Renamed Mannlicher-Schoenauer thread, with new pics

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There's no makers name on the carbine. I was surprised at that from the first time I held it.
I expected to see something engraved on the top of the bbl, even if just an unkn maker/retailer and a city.
But nothing there and no signs of it ever having been refinished/removed.
The Romanian Crest is still on the recv'r ring. All the ser#'s match and the bbl has the original proof mark.

The action is no different than the Dutch 95 other than the Dutch95 has a bolt guide rib on the bolt body ahead of the bolt handle.
The caliber is the Military caliber it was mfg in originally. It's the rimmed version of the 6.5 Mannlicher Schoenaur.
Same case, same loads, same results.

Plenty of these and the Dutch95 actions were built into beautiful sporters by Brit gun makers. Often keeping the orig caliber, but refering to it as the 256 Dutch, 256 Mannlicher or 256 Mannlicher Rimmed (or Flanged).
The action easily converts to handle 303Brit as the case can be made from that brass (that's how I make them), and could be bbl'd in any of the common rimmed Mauser rifle rounds.
A Brit built sporter in 375 H&H Express (not Magnum) is considered quite a prize by folks who covet these Mannlichers.
The Dutch action was favored with it's bolt guide rib, but the Romanian was also used for sporters.