A careful measure of the length of chamber to the shoulders is also a reasonable indication and if there is still some doubt make a chamber impression. 308 Win cartridge fit the bolt face? They are good approximations for the rimmed and rimless cartridges the Steyr M1900 and M1903 were usually chambered with. At this point you might be wondering how you can tell the difference without access to gauges or brass, very easily really, you could always make a chamber cast with wax or low melting point alloy, or alternatively does a. I had been expecting the somewhat obscurer 6,5x53R however a quick check revealed that the rifle was in fact chambered in the rimless variant, the 6,5x54MS. 256 Mannlicher, well yes I am sure I could however it would be good to check the rifle first of all so it arrived a couple of days later. From time to time we still talk about the rifle and I have always held the idea of owning one in the back of my mind.Īll of a sudden I received a ‘phone call, could I supply ammunition for a.
Sadly the rifle was sold which was probably a good thing at the time. We were out and about viewing rifles many years ago when I spotted a Steyr M1903 ‘Butter Knife’ Mannlicher–Schönauer Stutzen chambered in the superbly elegant 6,5x54MS cartridge and both the Viking and I will instantly taken by the sheer beauty of the rifle.
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