The en block clip loading system does not allow the partially full magazine to be refilled without removing the non-empty clip first. Large opening at the bottom of the magazine easily collected the dirt and dust into the magazine. The straight pull bolt lacked the powerful initial extraction, provided by most rotating bolt actions. There were several downsides, inherent to these rifles. These rifles are generally considered as a reasonably strong and accurate, but somewhat sensitive to mud and dirt, as most others military straight pull bolt action rifles. You are bidding on 10 rounds of 8x56Rmm M30 aka 8x56r or 8mm Austrian Ammo in Mannlicher en bloc 5 round clips. Other than basic rifle, M95 also was issued as Stutzen (short rifle or carbine, with bayonet lug), and slightly shorter cavalry carbine (without bayonet lug). Steyr-Mannlicher M95/30 short rifle & Mannlicher en bloc clips. M95 rifles were issued with detachable knife bayonets.
Large ear-shaped cocking handle at the rear of the bolt served as a manual cocking handle, to re-cock the action without operating the bolt. The safety was located at the rear left side of the bolt.
One specific feature of this system was that the clip has specific "top" and "bottom" sides, and could not be loaded into the rifle upside down. Non-empty clips could be removed from the top with the bolt open, by depressing the clip catch inside the triggerguard. Box magazine contained five rounds in en bloc clips as the magazine emptied, the clips were ejected from the opening at the bottom of the magazine. These ribs and cuts forced the bolt head to rotate on the pull of the bolt body, locking and unlocking the action. Bolt body had internal spiral-shaped ribs, with matching spiral-shaped cuts in the tail of the bolt head. View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Articles Member Join Date Feb 2014 Last On 06-07-2015 02:08 PM Location az Posts 9 Local Date 12-06-2021 Local Time 12:23 AM. Steyr Mannlicher M95 bolt has a separate head with two frontal locking lugs bolt head was inserted into the bolt body from the front.
Earliest Mannlicher straight-pull rifles have had not so strong wedge-locking system, but in 1890 he introduced a straight pull bolt action with rotary bolt head with two lugs, which he latter used in M95 rifles. As a result, during the early part of the 20 century Mannlicher en bloc clip was generally replaced by the Mauser-type stripper clip. This significantly speed up the loading process, compared to the earlier designs with magazines loaded by single rounds the problem was that such magazine could not be loaded with loose rounds without the clip. Ferdinand Von Mannlicher developed his first straight-pull bolt action rifle by 1884, and by 1885 he developed the famous Mannlicher en block clip, which was inserted into the box magazine from the top, and automatically ejected through the opening at the bottom of the magazine as the last round was chambered.