Mannlichers....
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Kevan check out Garry Fellers web page, he sells nothing but metallic vintage sights , he may have a Lyman Flip peep on hand. give him a call is best result, his web site is just listing of general stock. good guy to deal with!
Rob really appreciate the bolt peep pictures,a rare find!
Rigby is making a bolt peep today, mostly for 98 Mauser bolts, I think there around $500US funds.
The Flip peep I have works so well you don't even know the arm is getting whacked back and forth while you get ready to shoot!
The only other gun company that has incorporated MS'ers magazine design release is Lakelander. Nothing like pressing a button and all the bullets zip out into your cupped hand
Cheers Dale!
Rob really appreciate the bolt peep pictures,a rare find!
Rigby is making a bolt peep today, mostly for 98 Mauser bolts, I think there around $500US funds.
The Flip peep I have works so well you don't even know the arm is getting whacked back and forth while you get ready to shoot!
The only other gun company that has incorporated MS'ers magazine design release is Lakelander. Nothing like pressing a button and all the bullets zip out into your cupped hand
Cheers Dale!
Thanks for the link Dale, I will give Garry a call tomorrow.
I had considered putting a scope on it but given the fact that a scope would have to sit fairly high to allow for bolt clearance and the down curve of the buttstock it might not be comfortable to shoot, so a peep sight it is providing I can find one.
Again Thanks.
I had considered putting a scope on it but given the fact that a scope would have to sit fairly high to allow for bolt clearance and the down curve of the buttstock it might not be comfortable to shoot, so a peep sight it is providing I can find one.
Again Thanks.
Some may be interested in this site for semi-affordable Rigby-type bolt peep sights for Mausers: http://www.gun-shop.biz/id44.html
I put a spare Lyman (firing pin nut) peep sight on the M-S Sequoia to make it more useful...for many of my purposes peep sights can be as useful and sometimes even more useful than scopes, and a lot handier.
I put a spare Lyman (firing pin nut) peep sight on the M-S Sequoia to make it more useful...for many of my purposes peep sights can be as useful and sometimes even more useful than scopes, and a lot handier.
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Kevan,
The peep is the better option as you don't have to notch out the stock for the mount. If yer eyes are still fine..go that route fer sure. You'll get better alignment with the drop stock with the peep.
Purdy rifle!
Can we see some more photos of your own Mannlicher-Schoenauers? There is a very active and long Husqvarna thread on this forum and I thought we could start one here devoted entirely to Mannlicher-Schoenauer.
M-S forums are relatively rare. The only really active one I'm aware of is the following: http://forums.nitroexpress.com/postlist.php?Cat=0&Board=mannlicher
I'll look forward to seeing some of your pictures. Sincerely, Rob
M-S forums are relatively rare. The only really active one I'm aware of is the following: http://forums.nitroexpress.com/postlist.php?Cat=0&Board=mannlicher
I'll look forward to seeing some of your pictures. Sincerely, Rob
Rob I have no idea and will never learn to post pictures here, not my thing?
I wish you could download from my Iphone thats about my computer skills?
My 1903 carbine is a work horse, with a repair on the right side magazine well, but it still turns heads when i bring it out!
I wish you could download from my Iphone thats about my computer skills?
My 1903 carbine is a work horse, with a repair on the right side magazine well, but it still turns heads when i bring it out!
Here's a few shots of a M-S 1903 in 6.5X54. It belongs to friend who got it from his dad who got it from his dad. When asked if I would refinish the entire rifle, I was told it was "pretty bad".
It was pretty bad but fortunately, there was no pitting-just a lot of built up crud.
It was pretty bad but fortunately, there was no pitting-just a lot of built up crud.
A great family rifle. It looks fine now. What did you do to "refinish" it?
Its pretty much exactly like the rifle I used to hunt Blacktails on Texada Island back when I lived on the west coast, including the single trigger. I was once told that if you could consistently succesfully hunt Blacktails, then you could succesfully hunt anything. I got my biggest Texada Blacktail buck (almost as big as a Whitetail) in thick bush at about 25 yards , in the pouring rain, a fast offhand shot at a moving deer with the open sighted Mannlicher. Alberta Whitetail hunting was like shooting gophers by comparison.
Its pretty much exactly like the rifle I used to hunt Blacktails on Texada Island back when I lived on the west coast, including the single trigger. I was once told that if you could consistently succesfully hunt Blacktails, then you could succesfully hunt anything. I got my biggest Texada Blacktail buck (almost as big as a Whitetail) in thick bush at about 25 yards , in the pouring rain, a fast offhand shot at a moving deer with the open sighted Mannlicher. Alberta Whitetail hunting was like shooting gophers by comparison.
The entire rifle was covered with crud. The stock was literally caked with dirt, sweat, blood. The metal was as it appears in the photo. Fortunately there was no major pitting. The bore was good.
I stripped the stock to bare wood but didn't worry too much about the deeper divots. IIRC, I sealed, filled and finished with Dembart stock finish.
The metal took awhile. Most of the crud stripped off with Hoppes #9. I polished all the pieces to 400 grit then slow rust blued everything.
Great job Mauser98.That is real restoration!
Not to factory new, of course, but restored to a lovely and functional beauty that anyone would be pleased to own and hunt with.
Here's a very experienced BSA 7X57 that has seen a lot of miles.
Still functions perfectly, and shoots at least as well as when new. They just don't build rifles today like they used to.
Ted
Not to factory new, of course, but restored to a lovely and functional beauty that anyone would be pleased to own and hunt with.
Here's a very experienced BSA 7X57 that has seen a lot of miles.
Still functions perfectly, and shoots at least as well as when new. They just don't build rifles today like they used to.
Ted
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BSA? Okay...but I'll try to swing this thread at least a part of the way back to Mannlicher.
This is a Brno 22F (21F?) with a "Mannlicher-type" stock . Caliber is 8x57S. It is completely unaltered 100% original, in mint "near new" condition, maybe fired once or twice, with a perfect bore, made in 1945. To me it feels much lighter and handier than the later Brno ZG47 type.
This is a Brno 22F (21F?) with a "Mannlicher-type" stock . Caliber is 8x57S. It is completely unaltered 100% original, in mint "near new" condition, maybe fired once or twice, with a perfect bore, made in 1945. To me it feels much lighter and handier than the later Brno ZG47 type.
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I'm just the other way. If a rifle, especially a fullstock rifle, doesn't have double set triggers I lose a bit of interest in it.
I was suprised that this rifle was made in 1945. I would have thought that the Czechs had more important things to deal with in 1945 than building beautiful sporting rifles...like dealing with either the lingering Nazi occupation and/or the subsequent Soviet invasion and occupation....but apparently not!
By the way, I was told that this rifle came to Canada out of an English auction.
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