Mannlicher schoenauer 1903 serial numbers11/21/2022 ![]() A narrow aperture rotates out of the way to expose a larger aperture. The opening and closing bolt pushes the horizontal arm out of the way and it swings back into place when the bolt clears. The sight is mounted on the bolt release. A Lyman Model 36 swing-away aperture sight is a cool addition to the rifle. The front sight is a Marble with a gold bead. It's not marked with a name or a number, and it might be the original. The rifle wears a rear sight with a folding leaf in a dovetail cut in a boss on the barrel. Neither pull has a hint of creep or overtravel. Pulling and setting the rear trigger lightens the front trigger's pull to one pound. The front trigger broke with 2.5 pounds of pull. The rifle's double-set trigger setup was excellent as well. Another good alteration is the Lyman 36 rear. The the stock comb had been butchered to raise its height, and varnish clogged the checkering panels on the grip. The bluing on the metal was nearly perfect, but two hideous holes had been drilled in the left side of the receiver and two more on the top of the ring to attach a scope mount. The condition of the Model 1908 was pretty good for a rifle made nearly a century ago. Rifles of the World indicates the Model 1908 was chambered in "an 8x56mm (Austrian) and, apparently, an 8x57mm (German) chambering appeared." However, other sources state the rifle was chambered only in 8x56 Mannlicher-Schoenauer. The book also says the Model 1908 was chambered in 7x57 and 8x56 Mannlicher-Schoenauer. Haviland's rifle had no shortage of alterations, but one good one was a Marble front sight with gold bead. Gun Trader's Guide described the Model 1908 as having double-set triggers, full-length stock, rotary magazine and trap buttplate- although a former owner had replaced that buttplate with a ventilated recoil pad. STEYR." The last two numbers of a series of numbers on the bottom of the barrel at the breech indicated the rifle had passed through the Vienna proof house in 1920. On top of the receiver ring was printed "Made in Austria" and the words "Mannlicher," Schoenauer" and "M.1908." On the left side of the receiver was printed: "OESTERR WAFFENFABRIK GES. The thin fore-end of the full-length stock pointed the rifle like a wand casting a spell. The bolt glided back and forth like it rode on oiled air, and its lugs seated with a tight fist. Yet beneath the chops and changes, the splayed head of the flat bolt handle at the middle of the rifle's receiver and rotary magazine identified it as a Mannlicher-Schoenauer. The rifle had obviously suffered the abuses of alterations. ![]()
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