It's Here!!! The Steyr M1895 Carbine Has Arrived!!

I got a large box in the mail today and immediately I'm thinking, that's my rifle, even though I'm surprised that it arrived so fast.  Ordered on Friday (around 8am).  Delivered on Monday.  Yup, that's fast shipping.  The folks at Southern Ohio Guns really know what they are doing!

So I unboxed it and all that jazz.  I was a little worried that I would find something rusty with the stock all chewed up.  But I was worried for nothing.  I pulled out a beautiful rifle.  The wood on it is amazing.  Metal looks good.  No rust.  Bolt has cosmoline or something that I'm going to have to clean off.  But other than that, the M1895 looked good out of the box.

Looking forward to using the "ladder" style sights.  Not sure what the technical term is for it.  But it looks like fun and the guy on youtube shooting watermelons with his Steyr M95 was using the "ladder" sights.  So I'm guessing it must be accurate.

Finally I shot some video of the Steyr M1895.  Nothing too fancy.  But I'll try to get it posted in a couple of days.  Also I'm planning on taking some video of me shooting the M1895 the next time I'm at the range.  So you can look forward to that as well.

One last thought on the Steyr.  I didn't plan it this way, mainly because I didn't know "SOG" would have the M95 on sale for Christmas, but it's funny that I chose the Steyr for my 1st "Guns I Want To Buy" post.  And now I actually own it.  Crazy how things work out.  Okay, this post is deep fried and done.  Order up.



     

Steyr Model 1895 Carbine: PURCHASED!!

Guns I Want To Buy: Steyr Mannlicher 95/34 

Guns I've Bought: Steyr Model 1895 Carbine

Let's update this previous Guns I Want To Buy post with a Guns I've Bought post.  I'm happy to report that today I bought a Steyr Model 1895 Carbine.   

I don't want to recap the old post too much, but needless to say, after Great Gun Scare of early 2013, the surplus supply of these old rifles dried up.  Or so I thought.  Thankfully Southern Ohio Guns had some squirreled away.  Regular price was $109.  But kindly enough, "SOG" decided to do a 12 Days of Christmas sale and included the Steyr M1895 as one of the specials.

So yeah, I got the rifle for $89.  Not too bad for a rifle that packs more punch than a Mosin Nagant.  I'm going to have to reload for it, though.  8x56R ammo is NOT cheap.  No sir or ma'am.  I'd be in the poor house shooting at those prices.  Anyway, I'll update as things go along.  Order up.