Steyr M.95/30 - Austrian 1st Republic

Could you possibly post a picture of the full underside of the bolt? Is the bolt R or K or differently marked anywhere?
 
There is a K on the back side of the bolt next to the firing pin channel opening. Apart of that and the weird stamp/stamps on the root of the bolt handle, there is nothing else.
 

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As mentioned should be compared normal matching M95/30 StutzenKarabiner with details of butt serial number, the base stem ball marking is with H 26 could be from overhaul in 20ies, same as the K is different on safety as the imperial K on backside of bolt. Change of butt and reserial could done every Waffenmeister of small unit, no problem is easy to made, when You have dies. The old number looks still readable under angle, the 3261 is separated really from D range. Bulgarians stamped mainly on right buttstock the overhauls. Freikorps on old czechoslovak pictures are always equiped with old M95 rifles and carbines. but i dont say its confirmed, only its a possibility.
 
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AndyB said:
As mentioned should be compared normal matching M95/30 StutzenKarabiner with details of butt serial number, the base stem ball marking is with H 26 could be from overhaul in 20ies, same as the K is different on safety as the imperial K on backside of bolt. Change of butt and reserial could done every Waffenmeister of small unit, no problem is easy to made, when You have dies. The old number looks still readable under angle, the 3261 is separated really from D range. Bulgarians stamped mainly on right buttstock the overhauls. Freikorps on old czechoslovak pictures are always equiped with old M95 rifles and carbines. but i dont say its confirmed, only its a possibility.
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I might have not written it clearly enough, I'm afraid. So: The buttstock must have really been changed. No doubt about it. Apart of having two sets of numbers, one old, one new, it is also hollow. The standard M.95 or M.95/30 stocks are not hollow.

Freikorps really was armed with old M.95 rifles and carbines, not with the M.95/30 rifles. Those were still in service with the ex-Bundesheer units of the Wehrmacht by that time.
 
Hollow buttstocks are not unknown and were standard issue. I think it’s been about a decade since I sold my last M95, but the hollowing was standard to one of the variants. I believe it was the original issue stutzen (with bottom swivels only), but I’d have to check my old files. There were four different styles of buttplates too, if I recall correctly.

The K marked parts indicate Steyr manufacture whereas R indicates Budapest. Would be common to find a mix on reworks. I always really liked the 8x56r conversions and it took forever to find a matching (non-Bulgarian) 8x56r Austrian rework.
 
Thanks for the info on the hollow buttstocks. I never knew that!

Regarding the Ks and Rs, I only found Ks on the rifle. Only the strange stamp on the bolt remains unexplained.
 
prez1981 said:
The K marked parts indicate Steyr manufacture whereas R indicates Budapest. Would be common to find a mix on reworks. I always really liked the 8x56r conversions and it took forever to find a matching (non-Bulgarian) 8x56r Austrian rework.
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There were in fact a few more letters to be found on M.95 rifles: K and N are Steyr, R and M are Budapest, B in Circle is Brünn.
 
Were the Ns for Steyr and Ms for Budapest interwar-period stamps? I never saw them so I guess they aren't exactly common, are they? For Brno, I thought the stamp was a V.
 
I have seen N stamps on WWI made Steyr rifles. I have not seen M stamps on Budapest rifles, but this information originates from the same person who supplied you the information on the Steyr pistols.
 
I had forgotten about the N marking, but never came across the others. In my experiences, the N marking was found on later WWI pieces. I’ll try to dig
Up my old photos
 
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