Original Portuguese Contract M1896 Mannlicher Short Rifle in 6.5×53mmR by Œ.W.G. Steyr - Serial B693 French Ordnance 000 hp class Nakajima Homare

000 hp class Nakajima Homare engine

in the spring of 1898 as tensions rose between the United States and Spain

The plating is still mostly present

The shorter barreled versions without the ejector rod were marketed as "shopkeeper's specials"

Original Portuguese Contract M1896 Mannlicher Short Rifle in 6.5×53mmR by Œ.W.G. Steyr - Serial B693 French Ordnance 000 hp class Nakajima HomareOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a Portuguese contract M1896 Mannlicher short rifle, made at . W. G. Steyr in Austria. These are essentially the same as the Mannlicher M1893 made for the Kingdom of Romania, and use the same 6. 553mmR "Romanian" cartridge. These were ordered by the Kingdom of Portugal in 1896, when they bought about 12,500 6. 5mm Mannlicher rifles and carbines from Steyr for the Navy and Cavalry, along