I own exactly two straight pull bolt action rifles, the Steyr M95 and the Swiss K11. Let’s see how they compare in a little shootout! M95 Demo: • Steyr Mannlicher M95/3... K11 Demo: • “Schmidt-Rubin” K11 (G...
So the reason you're having to aim so significantly low with the M95 is pretty simple. It looks like your rear sight is the rifle sight and not the shorter carbine-sized sights. The numbers on the ladder itself are measured in "schritts" (German for "steps" or "paces") and not yards or meters. With the rear ladder sight flipped down, I believe the sights are set for 400 meters (500 schritts). If you raise the ladder sight and use the lowest setting it has (the 300) it's sighted for roughly 225 meters. It's not quite the 60-100 yards you had your targets on but it still should shoot way closer to your point of aim.
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Great video, thanks. The pertinent difference between an M95 and a K11 is, one has actual combat use and one doesn't. I'm not saying that the K11 (or, G11 for that matter) isn't capable, I'm just saying the M95 has nothing to prove to any one.
The other issue you are having is you are using the battle sights, to make the m95 hit where you are actually aiming at that range you have to flip up the parade sights, raise it it to the highest it can go, and then use the v notch at the bottom.
You are using a M1895/30 - a conversion with a shorter barrel and firing the Spitzer round. The long rifle sights were 'adapted' to the new barrel and round. You may have had better success with the original 'long' M1895.
Hey Thomas! Blame it on bent bullets. Question for you: If you had to choose from your collection one long and one short gun, for all puproses which ones?
Gonna say Gewehr 98 fot the long one and Springfield 03a3 for the short, though that’s a tough call… Enfield No4Mk1 could be another option for short and Swedish M96 for long…
Another great video! All I’m wondering is, are you looking to have an M1 Garand on the channel someday? No milsurp collection would be complete without one 👌
The Russian 1895 Nagant is an unusual revolver because of its cylinder gas seal design. Do you think this feature was requested by the Russian military because of cold climate in Russia? Cartridges tend to lose velocity in cold temperatures (especially early 20th century center-fire cartridges I’m sure). The gas-seal should allow the pistol to achieve higher velocities than a revolver with a cylinder gap. I just always found it strange that they would put so much emphasis on a design feature that has a ton of negative side effects plaguing the overall function of the pistol. One of which being the notoriously bad trigger-pull associated with the Nagant Revolver. What are your thoughts?
I think that could very possibly be the reason, I’m not certain and haven’t actually find any confirmation on that point. It definitely has an overall negative effect on the trigger, however they are extremely sturdy
@@GreatNorthwestWeaponry They are definitely sturdy, but YIKES. If I were a soldier in WWI or WWII, I would honestly take thoroughly obsolete black powder 1873 Colt over a Nagant. It’s hard to understate how much of a negative impact the gas seal has on the gun.
