| kuduae |
| (.400 member) |
| 23/03/21 04:42 AM |
Re: British Sequoia Mannlicher ?
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Though the Stoeger catalog of 1931 offered MS in "The U.S. Cartridge of 1906" (.30-'06), it does not list it by the M1924 designation (as they also did not the M1903, 1905, 1908, 1910) and does not yet list the 'High Velocity' offerings.
By 1931 Stoeger was not alone in not listing Mannlicher – Schoenauer model numbers. A 1914 catalog by Franz Sodia, Ferlach, Austria, listed the M-Sch options by caliber and models 1903 to 10. All post-WW1 catalogs, including the 1929 Steyr one, listed them by caliber only, without mentioning the model dates.
Of course Stoeger offered the High velocity model in .30-06 only. Why offer anything no one is likely to buy? Up to the 1970s there was still a metric – imperial “language barrier”. Just as Americans like Keith or Brits like Taylor did not understand metric numbers like mm, g, m/s and mkg, Germans usually have no idea about inch, gr, fps and footpounds. So a 7x64 Brenneke or 8x60 “Versailles treaty cartridge” were just as unknown in English speaking countries as .318 W-R or .270 Winchester were in continental Europe.