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I'll just take a shot in the dark here; well, not too dark. Rifles from the late 1800s and early 1900s used in Europe and Asia tended to come from the Germanic areas; meaning Germany and the countries very close by and surrounding. Some would come from the Slavic regions as well, and also the current UK region.
Popular rifles from these areas were used in Korea for a great while and did spread Eastward. Many ended up being used both by various Asian-land forces and found their way into the hands of The United States of America.
I had the chance to own a rifle used in Korea and made its way over to the USA.
This was the Steyr-Mannlicher; Hungarian. I forget what model I used, but it was from pre-1910AD (I strongly believe). The ammo was rare: 8x56R which is primarily made by a single company today (that company is "Hornady"
The clip action is a beauty; put 5 in the clip - fire-fire-fire-fire-fire, clip either falls out or is easily knocked or picked out, you can usually just go ahead and put the next clip right on top of the old one if it did not fall out.
It was a bolt action, very easy to disassemble, a little less easy to reassemble.
At 50 yards and 30 rounds I easily made 2" groupings (I took my glasses off most of the time, the recoil is not insane, but I'd rather have a bolt hit my cheek than have glass in my eye & I am quite an amateur. I got a 100% on my hunter's safety course 19 years ago, but never hunted; I just fire for fun (at paper, old junk around my place (lot of acres - no neighbors that aren't family) cans, wine bottles, etc.
It is darn loud, 8x56R is pretty huge, but when you take in the 205grain load it goes fast and loud. No joke, fire actually comes out of the barrel occasionally.
My older Brother; who is much more a gun-expert than I, says it is a decent weight, my Nephew (aged 19 and knowledgeable also) says it is heavy. And with my novice status (I'm used to handguns - for regular target shooting) I thought the rifle was also pretty lightweight.
If you search for it you will find some beautiful photos of it; there is even video footage of the rifle being used - one of the videos shows the bullet piercing a Vietnam-era (iirc) helmet.
Well, I know it was only about one rifle, but I hope you find it helpful.
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