Production history
Designer Otto Schönauer &
Ferdinand Mannlicher
Designed 1900
Manufacturer Steyr, Breda
No. built ~350,000
Variants M1903
M1903/14
Specifications
Mass 3.77 kg (8.3 lb) (1903/14)
3.58 kg (7.9 lb) (1903/14 Carbine)
Length 1,226 mm (48.3 in) (1903/14)
1,025 mm (40.4 in) (1903/14 Carbine)
Barrel length 725 mm (28.5 in) (1903/14)
525 mm (20.7 in) (1903/14 Carbine)
450 mm (18 in) (Model 1903)
Cartridge 6.5×54mm Mannlicher–Schönauer (military and Model 1903)
8×56mm Mannlicher–Schönauer (Model 1908)
9×56mm Mannlicher–Schönauer (Model 1905)
9.5×57mm Mannlicher–Schönauer (Model 1910)
.30-06 Springfield, .243 Winchester and .270 Winchester (Model 72)
Action bolt action
Muzzle velocity 678 m/s (2,223 ft/s)
Effective firing range ~600 metres (660 yards)
Feed system 5 round rotary magazine
Sights Front barleycorn; rear tangent
adj. from 200 to 2000 m
With a fast firing for a bolt action while germany lacks even one the uk has provided an example. able to fire without loosing target while ads this would be great at br2. one or two people have asked for this and it would be fun to give germany a better br2 rifle than the mar 36. adding a nine round prototype to the five round mannlicher would go some way to adresing the lack of a german straight pull rifle.
One of the early designs for a rotary magazine design is by Otto Schonauer in 1885. Otto Schonauer was a protege of the famous German firearms designer, Ferdinand Mannlicher and his rotary magazine design appeared in a turnbolt Mannlicher .43 caliber rifle design in 1887. However this rifle was not very successful and the magazine was not perfected yet. A much improved rotary magazine was featured in the Mannlicher-Schonauer M1903 rifle design, which was very successful.
