I Like My M95!!!

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Finally got a chance to shoot my Steyr M95. It's taken awhile to locate large rifle primers (which I found a store that had 1,000's) and fired both reloads and 1940's surplus.

Initial accuracy was decent for a milsurp, about the same as my 91/30. The difference though is the rifle size and the recoil. I was expecting the 8x56R to kick like a mule but the recoil was much more manageable than I thought it would be and was much less than my T53. Plus, I like the en bloc clips in a handy carbine.

Once I play around with my loads, I'm sure I can get this into a decent bush rifle for deer hunting.

 

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I just paid for my third M95 today. All of them are Stutzens. Great little rifles, but that's just what I hear as I haven't had a chance to shoot the two that I have yet. I hear a slip-on recoil pad does wonders but from waht you are saying it doesn't sound that bad.

My third M95 lands on Wednesday. Below is my second one, a Budapest. The other two are Austrian made, one a cut down full size and the latest one built as a Stutzen. They are so small it's no wonder they were used by cavalry and support troops. In some ways it was one of the predecessors of the M1 carbine.