Thanks for the info, I've previously written to both the Mannlicher Org and Tom, but no reply from either yet after a number of days now. I even tried a few German/Austrian sites, again no response...

With all the Mannlicher collectors out there, you would have thought there would be more parts/service support for them. I can't even locate a good reference book on the Mannlicher. Maybe that in itself is worth a new post, as to which and where I can locate one(s).

Any other suggestions will be greatly appreciated.