Join Date Dec Posts 8, If there is an actual swivel loop on the buttstock then it has been added. Did they use different location points for the rear sling swivel?Īlso, any idea who might carry a correct sling for my Steyr? Thanks again. On mine, the rear sling swivel is located on the butt stock and not the trigger guard. I just bought a Steyr on Gunbroker and it obviously is not the original or correct sling. God bless our Veterans, past, present, and future. Does anyone have a picture of a correct sling for a Steyr Chilean Mauser? I don't seem to be able to locate a picture on line. An Austro-Hungarian M.īolt-action rifle.Remember Me? What's New? Forum Gunboards. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Hidden categories: Pages with reference errors Pages with broken reference names CS1 French-language sources fr Articles with short description All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from February Namespaces Article Talk. M16 Stahlhelm M17 Stahlhelm Berndorf helmet. M15 stick grenade M17 egg grenade M17 stick grenade. Retrieved 4 June Austro-Hungarian infantry weapons and equipment of World War I. Men-at-Arms Wellington: Victoria University Press. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Stackpole Company. La Gazette des Armes in French.ĭecember Rifles of the World. The Mexican Revolution - Elite Osprey Publishing. The version pressed into Austrian service in was only modified by using a bigger sling swivel. The rifle featured a "H"-type bayonet lug. The rifle was a close copy of the Gewehr It had a pistol grip stock. During the war, they were also used by the Austro-Hungarian Army.