Here is a shot of me shooting a Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 Stutzenkarabiner. It is an original WWI era Austro-Hungarian short rifle intended for use by Alpine troops. It is chambered for 8x50R. Click here for more photos of my M95 Stutzen. Click here to see some more of my collection.

One of the main reasons why I collect antique military arms is because they are a physical connection to the past.  My main area of interest is in American imperialism.  Not that it is a good thing to subjugate less technologically advanced civilizations, but because during the period of our American Empire of a century ago our nation was at it's best.  We had recovered a sense of unity lost during the Civil War and had a certain boldness that has since been lost.

Links on this site:

US Marines at a memorial detail firing GEW 88 rifles, circa 1900 

More vintage views of Winchester-Lees in the service.

More Winchester-Lee photos...from the 1999 USMC Birthday Pageant

Winchester-Lee #5960 recovered from USS MAINE

Relics recovered from the USS MAINE

Visit to Dewey's Manila Bay flagship USS Olympia in March 2003

External links (open in new window):

Library of Congress Introduction to the Spanish-American War, 1898

Spanish-American War Centennial Site