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  • Melnic

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    You Lucky SOB. Thats a 1903 Bulgarian Contract that was converted! The crest is worn but you got another sought after piece!

    Your posts convinced me to order one
    Now that I look at the Bulgarian Crest, that explains that curve on the right.
    I was guessing it was a scrubbed crest.

    I"m only lucky when I order 2.

    Interesting differences in Front Sights and Front sling bands.
     

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    Melnic

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    ok, The bolt on the Czech bolt is not matching but the Bulgarian contract converted is all matching. Now, the Bulgarian has some sort of Shellac on top and its flaking off pretty bad when being handled. The top hand guard is pretty much already worn off and the grain on the wood is pretty nice.

    These guns need a total strip down cause the Cosmo is deep into the inside. I tore one down tonight. Bolt diss-assembly is easy with the vid linked earlier in this thread. Mineral spirit bath then soaking in some kroil for some of the crud.
     

    Melnic

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    Update, you really need to disassemble this Steyr just like a Mosin.
    Reciever screws on the bottom are staked in, so its a pain to loosen them. The barrel bands are not so bad, loosen then push forwards to slip off.
    Mineral spirts and Qtips to clean the magazine area. I did not pull that apart.
    There is cosmo in the chamber and in the bolt. It might fire, but it might also hang up the firing pin on you. More Qtips and Mineral spirits to clean up the trigger area, then I oiled it.
    Putting the bolt back together, the only tricky part is inserting the bolt assembly w/ the extractor. you have to insert it in just right when you put the extractor back on. I did it the first time and then when I tested cocking the bolt, I realized I removed all the grease in the grooves and it was harder to cock. Pulled it back apart and put new clean grease into the grooves. Just like a Swiss K31, if the bolt is dry, its a pain to cycle. But with the M95, when you need to pull and twist the bolt to re-insert it, that grease on your hands makes it a pain. But I got it back together. There are Austrian Crests undernieth on the 1903 Hungarian Contract gun. I put it back together except the barrel bands. I won't get to the Czech one till probably the weekend. 2 boxes of 8x56r comes in friday.
     

    jkeiler

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    I picked one of these up too, did the handpick as well, and don't seem to have come out of it quite so good. Rifle seems to be in decent shape, action appears to work well, although I have not disassembled or cleaned it. But the rifle is heavily shellacked, and so far as I can tell, no real interesting markings, except what may have been struck off or defaced. Perhaps it had Nazi marks, but hard to tell.
     

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    toolness1

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    Oh man, I would love to have a Czech one. I got two real nice ones, one real cheap during the 12 days of Christmas sale, but neither is anything rare or unique...

    Enjoy them, I love mine!! I may just have to order another, even though some of these look pretty rough.
     

    jkeiler

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    Here are a couple other pics of the receiver/barrel of the M95 I got from SOG. Overall I'm okay with it for $119. Bolt not so hard to deal with, barrel is ok, a little pitted. Wood does have some hairline cracks, heavy shellac, but the wood is clean compared to metal. It all cleaned up nicely and easily.

    According to the website I went to the marks (W+eagle=date) show an imperial Austrian acceptance mark (W=Wein) plus imperial eagle, plus date (1910?). Parts don't match, though most are Austrian (K) marks.
     

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    Melnic

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    My ammo from SG came in. As long as ammo can be purchased, $ is not that big of a deal. I got this cause it was cheap and historic so if I put a box or two through it so be it. If the bores are worn out so what it's a collectAble .
    I did get the dies and bullets enough to reload 100 rounds though. Even reloading is 50 cents a round.
    Hmm this may make a handy hunting rifle for the woods.
     

    Abulg1972

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    Here are a couple other pics of the receiver/barrel of the M95 I got from SOG. Overall I'm okay with it for $119. Bolt not so hard to deal with, barrel is ok, a little pitted. Wood does have some hairline cracks, heavy shellac, but the wood is clean compared to metal. It all cleaned up nicely and easily.



    According to the website I went to the marks (W+eagle=date) show an imperial Austrian acceptance mark (W=Wein) plus imperial eagle, plus date (1910?). Parts don't match, though most are Austrian (K) marks.


    How recently did you purchase? I really don't need a project for $119.


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    MilsurpDan

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    According to the website I went to the marks (W+eagle=date) show an imperial Austrian acceptance mark (W=Wein) plus imperial eagle, plus date (1910?). Parts don't match, though most are Austrian (K) marks.

    Yes, If the barrel matches (Not scrubbed or renumbered) it was made/accepted in 1910. If the barrel doesn't match or has been scrubbed the barrel was made that year but there is no way to tell what year the receiver was made since they are not dated.
     

    jkeiler

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    Yes, If the barrel matches (Not scrubbed or renumbered) it was made/accepted in 1910. If the barrel doesn't match or has been scrubbed the barrel was made that year but there is no way to tell what year the receiver was made since they are not dated.

    Thanks. Barrel and receiver match though nothing else so far as I can tell.
     

    Melnic

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    The brown paint on the 1903 was flaking off so I rejuvenated it by taking it off gently. No sandpaper was needed. I hand rubbed several light coats of BLO. The handguard and lower front end had almost no paint left and the color pretty consistent after the work was done.
    You can see that the paint was covering up 2 other stock numbers so this stock is on it's 3rd gun. All the rest of the metal and Bolt match.
    This one had more cosmo than the other which was pretty clean. They both have dark bores. I hope to shoot both today.
     

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    Melnic

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    Took to range
    Used PPU soft point
    All pics are 25 yards
    First is the 1920 Czech bench
    2nd is 1903 Bulgarian contract bench
    3rd is 1903 Czech offhand
    The bore on both is frosty
    I'm hoping shooting 100 rounds through each will smoothen the lands and make them shoot better
    My reloads may help too. The bullets I have should be a bit larger than tha PPU
    As you can see the 1903 was better but still not good. Still though it's an interesting gun
     

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    Abulg1972

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    Took to range
    Used PPU soft point
    All pics are 25 yards
    First is the 1920 Czech bench
    2nd is 1903 Bulgarian contract bench
    3rd is 1903 Czech offhand
    The bore on both is frosty
    I'm hoping shooting 100 rounds through each will smoothen the lands and make them shoot better
    My reloads may help too. The bullets I have should be a bit larger than tha PPU
    As you can see the 1903 was better but still not good. Still though it's an interesting gun

    And the recoil?
     

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