When he returned to Europe Mannlicher began to design a repeating carbine, and in 1885 invented the clip loading mechanism that was used for many repeating rifles andĮarly automatic pistols. The 7.63mm Mannlicher cartridge (left) compared with the 7.65mm Browning (right). Afterward, he studied as many patents related to weapons as he could locate in the patent office. During his tenure with the Kaiser-Ferdinand-Nordbahngesellschaft (the Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway Company) he traveled to the United States to attend the 1876 International Exhibition in Philadelphia, where his interest was piqued by exhibits about military weapons. The underside stock serial number mirrors the placement of numbers on a Mainz-processed captured Yugoslav Model 1924 I own.The Steyr-Mannlicher Model 1900 Autoloading Pistolįerdinand von Mannlicher (1848-1904) studied engineering at the Vienna Technical College and in 1869 began working for the Austro-Hungarian railroad industry. I've seen and handled M95Ms that had apparent replacement stocks that were not numbered in this area, but had the BTZ stamp on the right side. The number on the left side under the receiver is original to the pre-war conversion. The serial number on the underside of the stock is very likely German, as these were not marked that way originally. The stock and hand guard were modified resulting in a complete rifle that is shorter than an original M.95 rifle, but longer than a M.95 carbine/Stutzen. One or both of these last two components are frequently missing in surviving examples. The conversions were pretty intensive and included (among many things) the installation of a Model 1924 configuration barrel, front and rear sights (different ballistics for the 7.92X57 cartridge than the original 8X50R), the previously mentioned fashioning and welding in place of the internal clip in the magazine well, and the installation of the different extractor. The conversions were performed by 'FOMU,' the Arms and Ammunition Factory Jakov Poshinger-Uzice from the late 1930s until 15 April 1941, when German units entered the factory following their invasion. I'm not AndyB, but the triangular marking on the right side of the butt stock (BTZ = Military Technical Institute) is an original Yugoslavian stamp from the time of conversion. Very nice rifle flynaked, congratulations!
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