Original Austrian Mannlicher M1888 Bolt Action Straight Pull Infantry Rifle in 8mm by Œ.W.G. Steyr Serial 14327 with Bayonet Category_Water Jacket Assembly This is why it is

This is why it is not uncommon at all to see maker marked daggers in Chained scabbards

indicating the cavalry rank of Unterwachtmeister (Junior Watch Master)

" Jack Sacco gives a first-hand account of the liberation of CC Camp

There are some Chinese replicas of these out there

During the Weimar republic

Original Austrian Mannlicher M1888 Bolt Action Straight Pull Infantry Rifle in 8mm by Œ.W.G. Steyr Serial 14327 with Bayonet Category_Water Jacket Assembly This is why it isOriginal 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