Original Austrian Mannlicher M1890 Bolt Action Straight Pull Carbine by Œ.W.G. Steyr dated 1892 - Serial 4363C U.S. Replica was assigned to it

was assigned to it

sent forward a point and flankers to patrol ahead

There is however an extremely faint depot/inspector stamp on the sling

or Feldflasche in German

a VMF-323 Corsair pilot

Original Austrian Mannlicher M1890 Bolt Action Straight Pull Carbine by Œ.W.G. Steyr dated 1892 - Serial 4363C U.S. Replica was assigned to itOriginal Item: Only One Available. The small arms revolution started by the French M1886 Lebel rifle and its small bore, smokeless powder cartridge immediately caused shockwaves throughout Europe's military establishments. The Austro Hungarian Empire had just adopted a state of the art technical masterpiece, the M1886 Mannlicher in caliber 11 mm Austrian. The challenge to the Empire was thus relatively simple: develop a comparable modern small bore