Rescuing a Rusty Gun that Survived 2 World Wars
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This set of rifle, sling and bayonet came together, and was about the be scrapped (as usual😑). It's not in terrible condition, but definitely deserves some care.
It is a Mannlicher M95 in its original configuration (8x50R caliber), made in 1915, meaning it survived both WWI and WWII.
Being a WWI-era weapon, with genuine wear on it, I used a very conservative approach, trying to keep things as original as possible while getting it back in shape.
A special thanks goes to Michelangelo Neri Orliani for helping in the making of this project
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A beautiful job. Question: have you tried using brass wool for delicate de-rusting? I've had some good luck with it, but I may be missing something. I found it didn't hurt the finished areas when taking off that bit of rot in otherwise good finish.
@@thelaughinghyenas8465 i've used bronze brushes, but didn't really see any advantage over steel wool
@@Backyard.Ballistics Thank you for the fast answer. I really love seeing your restores! They have inspired me to do some here that actually turned out successful. Not as beautiful as yours of course. You really explain steps, chemicals, etc. VERY appreciated.
Fantastic as usual, thanks for the video and sharing the skills and knowledge. 👍🇬🇧
Try restoring an bigger gun, like a cannon or a small artillery piece
no real need to deactivate this firearm since the ammo is rarer than unicorns. Great restoration as always.
That's actually not true, they still make the round in India as .315 Indian. A REAL unicorn would be 11.15×58mmR, used in the M1886 Mannlicher and older Werndl-Holub rifle.
imagine flying unicorn who farts rainbow colors,what a view,lol
Unfortunately that is usually a matter of legal requirement, not practical relevance. Which just makes me extra happy that our hero is firm as concrete on only giving firearms to museums that are in countries that do not require their destruction.
@@andersjjensen Not 100% about this case but but in many European countries what makes a gun easier to own and not needing to be deactivated or having hard to get licenses to own is availability of ammunition. eta: Looks like Italy is similar to the US in that antique is designated by age (pre 1890). Though, unlike the US, antique does not mean 'not a gun'.
As a unicorn I can confirm this.
My great-great uncle, Korp. Leopold Wadas, k.u.k. 57.Infanterieregiment (Tarnów), II.Bataillon, 7.Kompanie, used this rifle in the late war on the Serbian and Italian fronts. He was wounded in 1918 and survived the war.
He was lucky then! My great grandfather, Wojciech Magda, was with the Polish Legion (Haller's) in Austro-Hungary, and apparently they were mostly issued single-shot rifles.
I believe the Polish Legion was suspected by the Austro-Hungarians to be a nationalist organization and therefore limited their access to the best weapons. The Poles in Galicia associated with Józef Piłsudski set up rifle clubs before the war to teach military-age men how to shoot, and the Austro-Hungarian government allowed them to do it. But they kept an eye on them. During the war, some k.u.k. infantry regiments were issued older rifles. All units in the k.k. landswehr had the most modern rifles and sidearms.
this specific rifle? if so, i'd love to know what tipped you off.
@@manitoba-op4jx No, not this specific rifle. Same kind.
@@bolinfan1519 Yes, it would make a lot of sense to view them with suspicion, from the perspective of an empire participating in the partition of Poland. Such units would usually be worse equipped and provisioned. Anyway - Polish Legions - fascinating history 👍
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Your channel is the gold standard of gun restoration.
Yup... ^THIS^ I refuse to watch any of the US "restoration" channels beccause somehow *things just never quite stack-up* and also because Carlo explains *every step, every process and every chemical* that he uses, and most importantly *why* in such great detail 😁👍
"[...] no silly deactivation" - Amen, brother! 🙌
Amen indeed!
WOOOOOW! That's an "Ian McCullum wants to visit you"-rare rifle right there. And I'm SO glad it was in a condition where a super respectful restoration/touch-up was possible. Some museum custodian somewhere is going to be salivating when this comes in, for sure!
RTI actually has a bunch of these for sale coming out of Ethiopia for relatively cheap, but expect them to be in around the same condition of that This one is.
I'd love to see a collaboration between Carlo and Forgotten Weapons someday, because both creators are at the absolute peak of their respective fields and geek like me would go into paroxysms of joy...
Good news for those who still have unconverted m.95's, there's a company called Millsurp Munitions in the US that's starting up and its going to be making 8x50r along with 6.5 Vetterli and 6.5 Carcano for the first run in a few weeks. Im not too sure what pricing is going to be, but he has said is going to be competitive with PPU's pricing
That's good news! Will they be shipping components overseas though?
@@Backyard.Ballistics it wouldn’t hurt to ask, and also if your local FFL’s can import ammunition
Nice, but are we speaking of loaded rounds or empty brasses? The second would be much easyer to import in the EU.
@@M.M.83-UI doubt they would mind selling the brass if they make them if it would be easier to get approved for export and cut out the expense of making a complete round.
Wow, this was a really impressive video. I love that you not only restored the rifle but also made ammo for it, something I'd never seen before for a restoration. You are quite honestly the only gun restoration channel I watch these days, and I hope to see more great videos in the future!
It’s always good to see a bit of history saved from the scrap heap and brought back to life.
Another beautiful restoration not overly done preserving the historical aspect of this rifle. A working shooting museum quality piece for sure. Thanks for another great video Carlo.
Never clicked on a video faster. Love M.95's. I've got 4 ❤
Always a good day when backyard ballistics uploads.
tried your caustic hot bluing solution it worked really impressively, blued an engraved lock plate from a scrapped shotgun that I repurposed into a rotary tattoo machine and it came out perfectly. thanks cant wait for the parkerising video as i tried it once and got marginal results. keep up the good work
A very interesting family story. My grandfather volunteered for the Legions - a Polish formation fighting alongside Austria-Hungary - because it was under Russian occupation. He fought in the Carpathians during World War I. Later, after the fall of Austria-Hungary, he fought for Poland in the Polish-Bolshevik war on various fronts of the war. He even received a Latvian decoration for fighting for the country's independence. He was a professional non-commissioned officer who was awarded the Cross of Valor four times for outstanding military deeds. During World War II he fought against the Germans in Polish Kampain 1939. Later he wanted to join the conspiracy, but he was caught, taken to the concentration camp in Auschwitz and murdered there. In Poland, lanolin is used to renovate stiff leather. Lanolin is an emulsifier intended for very dry and dry leather.
As an engineer i really enjoy these videos and the technical aspect of it. Great to see an expert at work.
This is the only gun restoration channel I trust to be real
Their are more
Perfect as always 👍👍
Great to see you again. I look forward to witnessing your handywork. I appreciate the "tasteful" restoration to preserve such a good example.
Lovely restoration. Awesome to see that you decided to preserve as much as you could of the original and weathered look.👍
Very beautiful restoration. Glad it went to a museum. Happy New Year!
Keep up the good work! The History of our Wars cannot be understated, the fact that you're decided on preserving such heritage. I applaud your efforts and pray that you make this your full time job!
It's amazing how well it looks and fires after over a century, great job!
Ballistics coming along to save some more historical relics once again. Always a pleasure to watch.
You are a hero for doing these restorations
I've just discovered that the SKS that i restored actually came with a leather pouch! its all still soaked in cosmoline, but i look forward to restoring it. your videos have inspired me to restore more of the older 40's to 60's stuff that i have (including a WWII used M1911A1).
Beautiful restoration! Thank you!
Great content, thanks for sharing!
I've been binge watching these videos lately and let me tell you, it's such a relief seeing an honest youtuber who gets to the point and doesn't fake his restorations
Absolutely fantastic work.
Best gun restorer at youtube for sure, great info aswell and nice that you comment what you do in different stages of restorations and also if guns is safe to fire you test them, great work and great content. Just one more thing make more of these !
Beautiful work. Great job👍💯
I believe the straight-pull was also adopted as it was considered easier to operate and required less training time of new troops. Excellent restoration as always.
Now that looks magnificent. Good job.
Happy New Year and thank you for this video!
Hadn’t seen this model thanks for repairing an demo’ing it😎👌🏽
Loved the leather refinishing. It’s crazy what you’re able to do with the right knowledge and materials!
Yet another great restoration on a historically valuable rifle !
The Hungarian army used the weapon itself and the 8x56mm ammo too in the second world war, even developed new guns to use it but at the end they started using 8x57mm mauser too.
Another good and honest restoration, well done 👍
Your work is amazing to watch! It inspired and helped me to work on one of my old guns a BRNO ZH 201 o/u shotgun - I made up a long vat to boil pieces, figured out a good cleaning and rusting process, it's been a lot of work but really satisfying. Thanks for all the great videos! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I used this gun on BF1 and BF V a lot, I love the straight pull mechanism
Absolutely beautiful restoration!
Love your channel. Thanks for taking such care of this piece of history. Amazing that you hand crafted new ammunition and that it shot so well. Thanks.
Could you please list the CAS-numbers for the chemicals that you use in the blueing process? The proprietary American names for chemicals makes for confusion.
Awesome work. It's always a pleasure to watch you work on these guns.
It's so cool seeing you restore 2 guns that I have models of my own from somewhere completely different in the world.
nice....well done.....thanks for sharing
I restored one of these myself, an 8x50R long rifle they're very well made and stood up to abuse surprisingly well!
I love the air tool sounds.
Always interesting and informative, thanks!
I just watched ALL your restoration videos after coming across one of them in my KZhead feed. They are spectacular! Well done, with tons of useful information and tips. Thanks for putting this content out there. Really great stuff! Hope to see more videos soon.
Thank you for watching!
one of your best restorations yet! love it
once again, awesome video and beautiful work.
The commitment is truly impressive, love your content
Always looking forward to your restoration videos.
Nice video good restauration
Nice work, man. That is an amazing find. So glad to see it was in such good condition, and has survived 2 World Wars! Cheers. Stay safe, shoot straight.
Great video man!
You did a beautiful restoration on that carbine. It is a shame nobody can get ammo for such firearms. The museum it goes to is lucky to have it.
Wow that finish you applied made that stock jump to life!
interesting rifle, i think its the easiest restoration you have has for a while !! i have a 1886 11mm mannlicher rifle , super interesting action , another one saved you should keep a tally like on the ww2 fighter ace with the outline of the fire arms you have saved , thanks for the interesting content nice to see it back shooting again
That was a great restoration video! Thank you for preserving history!
Thank you for watching!
very interesting. Thank you.
It is a pleasure watching your work. Thank you for sharing this history!
Thank you for watching! And commenting!
Hope you're doing well man, always glad to see a new video of yours.
Very nice work.
Many thanks for posting this I very much enjoyed watching your presentation
When are we gonna see the collab we all need? Backyard Ballistics and Forgotten Weapons.
Love watching your vids. Always very informative and interesting.
I've been to the Great War memorial in Asiago. It's very striking in person and also seeing the rolling hills behind it.
Gorgeous work. No gun should be deactivated in my opinion.
thanks for the video it was awesome!
I own a m95 in 8x50r. it's what got me into reloading. I bought dies and can consistently hit the gong at 300 yards with iron sights. the longest range available to me
interesting piece of history. Also nice restoration!
Reminds me of a WW1 mannlicher my nanna passed down to me (1918 Hembrug). It took a lot of research to find out cause it looked drastically different from others, and it turned out to be an Indian modified mannlicher (modified in the 1950's). Shortened barrel, muzzle brake, converted to .303. Great stuff!
A wonderful old rifle from the war in the Dolomites. I have a diary of a Italian Officer who fought there in WW1. great job you did. I have had several of those but in 8x56r. I had one in 8mm. I like that design alot.
Another great restoration! Strangely I get more enjoyment watching it be dismantled than put back together. I think it is the anticipation of what condition each part is in.
Fantastic video as per usual. You are one of the few creators I watch every video from start to finish, hanging on every word.
Very nice work, never thought it could’ve been a hidden gem.
You're videos are always worth the wait
Yugoslavia adopted an interesting conversion of this rifle in the 1930s known as M.95M which changed the cartridge to 7.92mm Mauser and changed the feed system from enbloc clips to stripper clip feed by permanently fixing an enbloc clip in the magazine to act as feed lips and cutting a stripper clip guide into the receiver.
Great video its great to see an un modified example return to service
Congrats on 300k. Well-deserved.
Just got back from being out in the boat fishing all day and discover Backyard Ballistics dropped a new video. Brilliant day
Another excellent restoration.
I restored a 1916 French Berthier all by hand. It was found behind a wall in an old barn. My buddy didn't know what to do with it so he let me have it. I rust blued everything by hand and it took 8 coats to finish. The 8mm Lebel ammunition was very hard to find, but I eventually found some. It's surprisingly a fantastic and accurate rifle. Very long and cumbersome and I can see why the French ditched it after WWI. Great video as always. God bless
Great video. Keep it up!
When I worked at Century Arms in Montreal we sold a crap ton of these. Had a few in this and worse condition that we had to sell at the end.
I love these videos. Great content. Keep up the good work
Congrats on 300K subs!!!!
Just Outstanding
Also if you recorded the bayonet process as well, I'd be interested to see it! ive been wanting to restore an old bayonet of my own, and not sure what to do about the wood scale grips. Theyre riveted on, and have some sort of rack mark or something on them, and so I dont want to break them to get at the metal under them, but I dont want to remove the rivets because they show that the bayonet are of a rare type with cut down rivets. Hard choices! Ill probably just ignore the under-scale area and be careful removing the rust around it to not damage the wood.
I absolutely love your videos
Awesome resto and great video. My Great Grandfather was fighting in the Dolomites on the Austrian side. He was a Junior Officer in the Hussars but they were employed as infantry in the mountains. Perhaps our ancestors exchanged some fire. Thanks very much for another great video.
Very glad to see she won't be deactivated! These rifles are a forgetten gem!
3:32 the water both acts as a medium for rust to cling together forming a kind of polishing compound( which provides abrasion on a micro scale aiding the steel wool), and as a lubricant.
Fantastic as always!
i love seeing old war rifles getting restored
Best restoration channel on KZhead