The Bloke, with the help of the chap’s handy hands, takes a detailed look at the Swiss Karabiner 93, a Mannlicher straight-pull with basically the same action as an M95 Steyr. This is the only Swiss straight-pull that is Austrian rather than Swiss.
Chambered in 7.5×53.5 GP90 – a smokeless (not semismokeless) cartridge, they served from 1895 to around 1905, before being replaced by a Schmidt-Rubin type design. Because they had some design flaws.
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The No 4, Mk I*: Musketry of WWII – 1942 Rifle Course (War)
Win a Capandball percussion revolver cartridge maker tool
Uberti 1894 lever action rifle and new revolvers at IWA 2019
George Hyde’s First Submachine Gun: The Hyde Model 33
Bill Ruger’s Prototype WW2 Light Machine Gun
Final Prices: RIA September 2017 Premier Auction (and what I bought!)