This video delves into the Swiss Model 1893, a Mannlicher straight-pull cavalry carbine. It explains how the Swiss, after adopting the Vetterli and Schmidt-Rubin straight-pull systems, sought a more compact action for cavalry. The Mannlicher design, similar to the Austrian Steyr M95, was chosen but ultimately proved too complex to disassemble and insufficiently accurate for Swiss service. Only 8,000 were purchased, and the carbine was deemed obsolete by 1905, replaced by a Schmidt-Rubin design. Despite its service issues, the Model 1893 is noted for its high-quality Mannlicher straight-pull construction.
This video explores two innovative rifle designs by Orvill Robinson from the 1870s. The first, an 1870 model, features a pistol-caliber action with a tubular magazine and a unique tilting wedge bolt system. The later 1872 pattern rifle utilizes a toggle-type lock operated by a side knob, reminiscent of a lever action without the lever. Both designs showed promise and attracted the attention of Winchester in 1874, who ultimately purchased Robinson's patents and inventory, halting production to avoid competition with their own lever-action rifles. The video speculates on a potential influence of Robinson's 1870 design on Ferdinand Mannlicher's later straight-pull action.
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