The weight of the Stutzen was increased about 20%, the attachments were too bulky, Theįront sight was removed to allow the gas chamber to be installed, a new front sight was installed on top of the gas chamberĪlhough the Yasnikov's Mannlicher M95/15 Stutzen was completely functional, it was not considerable for military acceptance. This handle location also protected the user from the fast moving external parts.
The M.95 bolt was internally altered, so when the bolthed reached its final locked (rotated) position, it released the firing pin to fire the next round, making the rifle automatic.Ī wood sided steel pistol grip was mounted behind the trigger guard. The force of the compressed coil spring forced to bolt to load the next round. The external gas chamber and piston was located on the right side of the rifle to allow the rifle sight targeting to stay functional.Ī Permamnent metal stop was installed into the stock behind the grip to limit the bolt's rearward movement. Yasnikov's 1915 prototype had its gas port 60mm from the muzzle end of the barrel. Overall length 1059mm, Barrel length 495mm, Weight 4.3kg (orig. Altered by Yasnikov, Tula Arsenal, Russia, 1915 Mannlicher M.95 Stutzen Rifle originally mady by Steyr, Austria. One of these was Tula Master Armorer named Yasnikov (also referred to as Yasinovskiy) who experimented with the M.95 Stutzens.
The Russian weapon designers had access to plenty of The major parts of the mechanism: Gas chamber attached to the barrel, a gas piston, a return spring and a bolt attachment.Īt the start of WW1 in 1914, the Russian Army captured a large number of Austro-Hungarian straight pull Mannlicher rifles in Galicia. This simplified the requirements of the self loading mechanism. These straight pull bolts have internal spiral grooves, which rotate the bolt head into the locked position. This brought into consideration the straight pull action already in existance and widely usedīy the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Canada and others. The designers found that the bolt would require a re-design to eliminate its rotation requirement. However an operating mechanism moving the bolt lengthwise, while rotating it proved to be too complicated and impractical. Russian Yasnikov's Mannlicher M95/15 PrototypeĮarly in the 20th century several attempts were made to convert magazine loading bolt action rifle to automatic (sef-loading), In Russia the first attempts were made Mannlicher Yasnikov M95 Automatic Rifle PrototypeĪutomatic Rifle Mannlicher Yasnikov M.95 Prototype
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