Retired Sarge
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This rifle was posted on a gun forum I'm a member of. Owner granted me permission to share it with yall here.
This is a stock on a Steyr made M1895 Mannlicher rifle (Don't know if the buttplate is just a carved line or separate wooden piece). The rifle is a WWII bring back, by the owners Great Uncle, and obviously the stock was this way when aquired in WWII.
Just look at the carvings on the stock, a perfect example of old school and old world craftsmanship.
As for the carvings, the language appears to be Serbian. This is my loose translation of it, told him he'd need to find a native Serbian speaker to get a better translation. There is one letter I'm not sure of.
Top line of buttstock. УРУКАМА МАНДШКЋА ВУКА aka BY or IN THE HANDS OF A MANDUŠIĆ VUK. He is a hero in Serbian history.
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Middle line of buttstock possibly. ПОР.СТО.САКС aka POR.STO.SAKS, or ЏОР.СТО.САКС aka JOR.STO.SAX or ЦОР.СТО.САКС aka COR.HUNDRED.SAX, they're either initials or some sort of acronym. I'm lost on this one. I keep coming back to references to CCCC aka Serbian Cross in my searches. Can't tell which one of the following is correct for the first term ПОР or ЏОР or ЦОР.
Bottom line of buttstock possibly СВАКОЈ ЈЕЦУШКА УБОЈИТА aka KILLED EVERY SINGLE.
Under the bolt ОСВЕТА КОСОВА 1912 - 18г aka REVENGE OF KOSOVO 1912-18. On 18г, г means God or year.
Then the coin inset into the stock.
АЛЕКСАНДАР I. КРАЉ СРБА, ХРВАТА И СЛОВЕНАЦА A.PATEY aka Alexander I, King of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes.
Alexander I, was King of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes from 1921 to 1929, and King of Yugoslavia from 1929 until his assassination in 1934.
This is a stock on a Steyr made M1895 Mannlicher rifle (Don't know if the buttplate is just a carved line or separate wooden piece). The rifle is a WWII bring back, by the owners Great Uncle, and obviously the stock was this way when aquired in WWII.
Just look at the carvings on the stock, a perfect example of old school and old world craftsmanship.
As for the carvings, the language appears to be Serbian. This is my loose translation of it, told him he'd need to find a native Serbian speaker to get a better translation. There is one letter I'm not sure of.
Top line of buttstock. УРУКАМА МАНДШКЋА ВУКА aka BY or IN THE HANDS OF A MANDUŠIĆ VUK. He is a hero in Serbian history.
Vuk Mandušić - Wikipedia
Middle line of buttstock possibly. ПОР.СТО.САКС aka POR.STO.SAKS, or ЏОР.СТО.САКС aka JOR.STO.SAX or ЦОР.СТО.САКС aka COR.HUNDRED.SAX, they're either initials or some sort of acronym. I'm lost on this one. I keep coming back to references to CCCC aka Serbian Cross in my searches. Can't tell which one of the following is correct for the first term ПОР or ЏОР or ЦОР.
Bottom line of buttstock possibly СВАКОЈ ЈЕЦУШКА УБОЈИТА aka KILLED EVERY SINGLE.
Under the bolt ОСВЕТА КОСОВА 1912 - 18г aka REVENGE OF KOSOVO 1912-18. On 18г, г means God or year.
Then the coin inset into the stock.
АЛЕКСАНДАР I. КРАЉ СРБА, ХРВАТА И СЛОВЕНАЦА A.PATEY aka Alexander I, King of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes.
Alexander I, was King of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes from 1921 to 1929, and King of Yugoslavia from 1929 until his assassination in 1934.
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