Original Austrian Mannlicher M1886 Chilean Contract Infantry Rifle in 11mm by Œ.W.G. Steyr - Serial 6818 II British Awards Medals Badges Insignia Apr-May 1943

Apr-May 1943

This was an unusual appointment

On the face of it a nice little Carbine but the Barrel is loose in the receiver and the weapon should NOT BE FIRED"

Any dirt or mud that did get in was captured in areas machined on both ends of the bolt or was blown out through the bottom ejection port

Dating most probably to the Napoleonic wars which ended after WATERLOO in 1815

Original Austrian Mannlicher M1886 Chilean Contract Infantry Rifle in 11mm by Œ.W.G. Steyr - Serial 6818 II British Awards Medals Badges Insignia Apr-May 1943Original Item: Only One Available. This is a good example of this rare early Austrian Infantry Rifle in 11mm designed by FERDINAND RITTER VON MANNLICHER. The M1886 itself was an improvement of the Mannlicher Model 1885 Trials Rifle that was a prototype, meant to replace the by then obsolete M1867 Werndl Holub drum breech single shot rifle. It was the first of the Austrio Hungarian service rifles to introduce the feature of the clip dropping out of the