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Dating my Austro-Hungarian WW1 Steyr M95 Long Rifle?

Article about: About a week ago I picked up a WW1 Austro-Hungarian Empire M95 Long Rifle that was converted from 8x50mm to 8x56mm during WWII. I payed \\$100 for the rifle. Good or bad price? What is it wort

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    About a week ago I picked up a WW1 Austro-Hungarian Empire Steyr Mannlicher M95 Long Rifle that was converted from 8x50mm to 8x56mm during WWII. I payed $100 for the rifle. Good or bad price? What is it worth in this condition?
    It came with 5 stripper clips (4 in Original packages of 2 each) with all bullets being original 1938 German ammunition. 1 Package is German and the other is Austrian, even though all bullets are German produced.

    Anyways, this gun has been deactivated/demilled and where you normally see the date stamp above the chamber, there is a big hole cut. Also the bolt face is welded so the firing pin cannot strike the bullet. The gun operates normally and I can load ammunition and fire it, so naturally nothing will happen.

    There a bunch of stamps all over the gun but in the pictures below I have shown the stamps on the barrel and the stamps on the buttstock of the rifle. The stamp on the barrel is "2977 U" and there are 4 stamps on the buttstock.
    You can see a faint Austrian Flag stamped on above the numbers.
    The first stamp of numbers is "380"
    Underneath those numbers, the rifle has been double stamped, one 4 digit code over another 4 digit code. I was able to make out the numbers underneath and above. The first stamp reads "3527" and then the heatstamp overtop reads "2201" I am trying to figure out the year the gun was produced/accepted into service. If anyone could help with this, I would greatly appreciate it!

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    Dating my Austro-Hungarian WW1 Steyr M95 Long Rifle?

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    There is no way of knowing by serial number what the manufacture date is. Rechambering in 8x56r started in 1930. I believe that the stock isn't original to your gun because the serial number on the left side of the stock should match receiver and barrel numbers. As for paying $100 for the entire thing as a collectors piece id say you did well. The bullets themselves are $15 to $20 per box.... Trust me on that
    Dating my Austro-Hungarian WW1 Steyr M95 Long Rifle?

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    Ahh okay. That makes sense why I couldn't find anything on it. Haha I believe you in the price of the ammo, I looked around and found the prices to be what you said. But for gun itself, what do you value it at?

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    We can't do monetary evaluations here as its against forum rules. I can say that for $100 you did fairly well IMO. Also wanted to tell you that I did notice the bulgarian crest on the stock. That would make the stock at least part of a Bulgarian contract.

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    Oh okay, that's for letting me know about that. And it's a Bulgarian crest? I thought it was Austrian

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    Dating my Austro-Hungarian WW1 Steyr M95 Long Rifle?

    Looks like the Bulgarian crest to me.

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    Interesting. So you think it was either a Bulgarian contract or a put together of different pieces in recent years? I see no bulgarian markings on the metal

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    Yes. The stock I believe was but not sure about the rifle itself. Bulgarian contracts came stamped and unstamped.

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    Okay. Thank you very much for all the info!

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    You are very welcome.

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