That's a nice piece of history there, and packs a wallop too. That's an ambitious ladder sight...2200 meters?...gonna need a forward observer with that! lol

 

well im still trying to figure out if its in meters or schritten. one schritt= 0.75 meters. when they were rechambered from the 8x50 to the 8x56 they were supposed to be converted to meters.

 

bought 100 rds of Prvi factory ammo for mine, just for the brass. Lee dies. Graf has correct size bullets. A HOOT to shoot! This one is my son's Fav - over all the Mausers and even his own personal Mosin. He may come around and favor the recent purchase M1 or 1903 eventually, but I am not so sure...!

 

I traded for a Steyr Mannlicher with the butter knife bolt handle several years ago. It was a 8x56 so I just trimmed a thousanant off a 8x57 case and it shot well. The sights were regulated for the 200 grain bullet that I think was the standard for this round. It is considerably less powerful than the 8x57. I loaded the 175 sierra best I remember. I still have a new set of dies for the 8x56 Mannlicher and they should work with your gun. If you are interested in them I would let them go cheap, they are RCBS dies. If you think you can use the dies PM me.

 

If in a bind you can neck up empty 7.62x54R cases. They will fire form to your chamber. Also, they will be a bit short, but seat the bullets out to correct overall length. Get .330 or .331 diameter cast lead bullets until you can find the correct diameter jacketed soft points (.229). Hornady used to make a run a year and they go fast when they are available. Can be load down to soften the recoil and for just plinking shooting. Shenandoah

 

The 8x56 Mannlicher-Schoenauer is a rimless cartridge, different in dimensions and specifications from the rimmed 8x56R (Hungarian) Mannlicher cartridge used in the Steyr M95.

 

nifty rifle!! cant wait to pick up a nice surplus shooter someday... and eventually turn it into a customized dream rifle!!

course i'd like to hit lotto too!