Some rifles that have impressed me and why - JMHO

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Was thinking of some of the rifles I get a lot of pleasure from -- and why -- not in any order (too much time on my hands!)
a) Winchester 69a ... because it is a modest little .22 sporter/utility rifle that shoots a lot better than it has any right to for the price; even the little guys that have gone thorough some hard times do great!
b) The First Model Newton rifle ... because of the many novel design features incorporated .. that worked pretty well, including "polygonal" style rifling and the neatest takedown feature every developed IMO
c) The Mannlicher Schoenauer rifles with the rotary magazine ... still the slickest front locking action I have ever tried ... and some were surprisingly accurate despite their vintage
d) BRNO ZKK's for many great features (too long to list) but above all ... excellent accuracy .. apparently the same barrel making skills that have made the ZKM 452 so desirable was a factory "specialty" (those that have them already know this!)
 
Commercial Mauser 98's

Remington Model 7

Ruger M77 MKII

Voere Titan II

Mannlicher Schoenauer

BRNO rifles

Sako Vixen

vintage Browning High Power bolt rifles



and, believe it or not, the Lee Navy.


My partial list that I am too lazy to elaborate on.
 
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1899 said:
Very under-rated, along with the Mauser built 99 and 225 versions. These rifles have incredibly smooth actions, extremely fast lock time and are ridiculously accurate.
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Smoothest action I have ever handled, including MS rifles. Also, the most accurate rifle I have ever owned, although it has a custom match barrel in 7mmSTW.
 
Ruger No.1 A/S/H/RSI
Ruger 77 MKII International, Standard & All Weather
Win 70 Supergrade
Sako Bavarian Carbine
Ruger 77/22 (Best Magazine period)
Browning Citori (many configurations)
Win 94 pre-64 .30/30 (clean & tight)
 
Cleftwynd said:
Smoothest action I have ever handled, including MS rifles. Also, the most accurate rifle I have ever owned, although it has a custom match barrel in 7mmSTW.
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Mine wears the original 7mm RM barrel and my friend has one in 7mm RM and .300 WM. Who did the barrel for you? Do you know the sank diameter and thread pitch? Factory contour?
 
Ruger M77 MKII - rock solid actions machined to tight tolerances and every one I have owned has been accurate, love the safety design...

Ruger Scout - likely the most versatile all around rifle in my neck of the woods, super versatile sight mounting and adjustable LOP

Rem 799 - CRF action in a tiny package with a pencil barrel.... Yet stil a 3 shot MOA rifle that is a pleasure to carry between coyote sets.....
 
1899 said:
Mine wears the original 7mm RM barrel and my friend has one in 7mm RM and .300 WM. Who did the barrel for you? Do you know the sank diameter and thread pitch? Factory contour?
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It's a 30" Douglass XX medium contour barrel, all smith work was done by Ralf Martini while he was still in Fort St John. I have no idea what the pitch is to be honest.
 
All Steyr Mannlicher i shot or own all been stellar in all ways and my best rifle ever to pass down in my family... My Nemesis Vanquish 308, still impressed each time i used it... JP.
 
Superbrad said:
Ruger M77 MKII - rock solid actions machined to tight tolerances and every one I have owned has been accurate, love the safety design...

Ruger Scout - likely the most versatile all around rifle in my neck of the woods, super versatile sight mounting and adjustable LOP

Rem 799 - CRF action in a tiny package with a pencil barrel.... Yet stil a 3 shot MOA rifle that is a pleasure to carry between coyote sets.....
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The 798 is CRF, the 799 is a push feed IIRC, a smaller modified action with a different extractor. Aren't those both just Zastavas?
 
hoytcanon said:
Ruger No.1 A/S/H/RSI
Ruger 77 MKII International, Standard & All Weather
Win 70 Supergrade
Sako Bavarian Carbine
Ruger 77/22 (Best Magazine period)
Browning Citori (many configurations)
Win 94 pre-64 .30/30 (clean & tight)
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X2 with Ruger.I have three. I've gotten rid of Winchesters and Remingtons except a Wingmaster. That one's going to the grave with me.
 
Cleftwynd said:
The 798 is CRF, the 799 is a push feed IIRC, a smaller modified action with a different extractor. Aren't those both just Zastavas?
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Yes... My bad... Mine is a .223 and as such a 798.....

You know your guns Clefty!

Yep.... Zastava in a Boyd's stock.... Branded rem..... The price is part of the impressiveness.... Lol
 
Someone else please correct me if I am wrong, I thought the 798 was the longer action with a full length claw extractor for cartridges like 308 to 30-06 length, and the 799 was the modified Mauser action with different lugs and some sort of (Sako? WBY?) type extractor that was for the smaller cartridges like the 223. Seems brad has the proof in his hands, and it just proved once again that my memory works as well as a solar powered mining lamp most days...

I obviously have the model numbers backwards, which means I must modify my bucket list haha.
 
CZ 452 Lux ( .22 LR ) - Changed my understanding of what a quality rifle should be.

Enfield no. 1 Mk III - that bolt, that lovely, lovely bolt.

Zastava M85 Full (Stutzen) Stock - seems to have been made to a higher standard than the current batch of sporters kicking around. The adjustable trigger is a study in finicky tweakishness. If you have the time and patience to work it, taking into account that all 4 adjustments are inter-related (you adjust one screw, you have to accommodate with adjustment on the others), you can bring it to exactly what you want out of a sporting trigger.
 
Cleftwynd said:
Someone else please correct me if I am wrong, I thought the 798 was the longer action with a full length claw extractor for cartridges like 308 to 30-06 length, and the 799 was the modified Mauser action with different lugs and some sort of (Sako? WBY?) type extractor that was for the smaller cartridges like the 223. Seems brad has the proof in his hands, and it just proved once again that my memory works as well as a solar powered mining lamp most days...

I obviously have the model numbers backwards, which means I must modify my bucket list haha.
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Ha ha..... I will make this easy... Pics to come.....
 
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