Steyr Mannlicher Luxus appreciation...

[Arac]

I’m not sure Mannlicher Schoenauer ever produced a rifle in .300 Win Mag. Note the .300 WM came onto the scene in 1963. Here is an old add for the M-S Magnum, which I pinched from another AH member!

 

[grand veneur]

Officially Steyr never produced Mannlicher-Schoenauer rifles caliber 300 Win Mag, but this don't exclude the possibility that a rifle in this caliber might have existed at some point. I and several others own Mannlicher-Schoenauer rifles caliber 9,3x64 Brenneke that are also not listed in a catalog.

 

[steve white]

I’m not sure Mannlicher Schoenauer ever produced a rifle in .300 Win Mag. Note the .300 WM came onto the scene in 1963. Here is an old add for the M-S Magnum, which I pinched from another AH member!
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My memory Ain't what it used to be. I thought they did.

 

[Arac]

Officially Steyr never produced Mannlicher-Schoenauer rifles caliber 300 Win Mag, but this don't exclude the possibility that a rifle in this caliber might have existed at some point. I and several others own Mannlicher-Schoenauer rifles caliber 9,3x64 Brenneke that are also not listed in a catalog.

I think the Model 72 was produced in .300 WM and also in 9.3x64. But are those considered Mannlicher Schoenauer rifles?

 

[grand veneur]

I think the Model 72 was produced in .300 WM and also in 9.3x64. But are those considered Mannlicher Schoenauer rifles?

The manufacturer of all these rifles is Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG and that's why the models are named accordingly, but the models M72 und the Steyr Mannlicher are not MS rifles because they have nothing in common with the bolt action designed by Ferdinand Ritter von Mannlicher and Otto Karl Schönauer at the begin of the 20th century.

 

[Major Bonkers]

In contrast, I am in the process of selling my Luxus in .308. I loathe the rifle.

The worst aspect is that you cannot load from the breech (which is more like an ejection port), only from the magazine. Which genius came up with that idea? That means that I have to load the magazine, work the action to chamber a round, then reload the magazine. Now I have a battery of four cartridges: one in the chamber, and three in the magazine. If I need to reload quickly, forget it.

I get the principle - the action is stiffer - but it is stupidly impractical for a hunting rifle.

Then there's the weird aesthetics: the Bavarian hog-back stock with zany cheek piece and the 'candy cane' barrel. All a bit 'funky zeit'. van der Walt has a funny story about a chap who had one of these rifles and discovered that the barrel was so shiny (yes, it's a gloss finish) that it reflected light from whatever angle because of the contours of the barrel, and he ended up covering it with camouflage adhesive tape.

And don't get me started on Steyr selling sniper rifles to the Iranians, which were promptly handed over to the Iraqi insurgents.

 

[Brian Rothhammer]

...Specifically the Mannlicher-Schoenauer rifles, which had beautiful internal (non-detachable) rotary magazines.

The rotary magazine of an original Mannlicher Schoenauer is easily removable. The first step to dismantling the Take Down Model is to remove the magazine.

Release cartridges from magazine. They are dispensed through the top when button is depressed.

Use bullet tip, pencil.. to depress magazine cover spring, twist cover 90 degrees, pull out empty magazine.

Schoenauer magazines, removed; M1903 (6.5X54), M1910 (9.5X57). Rotors are closely machined to match profile of intended cartridge.

Load single or by 'stripper'.

 

[Brian Rothhammer]

I’m not sure Mannlicher Schoenauer ever produced a rifle in .300 Win Mag. Note the .300 WM came onto the scene in 1963. Here is an old add for the M-S Magnum, which I pinched from another AH member!

That page was from the 1961 Stoeger catalog.