Original Austrian Mannlicher M1886 Chilean Contract Infantry Rifle in 11mm by Œ.W.G. Steyr - Serial 6818 II Display Guns & Parts Sets /KG 51 recorded its first

/KG 51 recorded its first (a Ju 88) loss on the battle on 1 July 1940

The rear skirt has a name and unit number written on the inside:

The left side of the stock bears a clear government inspector SWP / 1892 cartouche

date and serial number under a Crown over K proof mark: M-1829 /1833 - 499

Original Austrian Mannlicher M1886 Chilean Contract Infantry Rifle in 11mm by Œ.W.G. Steyr - Serial 6818 II Display Guns & Parts Sets /KG 51 recorded its firstOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a good example of this rare early Austrian Infantry Rifle in 11mm designed by FERDINAND RITTER VON MANNLICHER. 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 Austrio Hungarian service rifles to introduce the feature of the clip dropping out of the