In the years after World War Two when the Austrian Army began looking for new sniper rifles, one of their experiments was to use available M1917 rifles and M73B1 scopes (from M1903A4 sniper rifles). The scopes fit onto the M1917 rifles very well, and offered a basically cost-free option for new sniper weapons, albeit one using .30-06 ammunition and relatively low-powered optic. Only a handful of these were made, and there was never a formal test performed or manual written.
Gunsmithing
Q&A #5: Rollin White and Other (Better) Designers
Questions in part I of today’s Q&A: 1:04 – What was Rollin White’s revolver like? 7:09 – Why did pan magazines disappear? 10:14 – Why no pointed pistol bullets? 13:24 – Funky rounds like Trounds […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Mannlicher 88/95 – A Rare World War One Update
The Austro-Hungarian Empire went into World War One with the Steyr M95 straight-pull rifle as its standard infantry arm. Heavy losses in just the first few months of the war made it clear that the […]
Prototype
Roth Theodorovic Prototypes: From Very Awkward to Mostly Ungainly
Today we are going to take a looks at a series of six prototype Roth Theodorovic pistols. These were a design that competed in Austrian pistol trials around the turn of the century, and eventually […]
That’s a good looking rifle. A very well done and useful modification.
There have only been three guns that “got away” from me.
The one that I highly doubt I’ll ever see again was the very well done sporterizrd M1917 in .300 H&H.
Saw it at a gun shop/range outside of Ft. Benning when I was an E5. $500 was a very fair price but more than my disposable income at that moment. The next pay period when I went back it was gone.