Mad Minutes: M95 Mannlicher Straight Pull 8x50R From Battlefield 1 

For comparison, here's the K31 mad minute: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HNbQdAtNhM8.html

I don't know what making the ammunition and the range time cost, but giving yourself a jumpscare accidentally setting the target retrieval system off was priceless... lol.

Anyone who has fired a couple of clips through an M95 will find your performance amazingly fast and accurate. Next mad minute project should be with a Krag using a stack of Norwegian speed loaders.

I'm not sure that anyone at Wikipedia has ever actually fired a rifle.

In the hands of a professional it isn't all that fast given the poor ergonomics, but this is a bit out of context, since you have great experience with rifles and you are using it in a controlled and safe environment. It is easy to see why it is said to be faster if you were to compare this to a normal bolt action rifle used by a conscript during combat. It eliminates an extra movement streamlining the process, and under stress having less things to do in order to make your rifle ready to fire means less chances of you screwing up.

if you ask me, some people say it's fast just because they played battlefield 1

I have to say the Mannlicher M95 is my favorite milsurp rifle, no doubt. Not because it's inherently fast or accurate but because of its beauty, quality, mechanism, and history. They are basically a better Mosin Nagant as they were produced in the millions. I'm not surprised it wasn't particularly fast or accurate and even though it's my favorite rifle I am realistic about it. Great video, hope to see more from this rifle.

Looked faster than it actually was...

0:15 the reason people have been looking forward to it is Battlefield 1. It has an extremely fast in game rate of fire and obviously that's going to be replicated in real life...

The fastest firing bolt action in Battlefield 1 is a Carcano, and the SMLE is one of the slowest. That should show you how historically accurate the balancing of guns is. Fun game though.

I am a simple Austrian, i see M95 i press like By the way the Austrian Phrase "Ruck zuck" which means being fast comes from soldiers using this rifle ins ww1

Imagine a 45 man rifle platoon in the Austro-Hungarian Army in a defensive position firing at Italian infantry attacking them. That is still substantial amount of firepower going down range. Of course defenders have a better chance than the attackers in real combat. Northern Italy in the Alps is very difficult terrain. Marksmanship was very essential to every infantryman on both sides.

I have the 8x56r, i love it. It hurts a little when i shoot it, and gets a little sticky after 20 rounds in succession, with the price of the ammo now, it will never be sticky on me again.:)

I find the M.95 so-so at short ranges, but excels over 300 yards (I regularly shot mine at 600 yards). Not tack drivers, but ALWAYS rang the gong at 600 (mine was 8x56R though).

That must have been fantastic rifle when it came out and with original ammo. All rifles we have now have 2 wars behind them,they are worn a lot.

You did this fine rifle justice.....its an expense one to feed.

@Bloke on the Range, thank you so much for posting this video! I love this rifle, and I am so happy that you are testing the mad minute on this gun! Thanks again!

Well, I for one feel that I'm getting great value for my small patreon contribution. Keep up the great work!

The title reminded me of the days when i was kicking ass in the beta in the desert with iron sights on this rifle, it was so great

Still a great effort thank you sir.

Thats a great, fantastic rifle, and your shooting is not bad at all. That was pretty quick for such an old timer of a rifle.

Very enjoyable, thank you very much.

As a straight pull fan, I found that VERY informative actually. Marky

Great Vid Bloke! This has been hotly debated for a while. One caveat: Unless someone can find Hungarian/Austrian training doctrine on the subject, it's still a debate. However, I'd definitely put my money on your numbers. Thank you for doing the work!

Nice report on the M95, accurate.

That jump scare was soooo funny! :)

I think you took a bit more time aiming for this one compared to the other rifles, the cycling seemed to be quite fast?

god damn this is a beauty. im getting it. its only fitting to have an austrian rifle in austria.

Although I knew it wasn't as fast as in the Game, I still have a sentimental liking towards the rifle. Mostly due to the 30th Infantry Regiment "Children of Lemberg" who used the rifle during the war.

am I the only one who likes the geeky spreadsheety breakdown? Maybe it's just the statistician in me enjoying the stats. On a completely unrelated note, what happened to the swiss straight pull series? I was really looking forward to the K31 episode

I found either an M95 carbine or an M95/30 at a gun store near me and I'm thinking about grabbing it. Is there any version of the rifle that I should stay away from? I'm mostly concerned about accuracy

So what other en-block clip rifles are there still to cover? ping = win?

That is one beautiful stock.

I’ve seen videos were people found these rifles extremely easy to reload, only taking like four seconds to reload from a pouch.

Thank you for leaving in that yelp. Hilarious.

6:20 Awesomely hilarious.

Pretty smooth, overall. Minus the uh, shoulder-slipping. But not the fastest i've seen in this series.

what about keep the striggle pressed while cycle the action? Is that possible to replicate something old west cow body did to their single shot revolver?

Hey, still an incredibly interesting and pretty rifle.

Question? I have several Enfield rifles with Isapour Indian No 1 rifles. All have a good fit between the stock and wrist but there is a gap ( can see daylight) where the reinforcing pin metal tab is located? Question is this normal ?

It would be fun to see a mad minut with a semiauto carbin and a singel loaded rifle. to get the extream ends. when it comes to cartridge fired weapons.

Lovely!

The Ruck Zuck

I think Mad Minutes are kinda funny. The only rifle I'm aware of that can REALLY pull off the "Mad Minute" is the Enfield. There really is nothing quite as fast as the Enfield action in a rested or stationary position. Once you start running around from cover to cover, to simulate battlefield conditions, the Straight-pulls start to shine more, from my experience.

My 2 matching M95s (One made in Styer and the other Budapest) both have smooth actions. The ones I have that are post WWI conversions all suck with the M95/24 being the worst of all of them.

Is there ammo available to buy for this caliber rifle?

6:20 so Hilarious!

Just bought a sporterized one in Australia for $200 bloke just wanted it gone from the shop. I am aware of ammunition available from PPU but it's like hen's teeth. I got reloading dies and about 100 7.62x54r brass cases to make my own as well apparently yay. Have too import all the woodwork the sights and clips from England, dealing with Border Force is such fun.

Bloke, love the channel. what type of charge did you put in the FMJBT? and what type in the cast bullet? I assume the cast bullet was .329?? I'm trying to figure out a safe load for my 8x50R Stutzen. Resized prvi 54R, and .323 250Gr woodleigh flat base round nose. I was going to try 37-38 grains of IMR 3031..anyone have any input on that?

Did you pull the .329 bullets from modern PPU 8x56R? And great video Bloke! Makes me want to get my 8x50R M95 up and running

gee you make that look easy and theres no way it is

Not the best rifle, but one I still want cause I think it's cool.

whats it like trying to find ammo for this thing in europe? here in america its pretty much unobtainium

enjoy these ALMOST AS MUCH as forgootten weapons

Don't let Little Timmy see you all unsafe at your "that's not a range". Hehehe... OMG your unsafe handling of the target system is going to set off alarms with the internet safety buffoons for sure. LOL

Was the middle finger technique ever part of any formal doctrine? Or were we still too heavily in the 'conserve ammo' level of war to encourage that? With the bolt handle turned down a bit, that looks like it would be pretty doable here

I own both the K31 and an M95/30 and it is VERY noticeable how much smoother the k31 is compared to the M95

Holy CRAP, it's about time I started catching up... 😲😲😥😢

I believe the prone position is a hindrance and a kneeling/standing would be more effective

Martini Henry? Trapdoor? 1860 spencer? ANY LEVER GAT PLS

guess im not the only one who shoots these with the ladder sight up using the v at the base of the ladder, tho I tent to bring the slider down to like the 4 or 500 meter range to make more of a peep sight

Hey what's the jacket for? Is it some regulation

Slick bolt :P

A moderately experienced soldier with the Mannlicher M1895 rifle might be able to get 12 to 15 rounds down range accurately at 200 meters. A more highly trained soldier could maybe get 20 rounds plus for the first minute but 15 rounds thereafter. The straight pull is probably a little easier for a raw recruit to get used to handling. However, there is no significant advantage in having a straight pull rifle over the Kar 98 or Lee-Enfield SMLE. These rifles are good for a little over 20 rounds per minute for the first minute. After the first minute, about 15 rounds per minute thereafter. The point here is the Mannlicher M1895 was an efficient infantry weapon for its time putting out a consistent rate of fire. I realize at the Mons in 1914 had highly trained British soldiers who could get off close to 30 rounds per minute with the Lee-Enfield. However, many of these highly trained British soldiers were casualties by 1915. The rate of fire for the British soldiers who were trained later on probably fell down to the 15 rounds per minute accurately at a 200 meter human sized target. This rate of fire of about 15 rounds per minute seems to be pretty consistent regardless of the rifle design. So a straight pull Mannlicher M1895 rifle, or a cock on close Lee Enfield rifle, or a cock on open K98 Mauser seems to have about the same rate of fire for the moderately trained replacement soldiers in each of the combatant nations of both World Wars. No bolt action rifle design was significantly better for the average replacement soldier. This replacement soldier was reluctantly pulled put of civilian life for his term of service. The replacement soldier just wanted to go home after his service was done. He didn't give a damn whether the Lee-Enfield was faster than a Mannlicher M1895 rifle or Kar 98 rifle. The replacemnt soldier just wanted to go home, get back to his wife or find a woman to marry and get on with normal family life. The replacement soldier was sick and tired of living with men for far too long in the military.

I'm not disagreeing with your conclusion. Do you think reload time would be reduced if you had more practice using this rifle?

Anyone got any technical explanation for why straight-pull rifles generally under-perform before the K-31 appeared? And K31 appeared rather late in the game in the 1930's, by that point most countries that were considering adopting a radically different rifle design were going to self-loading rifles or what we'd now call "assault rifles". It's weird how through WW1 and the simmering conflicts of 1920's the quickest action for full-bore rifles was the "primitive" turn-bolt. I heard recently that the reason semi-auto rifles were unlikely to be developed much before the 1930's was the lack of technology to measure how quickly the action was opening when fired. Previous experiments failed because they couldn't see how the action was opening when there was still too much pressure in the chamber. And how that changed with slight changes in cartridge power and fouling.

Have you considered ever trying a mad minute with a 1888 mannlicher straight pull? The wedge lock action on those rifles tend to be a lot slicker than the 1895s rotating head.

Mannlicher love

Well, the K31 was made in 1931, but this gun was made in 1895, almost a 40 year difference.

Do the clips drop out the bottom?

it would be interesting to see if the Ross would do any better

Next mad minute: Brown Bess.

Any Chance to see you in a Competition in the US?? Like Desert Brutality

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I like these lesser known rifles. I'd love to get my hands on a M95. The Austro-Hungarians rejected a rotary magazine rifle that Greece adopted as the M1903 (in 6.5mm), and I've wondered what that would be like in the mad minute. It was made by Osterreichische Waffenfabrik at Steyr, and would have therefore been very well made. Thoughts?

I may be wrong, and I know the sights make a big difference, but somehow the ranking also seems to represent your personal time of exposure to the rifles. (At least i believe to remember you mentioning in previous videos of those rifles that you are most familiar with the No4, next in line the K31, then the K98 and last the M95. So for the bolt actions just the K98 and M95 switched positions).

Was that Santa Claus or the Chap who laughed?

Canadian ROSS mk3 mad minute?

thumbs up for not calling it mannlicker

I'd like to see the mosin included in this series for the luls xD

Do the Mosin nagant and carcano... for poops and giggles!

Nice video but I would imagine a trained Austrian soldier would be able to do up to 30 rounds a minute (in good conditions)

Mosin Nagant Mad minute plz?

While I don’t doubt the 35 shots a minute is not correct I feel it is possible they could have a fairly high rate of fire as that this would be the only rifle they were shooting and using so they are overly familiar with It

If you ever see this comment, Bloke, could you do a Carcano mad minute? Partly out of my own interest, and partly in light of the Kennedy thing.

Those reloads looked a lot more fiddly than I imagined they would be. Clip having to be thumbed down like a stripper, and bolt not closing properly seem to have cost about 2 seconds.

were those full power loads, or somewhat reduced?

The idea that this is so quick is likely BF1's fault. In video games almost any reload is faster for gameplay reasons that irl

These are fun rifles but the action is nowhere near as smooth as the Swiss guns, and sometimes you're at the mercy of the quality and condition of the en bloc that's in at that moment. Sometimes they don't line up perfectly and you have to give the bolt a 2nd push home.

Not a m1893? Blasphemy! I've noticed the Mannlicher straight pulls have a considerable amount of friction in the design of the bolt. Maybe they weren't as bad when they were factory fresh but the bolt feels like it leverages itself against the receiver and drags.

I think the Ross mk3 is a bit faster

Can we see a 1889 rubin mad minute?

If that had been a static 200 meter target, most of those shots would have missed. If the target had been moving, (as people are want to do when being shot at) all of them would have missed.

The people who thought this rifle was going to be fast because they played Battlefield 1 have got it all wrong. Video games, especially Battlefield, mess with real life weapon statistics to balance the game. I've always felt that the SMLE in BF1 was actually slower than it could have been, simply to balance out the large magazine size. I know Battlefield V is a sore topic, but if you've seen the M95 in that game, it's taken on an entirely different role, and a different rate of fire despite being the same rifle. Lesson: don't look to Battlefield for IRL weapon performance.

Where's Timothy the Troll? :P

I've never heard the word "data" said in a creepier fashion . Weirdo

I can see a professional soldier achieving between 25 and 30 rounds a minute but anyone claiming more is talking out their jacksi

Idk man, I don’t really want to lich a man

The Mauser is quicker than that. Try shooting it as often as you do the Enfields first and then leave your anti-German bias at home.