doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion Classic & Custom Single Barreled Sporting Rifles @ doublegunshop.com Interesting rifle with interesting provenance

The majority of the posts here are on 1903s and similar, but maybe this oddball will interest someone enough to go out and get it. There are some other interesting rifles, particularly percussion stalking rifles, but this one jumps out for its history. I wonder what it will go for?

https://www.poulinauctions.com/2025...elt-sir-alfred-pease-in-the-early-1890s/

Did Schoenauer design that magazine as well? Looks much the same as the 1895.

I cannot tell you but I wonder what the modifications to the bolt are. Click on that video.

The story on that butt stock is incredible and unique. Any guesses what it will sell for?

The 1892 and the 1895 are very similar. Also it was the basis for the Dutch 1895 which I used in my takedown project of a few years ago.
Dutch Takedown project
In fact the gun of subject in this, I used as a reference (at least pics of it) when I was planning and noodling on my project. I still have pics of it on my hard drive. I don't remember where I got them, maybe from a previous sale listing. Don't remember.
I don't think any serious mods other then the new bolt handle were done to the bolt. Mannlicher's just have the smoothest bolts ever and those who own them will a test to this fact.
I will be watching the sale and I couldn't even dare venture a guess at it's selling price. I won't be bidding, because I already have a takedown Mannlicher in 7x57. LOL

Brent,

Thank you for posting it, I have just watched and much enjoyed both the videos.

Sir Alfred wrote “my constant companion since 1892”, so presumably built on the 1892 Roumanian Mannilicher action.

My own 6.5x 53R “Shot and Regulated” by Fraser, a much plainer rifle using a cut down military stock, was fitted by Fraser with a Lyman cocking piece sight and both the 100 and 200 yard leaves fold down to clear the sight picture with the peep sight.

One easily seen difference betw the Romanian 92 and the Dutch 1895 is that the 95 has a Bolt Guide Rib on the bolt body.
The Romanian 92 bolt does not have the guide rib.
Nor does the other not often seen variant of this Mannlicher group, the Portuguese 1896 Short Rifle (Navy).

The rifle in the link has the guide rib on the bolt body which would point to a 95 (bolt) action. Parabola's rifle does as well.
Maybe some of the 92's were made with the bolt rib guide or modified for it,,I don't know.
Sir Alfred said he had it since 1892,,so who am I to argue!

Beautiful rifles, thanks for posting them.

I recall seeing the rifle at auction in the past. Maybe on the NitroExpress forum under the Mannlicher section. I do recall the stock with it's markings and the Fraser Trigger .
Perhaps it was at auction at some time in the past and the results can be found to get an idea of the selling price at the time. If that's of interest..
I'm not tech enough to do that sort of searching.
...I did manage to find my lost eye glasses on my face one time though.

Kutter,

Mine says Md. 1892 on the action body, and is dated STEYR 1893 on the left of the receiver.




It also bears British Military Crossed Pennant acceptance marks. The one on the barrel overstamps the NITRO PROOF applied when Fraser had it proofed for sale in Britain.

It appears to have been taken into military use in the First World War. As Dr. Lewis Drake said in the video “If only they could talk”.

I think the Pease rifle has the Lyman lollipop back far enough to avoid the bolt. I imagine the right thumb has to be in front of it, however. While that seems awkward to me, I suppose it will work. I wonder if Pease put that on the rifle or if a subsequent owner did it?

LRF, I just skimmed your thread on your recreation and you mentioned making a tang sight, but I do not see it in the final pictures, unless I missed a few. Did you make one from scratch? The Lymans I have, are not my favorite. I prefer the Marbles, if it is to be a lolli style.

Parabola, is your rear aperture sight riding on the bolt? It is a bit dark to see what is going on in that picture but I cannot imagine it doing otherwise given the position. How does it work?

I don't remember ever thinking I was going to make a tang sight for it. But It has been some time ago. There were a lot of suggestions from various posters which I appreciated. I made a receiver mounted peep sight similar to the Lyman 36 for the rifle. It's in the pics at the end.

Brent,

It is dovetailed into the cocking piece.This picture gives a better idea.

Fraser, who I believe was a distinguished target rifle shot, would have been well aware of the desirability of an unimpeded sight picture.

As he clearly built the Pease rifle with a fixed standard back-sight I suspect that the Lyman peep may have been added later, but probably by Sir Alfred Pease who had the rifle for at least 20 years.

I must find my re-print of “The Book of The Lion” and see if he mentions it.