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MITCH
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Steyr 1880 or 1886
Sep 9th, 2009 at 3:19pm
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Can anyone direct me somewhere to find out more information on these guns.  Picked one up at a farm auction and I am curious about the rifle.  Thanks, Mitch
  
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Re: Steyr 1880 or 1886
Reply #1 - Sep 9th, 2009 at 4:16pm
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Try doing a search. I typed in Steyr and got this. (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)

Good luck. That'll be a dollar two ninety eight please.  Wink

Or send me some soft lead. 

                                         Joe.  Smiley
  

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Reply #2 - Sep 9th, 2009 at 5:59pm
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I belive a lot of the late 1880's steyrs were straight pull bolt action and many were produced to fill "foreign" military contracts.   

Some were made for South American countries, Balkan countries, the turks (ottomans), Portugal...South African Boars.  Portugal used these rifles until the 1960's.

You might look here:

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Reply #3 - Sep 9th, 2009 at 10:02pm
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Merle, you may have unintentionally offended a proud and resilient people. I’m sure it’s just a typo.  They are Boers not Boars. They ended up in a tie with the British. Boers 1 Brits 1. Of course since the Brits won the last one it was 'game set and match'. You have to admire their spirit and their motto, “God and the Mauser”. Now it’s my turn to offend some folks. They won the first one primarily because they had (dare I say it) Mauser repeating rifles and the British had single shot Martinis. Let the stoning begin. Smiley
  
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Re: Steyr 1880 or 1886
Reply #4 - Sep 10th, 2009 at 7:13am
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Your information is erroneous - they won because they were better at shooting their Mausers than the Brits were at shooting their (repeating)Lee-Enfields.  By that time, the Martini was relegated to 2nd line duties, not for active combat.  FWIW, the Boers did use the Martini longer than the Brits in active service...
  
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Reply #5 - Sep 10th, 2009 at 4:41pm
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Merle, you may have unintentionally offended a proud and resilient people. I’m sure it’s just a typo.


It was a typo...I worked with South African companies some years back..... Cool.   And, once upon a time, I was offered a position running a safari service there.

But thats another story.   I couldn't afford to keep a pack of Rhodesian Ridgebacks....but they did keep the lions away.

Merle
  
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Reply #6 - Sep 11th, 2009 at 6:21am
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You're right MartiniBelgian. I just couldn't resist throwing a rock at a hornet's nest.

Merle met and interviewed a young South African that had come to the US as a student and joined the US Army right after 9/11. Good man. Tough and smart as they come.
  
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