[ArmedBear]

Anyone ever owned or shot one of these?

http://www.surplusrifle.com/steyrm95/graphics/full.jpg

[Gordon]

I like mine, I shot a 1/2 case of 1939 Nazi ammo in 5 years. I am keeping the rest shooting it sparingly. It KICKS in a big way! Gets my vote for worst kicking Milsurp with 216 grain bullet launched at a Chronographed 2180 fps out that short barrel and 7 pound weight! It's why I like it:cool: It also is pretty accurate: 2" at 50 yards and 4"+ at 100 meters, which is all I can do with the sights.:rolleyes:

[Erik Jensen]

I've had about the same experience with my 1904 manufactured m95 Stützen as Gordon. neat, handy little rifle, pretty accurate, but it'll turn your shoulder into hamburger with the surplus loads. I've got 100 pieces of virgin brass sitting here, just waiting for me to actually get with the program and get a press and such to handload some nice soft-shooting lead loads. beautiful rifle, though. nice tigerstriping on the stock, and the metal is near perfect. hard to believe it's 102 years old.

[kfranz]

I've got a couple 95/34's from the last big wave. I'm thinking they were $40 or so. Thump a fella right good with surplus ammo :)

[Cosmoline]

Keep in mind it's not a standard 8mm and the cartridge is tough to make from anything else. Thankfully, Graf & Sons has started making the brass and proper sized 8mm rounds. I owned one back before you could get either and it was limited as a result. Surplus ball is EXTREMELY hot. It was in fact the single most potent standard war rifle cartridge in use in WWII, reaching over 3,000 ft. lbs. of force. Out of the little carbine it really kicks like a mule.

The carbine itself is very solid and strong. The biggest drawback are the bizarre sights that start at 300 meters and are tiny. You'd have to rig a front sight almost half an inch high in order to bring the POI down to 100 meters. I don't know anyone making high sights for it, though.

[longhorngunman]

I just got one. It's in great external condition but the bore good be better. Still can't wait to shoot it and I've heard the recoil is extreme. Should be, I've got handguns that seem to weigh more than this little carbine does. $40 for the rifle?:eek: I wish I could find them for that, I paid a good bit more and that was coming directly from the importer.

[deadin]

Want to talk about kick! Years ago I had one of the 95 carbines that had been rebuilt by an European gunsmith into a "stalking" rifle complete with tapered, ribbed barrel.
Custom stock and sights. Beautiful little rifle and he had managed to get the weight down to under 6 lbs. Need I say more?

Dean

[hoghunting]

My father brought one home from WWll while in Austria. Unfortunately it is the 8x50R and have been unable to get much ammo that is in good enough condition to shoot. There is no one making ammo for this caliber nor has there been since WWll. It is a very nice handling rifle though.

[StopTheGrays]

I read somewhere that the ammo that is available is corrosive. Is that true? If not is there a source for non-corrosive ammo.

I am thinking about getting one myself but not if the only ammo around is corrosive. :(

[ArmedBear]

Hornady sells new 205 gr. SP hunting ammo for it. It's a buck or two more per box than more common stuff, but nothing too prohibitive.

That'll get me started, and leave me with some brass, if I buy one.

Sounds like a neat little gun, if a tad hard on the shoulder.

[longhorngunman]

Corrosive ammo is really no big deal. Just clean the bolt and bore with ammonia or even water then clean as usual. Not near the bore-destroying ammo that some make it out to be.