannlicher (modified in the 1950's). Shortened barrel, muzzle brake, converted to .303. Great stuff!
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.
Great video, I’ve heard that saddle soap actually isn’t good for very old, dried out leather. I can’t remember why but it somehow leads to more drying out/stiffening… I tired it on an old Sam Browne belt of mine and after a few months it went slightly white and hard… however if you use leather restorer from PEL you’ll notice a marked difference
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 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.
Pretty gun and great restoration. It is great to see the Budapest marking on the receiver, meaning it was produced (at least party) in the FÉG manufacture. FÉG is still in operation :)
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
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
The Manlicher M95 rifle was the rifle, that was also adopted by the Bulgarian army . It first saw service during the First Balkan War in 1912-1913. It was also in service the Bulgarian army during the First and Second World Wars. This rifle remained in service well after the Second World War, but mainly with the Construction Corps. My dad even told me stories how in the late 80s, during his compulsory millitary service, that he saw gypsies, who were issued with Manlicher M 95 rifles, the bolts of which were welded shut. This was made, so they couldn't shoot themselfs or others, if they have a brawl. The gypsies were also given bayonets for their M 95s, which were also welded to their scabard.
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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.
Your channel is the gold standard of gun restoration.
Yup... ^THIS^
I refuse to watch any of the US "restoration" channels beccause somehow *things just never quite stack-up* and also because Carlo explains *every step, every process and every chemical* that he uses, and most importantly *why* in such great detail 😁👍
I would also recommend 'Anvil' with Mr Novak.
My great-great uncle, Korp. Leopold Wadas, k.u.k. 57.Infanterieregiment (Tarnów), II.Bataillon, 7.Kompanie, used this rifle in the late war on the Serbian and Italian fronts. He was wounded in 1918 and survived the war.
He was lucky then! My great grandfather, Wojciech Magda, was with the Polish Legion (Haller's) in Austro-Hungary, and apparently they were mostly issued single-shot rifles.
I believe the Polish Legion was suspected by the Austro-Hungarians to be a nationalist organization and therefore limited their access to the best weapons. The Poles in Galicia associated with Józef Piłsudski set up rifle clubs before the war to teach military-age men how to shoot, and the Austro-Hungarian government allowed them to do it. But they kept an eye on them. During the war, some k.u.k. infantry regiments were issued older rifles. All units in the k.k. landswehr had the most modern rifles and sidearms.
@@manitoba-op4jx No, not this specific rifle. Same kind.
@@bolinfan1519
Yes, it would make a lot of sense to view them with suspicion, from the perspective of an empire participating in the partition of Poland. Such units would usually be worse equipped and provisioned.
Anyway - Polish Legions - fascinating history 👍
@@q1q2q23 And very brave men.
It’s always good to see a bit of history saved from the scrap heap and brought back to life.
This is the only gun restoration channel I trust to be real
Their are more
Anvil channel with gunsmith Mark Novak
Nothing is real, but this channel is very close
Wow, this was a really impressive video. I love that you not only restored the rifle but also made ammo for it, something I'd never seen before for a restoration. You are quite honestly the only gun restoration channel I watch these days, and I hope to see more great videos in the future!
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here is this comment about this meme being shit, i reported that for misinformation
@4192362 wake up babe, your attitude is shit.
WOOOOOW! That's an "Ian McCullum wants to visit you"-rare rifle right there. And I'm SO glad it was in a condition where a super respectful restoration/touch-up was possible. Some museum custodian somewhere is going to be salivating when this comes in, for sure!
RTI actually has a bunch of these for sale coming out of Ethiopia for relatively cheap, but expect them to be in around the same condition of that This one is.
I'd love to see a collaboration between Carlo and Forgotten Weapons someday, because both creators are at the absolute peak of their respective fields and geek like me would go into paroxysms of joy...
Another beautiful restoration not overly done preserving the historical aspect of this rifle. A working shooting museum quality piece for sure. Thanks for another great video Carlo.
"[...] no silly deactivation" - Amen, brother! 🙌
Amen indeed!
As an engineer i really enjoy these videos and the technical aspect of it. Great to see an expert at work.
Always a good day when backyard ballistics uploads.
Never clicked on a video faster. Love M.95's. I've got 4 ❤
It's amazing how well it looks and fires after over a century, great job!
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!
Ballistics coming along to save some more historical relics once again. Always a pleasure to watch.
tried your caustic hot bluing solution it worked really impressively, blued an engraved lock plate from a scrapped shotgun that I repurposed into a rotary tattoo machine and it came out perfectly. thanks cant wait for the parkerising video as i tried it once and got marginal results. keep up the good work
Great to see you again. I look forward to witnessing your handywork. I appreciate the "tasteful" restoration to preserve such a good example.
Gorgeous work. No gun should be deactivated in my opinion.
Perfect as always 👍👍
5:41 - Interesting to see the name of my home Country's capital on such a relic. Thank you for your efforts!
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
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
Thanks!
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).
When are we gonna see the collab we all need? Backyard Ballistics and Forgotten Weapons.
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.
That was amazing to see this level of restoration - and having watched your other videos, I understand how rare it is that you find a piece this old that is actually serviceable. I just really appreciate your attention to detail in preserving the historic context of the piece.
Backyard Ballistics is the goat.
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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
You are a hero for doing these 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.
I used this gun on BF1 and BF V a lot, I love the straight pull mechanism
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.
I just watched ALL your restoration videos after coming across one of them in my TH-cam feed. They are spectacular! Well done, with tons of useful information and tips. Thanks for putting this content out there. Really great stuff! Hope to see more videos soon.
Thank you for watching!
Lovely restoration. Awesome to see that you decided to preserve as much as you could of the original and weathered look.👍
You absolutely have the very best restoration videos. Thank you for your excellent narration and explanation of what you are doing and why. Thank you again.
Just got back from being out in the boat fishing all day and discover Backyard Ballistics dropped a new video. Brilliant day
Subscribed.
My uncle was an armourer, navigator and gunner in RAF during WWII.
He's buried in Holland somewhere after being shot down in 1943.
I had some armourers instructions how to blue and brown guns but it went missing in the last 25 years
It isn't that I'm particularly interested in guns but I've always been fascinated by machines of any type and being a machinist interested in bluing parts I make
Your voice-over explains things incredibly well and the work your doing is very interesting.
Your method of rust bluing is different from Mark Novak and doable without building special equipment
3:32 the water both acts as a medium for rust to cling together forming a kind of polishing compound( which provides abrasion on a micro scale aiding the steel wool), and as a lubricant.
Yugoslavia adopted an interesting conversion of this rifle in the 1930s known as M.95M which changed the cartridge to 7.92mm Mauser and changed the feed system from enbloc clips to stripper clip feed by permanently fixing an enbloc clip in the magazine to act as feed lips and cutting a stripper clip guide into the receiver.
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.
Best gun restorer at youtube for sure, great info aswell and nice that you comment what you do in different stages of restorations and also if guns is safe to fire you test them, great work and great content. Just one more thing make more of these !
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.
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
Loved the leather refinishing. It’s crazy what you’re able to do with the right knowledge and materials!
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
I love the process you show, and the history lessons. Not to mention the history you preserve
I restored one of these myself, an 8x50R long rifle they're very well made and stood up to abuse surprisingly well!
Very glad to see she won't be deactivated! These rifles are a forgetten gem!
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.
Yet another great restoration on a historically valuable rifle !
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!
The Hungarian army used the weapon itself and the 8x56mm ammo too in the second world war, even developed new guns to use it but at the end they started using 8x57mm mauser too.
It's so cool seeing you restore 2 guns that I have models of my own from somewhere completely different in the world.
Nice work, man. That is an amazing find. So glad to see it was in such good condition, and has survived 2 World Wars!
Cheers. Stay safe, shoot straight.
Absolutely fantastic work.
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! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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.
Easily one of my favorite channels. Have a habit of watching withing 24 hrs, n try to watch upon notification if i can. I appriciate your knowledge and the sharing of it. Gate keeping is common in the 2a world but i will say in the last 2 decades its gotten ssssoooooo much better. Again think you. I wish i wasnt financially struggling or id certainly make a contribution or become a paid member. The best i can offer is a like, a c omment, and a share to help stroke the algorithm. Keep up the amazing work friend.
A like and comment is more than enough, don't worry!
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.
I found one in a local gun store in amazing condition, chambered in 8x56mmR, AND it's the Carbine version! I have been wanting to buy it for a bit. I just can't do it yet since I've already bought a few guns recently. Really hoping it sticks around so when I can get some again I can pick it up! I've been watching your videos for a while and was pleasantly surprised when I saw this one! Your tips for cleaning military surplus have really helped me!
I'm glad my advice was helpful!😉
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.
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
This channel is pure gold. Every restoration channel is filled with totally nonsensical practices just for the sake of "ASMR", or to look like the restoration scene from Toy Story.
I've been to the Great War memorial in Asiago. It's very striking in person and also seeing the rolling hills behind it.
I have one of these rifles, bought it at a gun show in Arizona, though mine was in much better condition and came with a lot of ammo. Great conversation starter.
Love your channel. Thanks for taking such care of this piece of history. Amazing that you hand crafted new ammunition and that it shot so well. Thanks.
That was a great restoration video! Thank you for preserving history!
Thank you for watching!
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Awesome resto and great video. My Great Grandfather was fighting in the Dolomites on the Austrian side. He was a Junior Officer in the Hussars but they were employed as infantry in the mountains. Perhaps our ancestors exchanged some fire. Thanks very much for another great video.
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!
one of your best restorations yet! love it
Fantastic video as per usual. You are one of the few creators I watch every video from start to finish, hanging on every word.
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.
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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.
Reminds me of a WW1 mannlicher my nanna passed down to me (1918 Hembrug). It took a lot of research to find out cause it looked drastically different from others, and it turned out to be an Indian modified mannlicher (modified in the 1950's). Shortened barrel, muzzle brake, converted to .303. Great stuff!
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.
Beautiful work. Great job👍💯
Great video, I’ve heard that saddle soap actually isn’t good for very old, dried out leather. I can’t remember why but it somehow leads to more drying out/stiffening… I tired it on an old Sam Browne belt of mine and after a few months it went slightly white and hard… however if you use leather restorer from PEL you’ll notice a marked difference
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?
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.
Beautiful restoration! Thank you!
Thank you so much! Your videos are so informative and inspirational.
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.
Beautiful, I love old bolt action rifles.
Pretty gun and great restoration. It is great to see the Budapest marking on the receiver, meaning it was produced (at least party) in the FÉG manufacture. FÉG is still in operation :)
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
Now that looks magnificent. Good job.
i love seeing old war rifles getting restored
Excellent video - may have been worth mentioning this was the shorter carbine version, issued to cavalry and mountain troops?
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
It is a pleasure watching your work. Thank you for sharing this history!
Thank you for watching! And commenting!
Great video man!
Very nice work, never thought it could’ve been a hidden gem.
The Manlicher M95 rifle was the rifle, that was also adopted by the Bulgarian army . It first saw service during the First Balkan War in 1912-1913. It was also in service the Bulgarian army during the First and Second World Wars. This rifle remained in service well after the Second World War, but mainly with the Construction Corps. My dad even told me stories how in the late 80s, during his compulsory millitary service, that he saw gypsies, who were issued with Manlicher M 95 rifles, the bolts of which were welded shut. This was made, so they couldn't shoot themselfs or others, if they have a brawl. The gypsies were also given bayonets for their M 95s, which were also welded to their scabard.
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