@Captain Price I have a MS 1903 6.5 x 54 17 1/2" carbine and a 1903/14 Greek converted to 8mm Mauser carbine 19 3/4" barrel and you will have to look for a long time to find any rifle out there to compare them to,they are the best of the best.The Greek was redone in England years ago and is every bit as good a gun as the MS is,I picked them both up at a pawn shop in north Idaho for $1600 out the door for both and about broke my wrist reaching for my wallet.The MS has to have 160gn round noes bullets and the Greek has to have 198gn round nose or they wont feed properly but with the proper bullets they feed smooth as glass with 100% reliability,the Greek even has the double set triggers so its really sweet to shoot.These guns truly are in a class all by themselves.
@@dennistaylor3762 "The Greek was redone in England years ago and is every bit as good a gun as the MS [sic]"? The 'Greek' Y1903/14 is no more or less of a Mannlicher Schoenauer than is the M1903. Yours has been converted to 8mm Mauser, as so many have been 'sporterized' o'er the years, but it is still a Mannlicher Schoenauer. All internal parts interchange on original examples. The MS was introduced with a new proprietary 6.5X54MS cartridge as M1900 prototypes and sales samples in effort to acquire military contracts. The Greek government accepted a 1903 revision which entered production in 1905 as the Y1903. Alongside these military arms, production began of sporting versions of rifle and stutzen (full stocked carbine) in 6.5X54 (M1903) and a new MS proprietary 9X56 (M1905). The subsequent M1908 introduced 8X56MS which was, in turn, followed by the M1910 in 9.5X57 (.375 Nitro Express Rimless). The M1924 Sequoia, with a longer action and retaining ring on magazine, was originally chambered for the 'U.S. Cartridge of 1906', or .30-'06, but also for a variety of cartridges between 1925 - 45. All of the pre WW2 MS sporting arms were available full or half stocked, single or double trigger, various barrel lengths, and with other available custom options as well as a dandy take down version. See link for more info: www.africahunting.com/threads/mannlicher-sch%C3%B6nauer-prewar-m1900-m1903-m1905-m1908-m1910-m1924-m1925-or-high-velocity.47277/ 'Greek' military contracts were renewed for the Y1903/14, Y1903/14/27 (Breda), and 'System 1930' rifles and carbines, all in 6.5X54MS. A dedicated Mannlicher thread: forums.nitroexpress.com/postlist.php?Cat=0&Board=mannlicher
@@-oiiio-3993 Thanks for the info,I also have a 6.5 x 54 1903 MS carbine and I have a 6.5 x 53R dutch,the neat factor of these guns is completely off the charts and I'm fortunate to have been able to acquire them.I reload for all my guns and both my 6.5s are just as accurate as anything in their class they make today.The 03/14 in 8mm Mauser has about a 20" barrel and the two 6.5s have about 17" barrels and those are the guns I go hunting with.
Excess inventory becomes surplus. Besides, as this rifle was 'German capture' during a time when Greece and Germany were at war, it had been surrendered or abandoned.
Good looking little carbine
this is the most beautifull gun i have ever seen ,but how how do u know that only 250 pieces produced?
The Greek navy was very small.
@Captain Price I have a MS 1903 6.5 x 54 17 1/2" carbine and a 1903/14 Greek converted to 8mm Mauser carbine 19 3/4" barrel and you will have to look for a long time to find any rifle out there to compare them to,they are the best of the best.The Greek was redone in England years ago and is every bit as good a gun as the MS is,I picked them both up at a pawn shop in north Idaho for $1600 out the door for both and about broke my wrist reaching for my wallet.The MS has to have 160gn round noes bullets and the Greek has to have 198gn round nose or they wont feed properly but with the proper bullets they feed smooth as glass with 100% reliability,the Greek even has the double set triggers so its really sweet to shoot.These guns truly are in a class all by themselves.
@@dennistaylor3762 "The Greek was redone in England years ago and is every bit as good a gun as the MS [sic]"?
The 'Greek' Y1903/14 is no more or less of a Mannlicher Schoenauer than is the M1903. Yours has been converted to 8mm Mauser, as so many have been 'sporterized' o'er the years, but it is still a Mannlicher Schoenauer. All internal parts interchange on original examples.
The MS was introduced with a new proprietary 6.5X54MS cartridge as M1900 prototypes and sales samples in effort to acquire military contracts. The Greek government accepted a 1903 revision which entered production in 1905 as the Y1903.
Alongside these military arms, production began of sporting versions of rifle and stutzen (full stocked carbine) in 6.5X54 (M1903) and a new MS proprietary 9X56 (M1905). The subsequent M1908 introduced 8X56MS which was, in turn, followed by the M1910 in 9.5X57 (.375 Nitro Express Rimless).
The M1924 Sequoia, with a longer action and retaining ring on magazine, was originally chambered for the 'U.S. Cartridge of 1906', or .30-'06, but also for a variety of cartridges between 1925 - 45. All of the pre WW2 MS sporting arms were available full or half stocked, single or double trigger, various barrel lengths, and with other available custom options as well as a dandy take down version.
See link for more info: www.africahunting.com/threads/mannlicher-sch%C3%B6nauer-prewar-m1900-m1903-m1905-m1908-m1910-m1924-m1925-or-high-velocity.47277/
'Greek' military contracts were renewed for the Y1903/14, Y1903/14/27 (Breda), and 'System 1930' rifles and carbines, all in 6.5X54MS.
A dedicated Mannlicher thread: forums.nitroexpress.com/postlist.php?Cat=0&Board=mannlicher
@@-oiiio-3993 Thanks for the info,I also have a 6.5 x 54 1903 MS carbine and I have a 6.5 x 53R dutch,the neat factor of these guns is completely off the charts and I'm fortunate to have been able to acquire them.I reload for all my guns and both my 6.5s are just as accurate as anything in their class they make today.The 03/14 in 8mm Mauser has about a 20" barrel and the two 6.5s have about 17" barrels and those are the guns I go hunting with.
I'm curious about something. Did the greek army issue cigarette lighters to the troops? If so, what type?
Did you find out anything on this?
Brand ns02 not ok?
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Αυτό δεν είναι Mannlicher είναι Grass!!!
Mannlicher όχι Gras.
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This guns belong to greece
Excess inventory becomes surplus.
Besides, as this rifle was 'German capture' during a time when Greece and Germany were at war, it had been surrendered or abandoned.