.303 Manlicher
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.303 Manlicher
Somebody that has a Manlicher short rifle in .303, tell me what you think of it. And why is that hole in the bottom of the Mag.?
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Re: .303 Manlicher
If you are speaking of the Mannlicher M95 Austro-Hungary Infantry Rifle or Carbine they are not in .303. The rifles were in 11X558r and when cut down to carbines are in 8X6r. The hole in the bottom of the mag well is for the enbloc clip to drop free after shooting the last of five rounds.
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Re: .303 Manlicher
He is probably talking about the Dutch Mannlicher in .303 British not the Styer M95. Doesn't help that these Dutch rifles were also called M95s.
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Re: .303 Manlicher
It's being called a Indonesian Manlicher in .303. I'lL have to go back and look at it again but I think it has .303 stamped. ??.................. It's a 7.7 conversion with some markings ground out, It's a nice looking rifle,rubber butt pad just like a Mk V, I think I'll pass. 
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Some are rough. The 7.7 is the .303. Depends on the price. A lot have poor chamberings and produce double shoulder brass. These were cut from dutch knil long rifles
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Oh joy. This obscure info intrigues me. How do learn this stuff?desdem12 wrote:Some are rough. The 7.7 is the .303. Depends on the price. A lot have poor chamberings and produce double shoulder brass. These were cut from dutch knil long rifles
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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Re: .303 Manlicher
A lot of reading and a friend has one. There are at least 2 or 3 versions of the 7.7 (.303) knil rifles. I have been not tempted by any. 
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