Posted on 01/13/2009 3:12:59 PM PST by dynachrome
Two Highly Erotic Steyr Classic Mannlichers with every inch of these two rifles engraded. It took Steyr Master Engravers two years to complete in Austria. The two rifles are ingraved with the nude goddess Artemis, "the virgin goddess of the hunt". On one rifle she is stalking the stag and on the other rifle she has killed the stag. Both rifles floor plate are highly graphic and one rifles floor plate has Artemis bent over and what I know about Greek Mythology, appears to be a Satyr (Half Goat/Half Man)giving her all he's GOT! These rifles are nuts! These rifles were commissioned by at the time Russia's wealthiest person who recieved 9 years in prison for reasons people say were not true. This person has been on US's Sixty Minutes tv show. Negotiations for these two rifles to be seen in Playboy and Hustler. These two rifles are investment pieces as someone on this planet will find them as a must have for a conversation piece. These rifles have never been shot. Cal. is in a European 8x68s lop 14 3/8" Weight 8lb 2oz.
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Neato. However I could do without the Satyr goatman... LOL.
Ain't no fun.
...no need to view the pics. That pretty much says it all right there.
The engraving is rather crude if you ask me - not the subject, the same sort of thing was not uncommon in the 17th-18th century. The artistry is just third-rate.
Its not as classy as many nice shotguns its rather pimp if you ask me.
“mannlicher”
I ain’t going there!
Ping.
“I did not have any connection to the Satyr Goatman.”
You really need better and more detailed photographs to be sure, but it appears to me that it is certainly not up to the standards of the greatest artisans of the 18th and 19th centuries...but I don’t think it’s terrible work.
Is it a pimp action shotgun?
“Happiness is a warm gun...”
Its pretty bad for $20K
You can get better art in any Indian souvenir shop.
I have one of the carbines. I did not pay $19000 for it!
“The Steyr M1895 rifle, also known as Steyr-Mannlicher M95 straight pull rifle, was developed by famous Austrian arms designer Ferdinand Ritter Von Mannlicher. Based on his previous M1890 design, this rifle was manufactured in Austro-Hungarian Empire at state arms factories in Steyr (Austria) and Budapest (Hungary). More than 3 millions of M95 rifles were produced between 1895 and 1918. This rifle was issued to Austro-Hungarian army, and, after the fall of the Empire, to the Austrian and Hungarian armies. Originally produced in 8x50R caliber, in 1924 some of M95 rifles were converted to the German 7.92x57 Mauser (also known as 8x57 Mauser) ammunition. These converted rifles featured shorter 58 cm barrels, were designated as M95/24 and used in Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. This conversion gave away with original Mannlicher en bloc clip, and replaced it with Mauser stripper clips. Since 1930 Austria converted most of the M95 rifles to the more powerful 8x56R M30 ammunition, using the same Mannlicher en bloc clips. These rifles were designated as M95/30, and marked with the letter “S” on the receiver ring. Hungary started to convert their rifles to the same 8x56R ammunition in 1931, with the upgraded rifles being marked with the letter “H” on the receiver ring. Many of the M95 rifles were used during the Word War 2 by the Hungarian, Bulgarian and Italian armies, as well as by some German police forces. “
These are Steyr Mannlichers, the cheaper to produce late 1960’s successor to the classic and much classier Mannlicher-Schoenauer rifle.
Go therefore unto gunbroker.com or gunsamerica.com and see the difference.
Engraving on a S-M is like lipstick on a pig, IMHO.
LOL...I know the difference well. My uncle brought a lightly engraved M-S back from Germany in the 50’s....it’s dropped many a PA white tail.
I have a Steyr-Mannlicher-Daimler-Puch ...40 years old
bolter with leb cedar stock and damascus twisted barrel
in .243 Winchester with hair...very hair...double trigger set
Khales 3.5X 12 illuminated reticle glass
deer tremble when they hear my Lacrosse Grange boots hit the trail
i love that gun...with light grain ballistic tip Noslers it shoots itty bitty groups but they tear up too much meat
I shoot heavier grain Core Locts 100s
I have no idea what the heck that is! Sounds like it oughtta serve ya beer when you are done hunting!
The gun collection at the Met in NY is out of this world. Talk about beautiful guns!
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