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Make sure your shooting shoulder is in good order because these little carbines will take it apart in short order from the recoil! Reloading for it would help immensely by downloading but you'll need .329 diameter bullets for that purpose.

A shooting companion who has a M95 informed me that some have smaller bores "can't remember the details" his shoots a much smaller group with a .323" bullet.

David

Dromia will probably be along soon wisely to recommend ramming a slug through the bore...

rufrdr wrote:Make sure your shooting shoulder is in good order because these little carbines will take it apart in short order from the recoil! Reloading for it would help immensely by downloading but you'll need .329 diameter bullets for that purpose.

Nah, the recoil isn't that bad! Yes, it's stout but a good shooting position helps, as does going with the recoil rather trying to fight it. Also, the butt is quite short which doesn't help the felt recoil. To increase the length of pull I shoot it with a slip on butt pad - this tames the felt recoil, however my shoulder gets more battered with it on than without.

Even so, this is not a rifle to be shot deliberately - rapid fire is the only way to go! :shakeshout:

davidh195 wrote:A shooting companion who has a M95 informed me that some have smaller bores "can't remember the details" his shoots a much smaller group with a .323" bullet.

David

That will be the WWI issue rifles - 8x50R with a 0.323 bullet. The later rifles (M95/30*) are the 8x56R carbines which have a 0.329 bullet.


*Sometimes erroneously referred as a M95/34.

Sandgroper wrote: Even so, this is not a rifle to be shot deliberately - rapid fire is the only way to go! :shakeshout:

So, it's a K31 with Small Man Syndrome?

meles meles wrote:

Sandgroper wrote: Even so, this is not a rifle to be shot deliberately - rapid fire is the only way to go! :shakeshout:

So, it's a K31 with Small Man Syndrome?

Certainly not - it's just more fun that way!

Sandgroper wrote:

davidh195 wrote:A shooting companion who has a M95 informed me that some have smaller bores "can't remember the details" his shoots a much smaller group with a .323" bullet.

David

That will be the WWI issue rifles - 8x50R with a 0.323 bullet. The later rifles (M95/30*) are the 8x56R carbines which have a 0.329 bullet.


*Sometimes erroneously referred as a M95/34.

Confirmed Its a carbine chaimberd in 8x56R which slugs at .323.

S marked.

meles meles wrote:Dromia will probably be along soon wisely to recommend ramming a slug through the bore...

David

David

davidh195 wrote:
Confirmed Its a carbine chaimberd in 8x56R which slugs at .323.


David

David

Groove or bore?

dromia wrote:

davidh195 wrote:
Confirmed Its a carbine chaimberd in 8x56R which slugs at .323.


David

David

Groove or bore?

IIRC when the Austrians and Hungarians changed from the 8x50R to the 8x56R all they did was cut new chambers and shorten the barrel and used different bullets for the two cartridges. Just trying to find the reference.