The design was quite robust, and had a long service life of almost 50 years. It was a reliable, accurate and hard hitting rifle that was well liked by the troops who carried it. The Mannlicher M1895 was originally made in Rifle, Stutzen (Short Rifle/Carbine), Carbine, and Sniper Rifle variants. It was nicknamed the Ruck-Zu(rü)ck (German slang for "back and forth") by Austrian troops and "Ta-Pum" by Italian troops who even wrote a song about it during World War I. The Mannlicher M1895 (German: Infanterie Repetier-Gewehr M.95, Hungarian: Gyalogsági Ismétlő Puska M95 "Infantry Repeating-Rifle M95") is a bolt-action rifle, designed by Ferdinand Ritter von Mannlicher that used a refined version of his revolutionary straight-pull action bolt, much like the Mannlicher M1890 carbine. Not realizing that this particular Carbine was in fact an ANTIQUE, it bears the Import Markings normally found on a Post 1898 firearm on the right side of the receiver, and under the muzzle of the barrel. (CENTURY ARMS INTERNATIONAL) of Georgia, VT. This example however is is clearly dated 1897 on the receiver! It was imported into the U.S. STEYR in Austria! The vast majority of these Carbines were made in the 1900's and are therefore POST-1898 and require an FFL. This is really rare, a PRE-1899 MANNLICHER M95/30 Stutzen Carbine made at Œ.W.G.
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