[1942Arisaka]

After years of searching, I finally found one. Certainly a rare bird, so I paid a pretty penny, but I thought it was fair for all involved. Enjoy!

 

[1942Arisaka]

 

[148Infantry]

Truly a unicorn find. Congratulations!!
I’ve never seen one in the flesh and yes of course would love one but probably not enough to pay “value” of what’s it’s worth due to its scarcity. A job well done sourcing one. A rare bird found for a specific collection goal is a celebration for all of us who appreciate these fine old world battle rifles.
Thanks for sharing with us.

 

[148Infantry]

Are these chambered for the same 6.5 as the Dutch Mannlichers?

 

[Nick]

Fantastic find, congratulations!

Here are some "foreign" Mannlichers:

 

[1942Arisaka]

Thank you sir! It was certainly an unexpected find! I've been trying to get all of the main infantry rifles of WW1 since I finished my WW2 collection, and it has proven to be much, much more difficult. I still have several I need, but I won't push my luck too much since I found this one. I was sure I would have all the others long before even seeing one of these in the flesh.

And yes, they are the same chambering and can even use the same clips. The gentleman that sold it to me included 10 Dutch clips as well, evidently KNIL used since they have a dark red lacquer coating.

And thank you, Nick! Your collection is one I aspire to achieve.

 

[Poot]

WOW, super nice. Congratulations!

 

[Patton12]

That is a phenomenal acquisition! Such a rare rifle to find and the stock cartouche looks great! Congrats and thanks for sharing.

 

[bitrclngr]

So which internal organ did you sell to fund this purchase?

 

[Steve251]

Storming. I would love to own one of those. Such an interesting period of rifle history. What I'd give for a conversation with Auguste Schriever, the influential but rather forgotten agent for ŒWG at that time.

 

[1942Arisaka]

So which internal organ did you sell to fund this purchase?

Probably equal to the value of my left nut, to the tune of $2.3k. It's hard to price something when there's no record of them being sold anywhere, haha!

 

[scandiknivars]

Congratulations on your purchase. An outstanding acquisition and a really nice example to add to your collection.
Dan

 

[BlackPowder]

Wow, that’s a beauty! Thank you for sharing. I love the crest. She looks to be in very nice shape overall.

 

[RWH]

Outstanding find!
Thats the first one I've seen, and thanks for posting!!

 

[Cleo45]

Great find, really gorgeous example, the sort of thing that keeps collectors looking! Thanks for sharing!

 

[1886lebel]

Left: Romanian enbloc
Right: Dutch enbloc

 

[Manowar]

Did you check under the handguard if there is a "Wn14" stamp?

 

[bolomauser]

Beautiful rifle! I’ve been hunting one for years. I’ll get it one day!

 

[1942Arisaka]

Did you check under the handguard if there is a "Wn14" stamp?

I'm glad you asked! I haven't disassembled it, but I just took the handguard off to check and found that it has a duffel cut! I'm not familiar with what that stamp should look like, where it would be, or what it signifies. Can you help me out?

 

[Manowar]

I'm glad you asked! I haven't disassembled it, but I just took the handguard off to check and found that it has a duffel cut! I'm not familiar with what that stamp should look like, where it would be, or what it signifies. Can you help me out?

At the start of WW1 unfinished/undelivered Romanian Contract M93 rifles were withheld for Austro-Hungarian Army use. 'W-n [eagle] 14' = Accepted in Wiener-Neustadt near Vienna for the Imperial Army. A very rare marking.