~ Mannlicher Model 1886 Obsolete 11.15x86R Straight Pull – Sporterised ~
This piece is an obsolete caliber, so it doesn’t require any deactivation certificate. Unfortunately the bolt was welded to the side, but it can be reverted with ease without affecting the cunctionality of the rifle.
The barrel hasn’t been cut or blocked.
The Repeating Rifle Model 1886 commonly known as Mannlicher Model 1886 was a late 19th-century Austrian straight-pull bolt-action rifle, adopted in 1886. It used a wedge-lock straight pull action bolt. It was the first straight-pull bolt-action service rifle of any nation.
The M1886 itself was an improvement of the Mannlicher Model 1885 Trials Rifle that was a prototype, meant to replace the by then obsolete M1867 Werndl-Holub drum-breech single-shot rifle. It was the first of the Austro-Hungarian service rifles to introduce the feature of the clip dropping out of the bottom of the magazine when the last round is chambered.
Between 1888–1892 95% of the M1886 rifles were converted (rebarreled) to 8×52mmR Mannlicher under the designation M1886-88. Rifles in original (11mm) caliber with Austrian acceptance marks are a rare find.
This is the case with our piece.
The rifle was quickly made obsolete by the introduction of the Lebel Model 1886 rifle with its new smokeless cartridge. As such it was quickly replaced in Austrian service by its successor the M1888. The rifle still had a long life, however, and turned up in Spain in the hands of republican troops during the Spanish Civil War in the hands of members of the British Battalion at Madrigueras where they were used for training before being replaced on the eve of the Battle of Jarama by more modern rifles such as the Mosin-Nagant.
The rifle is serial numbered 5513 II.
~ Condition ~
Please consult the pictures for the condition report.
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