The joy that is a Stutzen carbine
1914 German Fuss-Artillerie-Regt 7 soldier with a Mannlicher Stutzen rifle. These handy little guns were based on the Mannlicher-Schoenauer hunting carbine.
Talk about a cute gun!
However, they are known to deliver a good little recoil as well as a stout fireball due to unburnt powder at the muzzle. The landser look unimpressed.
I’m sure owning and shooting a Stutzen carbine is a joy but what that artilleryman is holding is NOT a Mannlicher Stutzen. It’s the gewehr 91, the artillery carbine to the 88 commission rifle.