The rifle was designed to engage targets at long distance as its 400 yard zero would indicate. Past research indicates the 'CE' is Italian in origin but I could find no convincing evidence to prove it. perhaps it was a stock used from a Buda-Pest rifle. I have seen elm stocked Swedish, Hungarian & Yugoslavian rifles but have never observed an Austrian rifle stocked in elm. The stock is not original to the rifle as it has different serial numbers on the left & right sides. Stock is elm, & there is an Italian cartouche with the letters 'CE' in the center. It makes for very fast loading, firing, ejecting & reloading. The five round capacity rifle is fed with a required clip that holds the five rounds in magazine until the straight pull bolt moves forward to push the top round into battery.Īfter the fifth round is pushed into battery, the clip is dropped through the open slot in the bottom of the magazine by gravity.

The receiver serial number indicates 1919 production but the rifle was later rechambered to the 8x56r in the 1930's as the 'S' stamp on the barrel indicates. Produced after the first world war & may have been sent to Italy as part of a reparation settlement.

Steyr m95 manufacture date