Mannlichers....

Rob said:
I don't think Brno ever did. At least I have never seen one, not even in photos.

And although I have owned a few CZ .22 fullstocks, I never got lucky with the wood, so always ended up selling them just because the wood was so bland. (Bland stock wood was also characteristic of the original Mannlicher-Schoenauer Model 1903 carbines. The only one I kept has special order deluxe wood, a factory option at the time.)


Interesting wood seems a lot easier to find on the old CZ centerfires...like this "tiger-striped" CZ 550 9.3x62:

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Thanks fer the rifle "woody". ;) That's a sweet one.
 
buckbrush said:
Very nice. Which do you prefer this one or your Sako?
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I like light carrying rifles and on my scale, the Anschutz is much lighter than the Sako:

The Sako, and this is just the bare rifle, with no scope, no mounts or rear sight, still weighs 6 lb. 2 oz.

Yet the Anschutz, including the weight of a low power Leupold variable in all steel Talley rings, weighs only 5 lb. 10 oz.

I prefer the slim styling of the Anschutz vs. the blocky circa-1980 styling of the Sako.
The Anschutz carries well and shoulders quicker than the Sako. And the Sako doesn't have DST.

On the other hand, the Sako has a great piece of wood in a stock designed for scope use. It is an accurate and rare rifle.

After an extended range session yesterday, the Anschutz consistently shot into what is essentially one hole (sub .25 in.) at 25 yds, and shot 10 shot groups under .5 inch at 50 yards. This with cheap bulk standard velocity ammo. 1-4X scope. The set trigger helps.

I guess I prefer the Anschutz.

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Rob said:
Here is a real nice Varberger (Swedish, rotary mag) fullstock in 6.5x55 that I see for sale on a Danish gun store's website.

They want approx. $1150. (Canadian) for it. I wonder what it would cost to get it into Canada?

(https://www.huntinglife.net/shop/47...arberger-30-06-brugt-jagtriffel-fuldskaeftet/)

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best way is to ask them.

with my wife we went to a royal gunshop in the heart of stockholm and for sure the scandinavians are treating differently gun owners ... never had that experience anywhere. we received a real good treat.
 
I asked. The Danish gun store told me they could sell it to me but they couldn't ship it to me. (???) They then told me that shipping (apparently through a third party) would be approx. $3000. So a $1000. gun suddenly turns into a $4000. gun...(plus $100. for an International Import Certificate and no doubt GST and other Canadian taxes and import duties.)...Way more than I am willing to spend. Nice looking rifle though.
 
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Some of these guns are beautiful. Can someone school me on Mannlichers? With your average Tupperware bolt action, floating the barrel increased accuracy. For rifles in this style, are they fully bedded, or floated all along but pressure at the barrel band? Are they any more or less accurate?

Thanks!
 
SuperCub said:
Very nice lines indeed. Not sure about the SS bbl though. Do you know what the bbl length is?
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Nope, gonna guess 18 or 19. But for once google came in handy, did an image search, say hello to Ed Lapour and Bruce Farman for the stock work. Gotta agree, the stainless barrel just makes it look unfinished. Most well balanced looking mannlicher stocked rifles need a 16-19 inch barrel, imho.
http ://edlapourgunsmithing.com/custom-rifles/winchester-model-70-308-win/
 
My eye sees a 20" bbl for the right look on those rifles. That's the thing I always disliked about the Rugers was the short bbls. Makes them look chubby on the forend. Any more than 20 or 21" makes them look like a rifle with a full stock not a carbine and thus too long.
 
Dosing said:
Nope, gonna guess 18 or 19. But for once google came in handy, did an image search, say hello to Ed Lapour and Bruce Farman for the stock work. Gotta agree, the stainless barrel just makes it look unfinished. Most well balanced looking mannlicher stocked rifles need a 16-19 inch barrel, imho.
http ://edlapourgunsmithing.com/custom-rifles/winchester-model-70-308-win/
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That is a very nice rifle, but I don't see the use of a US made action and chambering as "proper" in a classic Euro styled rifle.

IMO, such a gun should be on a 98 action in a European chambering. 6.5x57, 6.5x55, 7x57, 8x57, 9x57, 9.3x57 or 9.3x62 etc etc.
 
Stunningly beautiful furniture on those rifles, but the name always comes out in my mind as "Man Licker".
 
SuperCub said:
That is a very nice rifle, but I don't see the use of a US made action and chambering as "proper" in a classic Euro styled rifle.

IMO, such a gun should be on a 98 action in a European chambering. 6.5x57, 6.5x55, 7x57, 8x57, 9x57, 9.3x57 or 9.3x62 etc etc.
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My sentiments exactly. I'm a fan of the full length wood Mannlicher style,;) but ONLY in a European calibre:).
 
Dosing said:
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I find most modern interpretations of the Mannlicher stock are too straight in the forearm. Compare that to an original Mannlicher-Schoenauer, and you'll see there is considerable up-sweep to the stock ahead of the magazine. I think the modern rifle that came closest to getting the look of the old rifles right, is the tang safety Ruger M77 International, with the stock designed by Len Brownell. When they transitioned to the MK II, they lost those lovely sweeping curves.
 
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