Thanks for that kuduae, my mate has one that is a 1920 manufacture date and it has the serial number before the year stamp. FI my own M 1924 in 30-06 has the factory serial number 299, while my slightly earlier M 1910 is # 11400. The Steyr factory used seperate serial number ranges for each of their Mannlicher-Schoenauer models, so a comparatively low-numbered HighVelocity rifle, M 1925, may be much later than a higher-numbered M1903. The M1910 serial number should be on the right side of the receiver ring, above the woodline. Perhaps they registered the M-Sch rifles by their serial numbers then. Since about 1928 the Steyr factory department of the Vienna proofhouse did not stamp the proofhouse ledger number. But I am a little confused, there is no serial number then. I have read posts about how you date the rifle. I was wondering if someone may be able to help me with the year of manufacture. I purchased HuntingSchneider's 9.5x57 a few months ago.
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