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Traditional style stock, absence of stripper clip receiver cuts, steel safety
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(A full review of a Model 1961-MCAĬarbine can be found on the Product Reviews index page.) Because of its Lower, compromise Monte Carlo stock that was intended to allow the use ofĮither the supplied iron sights or a scope. The final Mannlicher-Schoenauer, the Model 1961-MCA, wore a The Modelġ956-MC introduced a high Monte Carlo comb designed for use only with
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The comb is highĪnd thin with quite a bit of drop at heel, in the European style. With a straight comb designed for use with open, iron sights. "Steyr - Daimler - Puch A.G., Steyr" followed by the bullseye Steyr logo. Of the barrel show proof marks and the left side of the receiver is stamped, The left front of the receiver and left rear side agents" is stamped in a circle on the bottom of the magazine floor
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The right side of the front receiver ring is stamped with the serial number, as are the right rear side of the barrel and 1952 / Kal.270" in six lines on the top of the front receiver OurĬarbine is marked, reading from front to back, "Made in Austria / Original / Mannlicher / Schoenauer / Mod. In the U.S., Stoeger Arms Corporation was the official Mannlicher-Schoenauer importer and Steyr worked closely with Stoeger to produce rifles suitable for the American market.
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The rifle that is the subject of this article is a Model 1952 Carbine in. As these became theĭominant sporting cartridges around the world, the M-S action was lengthened toĪccommodate them, hence the Model 1924, introduced in 1925 as the High Velocity Rifle. The early actions were sized to the 6.5x54mm cartridge and were not longĮnough to accommodate the Mauser "57mm" cartridges (7x57, 8x57, etc.) Post war models included the Modelġ950, Model 1952, Model 1956-MC, Magnum Rifle and Model 1961-MCA.Ĭartridge was always the 6.5x54mm, but over the years the rifle was also chambered for many Of Mannlicher-Schoenauer sporting rifles extending from the late 1930's toġ950, due to Adolf Hitler and World War II. Various models, which included the pre Second World War Models 1903, 1905, 1908,ġ9 (High Velocity Sporting Rifle). Including the shape of the buttstock, over the years. "Mannlicher stock," which is still used today to describe a sporting "mountain rifles." Its full length stock gave rise to the term Only in 6.5x54 caliber and became the inspiration for what are today known as Throughout its long production life Steyr ofĪustria owned the rights to manufacture the rifle. Rifles came with typical sporting rifle half-stocks andĢ3.5" barrels, while carbines were supplied with slender full length Model 1903 civilian versions were offered as rifles orĬarbines. The Model 1903 military model wasĪdopted as the standard service rifle of Austria and Greece, chambered for theĦ.5x54mm M-S cartridge. The action was designed by Ferdinand Ritter von Mannlicher and theįamous spool magazine by Otto Schönauer. Rifle" was introduced in 1903 and manufactured without fundamental change Mannlicher-Schoenauer Model 1952 Carbine. The Mannlicher-Schönauer Model 1952 Carbine