Mannlicher M1886 at 200m

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This time at 200 meters!! Made by Österreichische Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft, Steyr, 1886-87 Quantity: 100,000, from which 95,000 were converted to 8x52Rmm as the 'M1886-88' Caliber: M1886: 11x58Rmm Muzzle velocity 440 m/sec with M1877 ball cartridge Integral clip-loaded box magazine, 5 rounds Straight-pull bolt action, with a locking bar under the back of the bolt engaging in the bolt-way floor 1326mm [52.2"] overall, 4.52kg [9.9 lbs] 806mm [31.7"] barrel, 6-groove rifling, RH, concentric Loads used in this VIDEO-Military-style hand-cast bullet 370 grs .433 paper patched to .449 -29.0 grs Vihtavuori N120 or 17.5 grs Vihtavuori N340 -Toilet paper as filler -OAL 74.5 mm Same powder loads and C.O.A.L. can be used with the bullets cast from the more readily available RCBS 446-370 Bullet mould, but we obtained greater accuracy using paper patched bullets Our paper patching design mold can be ordered by AccurateMolds as mold code 433-355P. That custom design was submitted by us and carefully replicates the original bullet in both shape and weight. Cook spent a whole week without f****ng to design it starting from an Austrian period drawing Music Copyright: NERACRUZ: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYubRTBGn4lr53rD0BTLuHw Video consultant: TRUSENEYE92: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVmLP7f3VNdDLQH7OJfjUQ After the tremendous defeat in the Austro-Prussian war of 1866, where the Dreyse breechloading rifles badly outgunned the M1854 Lorenz muzzleloaders, the Austrian Army (just like every other European army) started a rush to adopt breech loading rifles to equip their enlisted men. The Prussians, already in 1840 had succeeded in designing a practical, reliable and rugged rifle that proved itself to be both "soldier-proof" and capable to face much newer adversaries. The Austrian army, as emergency measure, quickly modified huge numbers of Lorenz rifles to the Wanzl configuration, similar to the US Springfield Trapdoor. Then, Josef Werndl, the chairman of the then OEWG (Oesterreichische Waffenfabrik Gesellschaft, now Steyr Mannlicher) came up with his "revolving block" project and designed the Werndl M1867. He asked no money for the government use of his patent, a "patriotic" generosity well explained with being the only Austrian firm capable to mass produce the rifle. Because of its low cost, the rifle received a good welcome by the Army administration, and was improved in 1877 with a new, more powerful cartridge, the 11x58R Werndl. Then came 1884, when the Germans introduced the first military repeater, the Mauser 71/84, that sported an 8-round tubular magazine under the barrel. Needless to say that once again, every nation scrambled to get a magazine rifle. While this was an easy job for nations that previously adopted bolt action rifles (Italy, Netherlands etc.), the ones that choose block action rifles (Austria, Britain etc) had to start from scratch. Here comes Ferdinand von Mannlicher. He designed a well thought straight pull bolt action rifle that used a falling wedge to lock the bolt into the receiver, noticeably faster and smoother to operate than the rotating bolt of the 71/84. But his best idea was probably the clip feeding. The 5 rounds were contained in a stamped steel frame that was to be inserted in the magazine with the cartridges, becoming part of the action. In the 1885 trial rifle, the empty clip was ejected from the top of the magazine after extracting the last spent case, just like in the Garand, wich was in fact the last Mannlicher-fed rifle. But the top eject was deemed too complicate, and with the M1886, the clip was simply to fall from the action after chambering the last round. Caliber was still the usual 11x58 Werndl, just loaded a bit hotter thanks to the added strenght of the Mannlicher action. Production started at a full rate. For nearly 6 months the Austrians had the best rifle in the world, then the French introduced the Lebel, chambered for new 8 mm smokeless round, that make every other rifle obsolete, even if the French rifle was far from perfect. Production of the M1886 stopped in early 1887. In 1888 the Austrians closed the gap and designed their own 8mm, the 8x50R, technically superior to the 8 Lebel. half of the M1886s were converted to fire the new round, while the other half was sold to Chile, where a crude civil war was being fought. So, the 1886 was nothing but a small, but interesting chapter of the European small arms race of the second half of the XIX century, wich was ended by the outbreak of the First world war in 1914.