6. Remove the safety detent screw from the outer face of the safety-lever, and take out the spring and plunger. The spring is under tension, so control the screw and ease it out. Remove the safety-lever toward the rear.
7. Insert a screwdriver blade under the beak of the extractor and lift it just enough to clear its front under-lug from its recess in the bolt. Lever the extractor off toward the front. Caution:These are often tightly fitted. If not necessary for repair, the extractor should not be removed.
8. If the gun still has a full military stock, unscrew the cleaning rod, depress the front barrel band latch on the underside of the stock, and slide the barrel band off toward the front. Loosen the sling loop screw in the rear barrel band, depress its latch and slide it off toward the front. If the original upper handguard is present, don't attempt to remove it as it is held on by carefully twisted copper wire. Some Model 1891 rifles have a magazine catch at the front of the magazine, and this is rotated a half-turn. The magazine latch within the guard is then depressed, and the magazine removed downward. On the rifle shown, which lacks the front catch, the next step is to remove the vertical screw just forward of the magazine.
9. Remove the vertical screw on the underside, behind the trigger guard.
10. Remove the trigger guard and magazine downward, and separate the action from the stock.
11. Depress the magazine latch in the front of the trigger guard, and remove the magazine downward. The magazine latch and its spring are retained in the guard by a cross pin.
12. Remove the cross screw at the front of the magazine, and swing the floorplate all the way open. The follower arm and its attached spring and follower are then easily removed, and the parts separated by drifting out the cross pins and sliding the springs from their recesses.
13. The bolt stop is retained by a vertical pin at the left rear of the receiver, and the pin should be drifted out upward.
14. Remove the bolt stop assembly toward the left.
15. Remove the ejector from the bolt stop by pulling it out toward the front.
16. The bolt stop and ejector spring can be removed by backing out its screw, then sliding the spring out toward the front.
17. Drift out the sear cross pin, and remove the sear and trigger assembly toward the rear and downward.
18. Pushing out the trigger cross pin will allow separation of the trigger from the sear.
Reassembly Tips:
1. When replacing the sear and trigger assembly, insert a screwdriver behind the sear to lever it forward for insertion of the cross pin.
2. Before replacing the bolt stop retaining pin, insert a tapered drift punch to insure alignment of the ejector inside the bolt stop.
3. When replacing the bolt sleeve on the rear of the striker shaft, note that the shaft has a guide rib, and this must be aligned with a corresponding keyway inside the bolt sleeve.
Austrian Mannlicher Model 1895
Similar/Identical Pattern Guns
The same basic assembly/disassembly steps for the Austrian Mannlicher Model 1895 also apply to the following guns:
Austrian Mannlicher Model 1895 Cavalry Carbine
Austrian Mannlicher Model 1895 Short Rifle
Bulgarian Model 1895
Bulgarian Model 1895M
Hungarian Stutzen Model 31
Yugoslavian Model 95M
| Data: | Austrian Mannlicher Model 1895 |
| Origin: | Austria |
| Manufacturer: | Ostrerreichische Werke Gesellschaft, Steyr |
| Cartridge: | 8x50mmR Austrian Mannlicher |
| Magazine capacity: | 5 rounds |
| Overall length: | 50 inches |
| Barrel length: | 30.12 inches |
| Weight: | 8.31 pounds |
The Model 1895 was used by the Austro-Hungarian forces as a standard service rifle through World War I, and from 1897 it was also used by Bulgaria. The gun shown in our takedown sequence is the Bulgarian version. Mechanically, there is no difference. Some of these guns were arsenal-converted from their original 8x50mmR (or, later, 8x56mm) chambering to the German 8x57mm round. These are marked “M95M” on the receiver ring.
Disassembly:
1. Open the bolt, push the trigger forward, and remove the bolt toward the rear.
2. Turn the bolt head counter-clockwise (front view), into its locked position. If the head is very tight, use a screwdriver in the ejector slot to lever it.