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The special feature was the cartridge clip which enabled the shooter to load five or more cartridges with only one grasp.This loading system was also introduced in Germany, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Romania, and France.ġ886 – FIRST STRAIGHT-PULL HUNTING RIFLE M. 85įrom 1885 onwards the rifles of Austro-Hungarian Forces were equipped with the outstanding Mannlicher straight pull repeating system. During the exhibition the lanes and streets were illuminated - making Steyr the first European city with electric street lighting.ġ885 – INTRODUCTION OF THE STRAIGHT-PULL REPEATING RIFLE M. These efforts culminated in the "Electricity Exhibition of the County, Industry and Forestry Commission of the City of Steyr" in 1884, which was the fourth of its kind worldwide. To solve the complex order situation in the firearms business, Josef Werndl turned to a new field of industry, electrical engineering. Therefor the firm was converted on August 1st, 1869 to a stock corporation with the help of the Austrian bank "Österreichische Bodencreditanstalt" and was then called Österreichische Waffenfabriksgesellschaft (Austrian arms-manufacturing company ŒWG) 1884 – STEYR IS THE FIRST EUROPEAN CITY WITH ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTING In order to fulfil the increasing order situation it was necessary to make major capital investments. 1869 – CHANGE OF THE WERNDL & COMPANY TO THE WEAPON FACTORY ŒWG In 1877 both cartridges were improved and even used as secondary weapon in the First World War. It was loaded with two varieties of 11 mm centre fire cartridges, one for the rifle the other for the carbine. The breech-loading rifle developed by Josef Werndl and Karl Holub locks by a cylindrical drum breech which could be turned for loading and back for shooting. On April 16th 1864 the young industrial pioneer Josef Werndl founded the "Josef & Franz Werndl & Company, weapon factory and sawmill in Oberletten" together with his brother, which became the foundation stone of many important high-tech companies of the present and became the home of many important innovations in the weapon industry.ġ867 – THE WERNDL-HOLUB BREECH-LOADING RIFLE BECOMES THE STANDARD RIFLE OF THE AUSTRIAN ARMY Furthermore, STEYR MANNLICHER is planning, together with selected partners, to create new product lines in the near future.ġ864 – FOUNDING OF THE COMPANY BY JOSEF WERNDL These products are primarily hunting and sporting weapons, knives, apparel and accessories. High-quality outdoor products are developed and world wide marketed by STEYR MANNLICHER. Originating from a traditional location in Steyr, which was eponymous for the enterprise, STEYR MANNLICHER expanded to an international entrepreneurial group with premises in Austria and the USA.
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