shultz & larsen 7 x 61
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They are a well made rifle the 54 stands for the year of introduction and the J is Jaeger or hunter I believe.
7x61 Sharpe & Hart is a fine cartridge, but for some strange reason they chose to make the barrels on the 54 with a 12" twist which is too slow to stabilize heavier bullets.
If you are a reloader stay with 150 gr or lighter bullets and you will be ok.
Hope this helps....
7x61 Sharpe & Hart is a fine cartridge, but for some strange reason they chose to make the barrels on the 54 with a 12" twist which is too slow to stabilize heavier bullets.
If you are a reloader stay with 150 gr or lighter bullets and you will be ok.
Hope this helps....
I had an opportunity to restock a M54 awhile back and from that experience I formed the opinion that I wouldn't own one even if someone was to offer it to me for free. I didn't shoot the rifle but I had ample opportunity to load and feed dummy rounds.
My main beef was with the loading arrangements. The ejection port will barely allow a round to pass through when trying to load and with gloves on, it would be virtually impossible to load with no scope and doubly so with a scope mounted. So from a practical point of view, loading must be done from the bottom by turning the rifle over, opening the hinged floor-plate and dropping the rounds in one at a time. This was extremely awkward and slow. I suppose with practice things would improve-maybe.
The rounds in the magazine are contained in a single column resulting in a pot-bellied look to the rifle.
As for the 7X61 cartridge, it performs about the same as a similar Remington or Weatherby 7mm mag so there's no advantage there.
My main beef was with the loading arrangements. The ejection port will barely allow a round to pass through when trying to load and with gloves on, it would be virtually impossible to load with no scope and doubly so with a scope mounted. So from a practical point of view, loading must be done from the bottom by turning the rifle over, opening the hinged floor-plate and dropping the rounds in one at a time. This was extremely awkward and slow. I suppose with practice things would improve-maybe.
The rounds in the magazine are contained in a single column resulting in a pot-bellied look to the rifle.
As for the 7X61 cartridge, it performs about the same as a similar Remington or Weatherby 7mm mag so there's no advantage there.
Johnn Peterson
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I have never owned a model M54 but I do have two Schultz & Larsens and would venture to say they are my favorite bolt action. The 1st one I got is a 65DL in 308 Norma Magnum and the 2nd, recently acquired, is a 68DL in 7x61 S&H. Eventually I hope to get one more Schultz, in 358 Norma Magnum.
I believe it was in the late 30's and early 40's that a significant amount of experimenting with the 7mm caliber by a number of people took place. This resulted in a co-operative effort between Norma of Sweden and Schultz & Larsen of Denmark in bringing about and marketing the 7x61 Sharpe & Hart cartridge about 1953. Any popularity the cartridge had was over shadowed roughly ten years later when Remington brought out the 7mm Remington Magnum. About 1968, to counteract the interest decline in the 7x61 S&H, Norma made change improvments to the metallurgy. This, through thinning the walls and altering the case interior profile, allowed them to actually increase the case capacity and make it a closer competitor to the 7mm Remington Magnum. This later production brass it designated the 7x61 S&H Super.
I have done some reloading and shooting with some of the more traditional bullets available but I'm now in the process of developing loads using Barnes TTSX bullets. I'm hoping to be successful in an Antelope draw in AB within the next couple of years and plan on using the 7x61 S&H.
If you were looking to buy a 7mm, there are more appropiate choices from some of the more readily availvble cartridges of today. With the 7x61 S&H and if you reload, components like brass can be a little hard to come by but once you get it and dies, it's just like reloading any other caliber.
I believe it was in the late 30's and early 40's that a significant amount of experimenting with the 7mm caliber by a number of people took place. This resulted in a co-operative effort between Norma of Sweden and Schultz & Larsen of Denmark in bringing about and marketing the 7x61 Sharpe & Hart cartridge about 1953. Any popularity the cartridge had was over shadowed roughly ten years later when Remington brought out the 7mm Remington Magnum. About 1968, to counteract the interest decline in the 7x61 S&H, Norma made change improvments to the metallurgy. This, through thinning the walls and altering the case interior profile, allowed them to actually increase the case capacity and make it a closer competitor to the 7mm Remington Magnum. This later production brass it designated the 7x61 S&H Super.
I have done some reloading and shooting with some of the more traditional bullets available but I'm now in the process of developing loads using Barnes TTSX bullets. I'm hoping to be successful in an Antelope draw in AB within the next couple of years and plan on using the 7x61 S&H.
If you were looking to buy a 7mm, there are more appropiate choices from some of the more readily availvble cartridges of today. With the 7x61 S&H and if you reload, components like brass can be a little hard to come by but once you get it and dies, it's just like reloading any other caliber.
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I had a Mod. 68DL for many years....a fine shooting rifle and well made.
Gave it to my Brother to celebrate his birthday and hair loss and he promptly took it sheep hunting. Brought home a beautiful Dall and now its one of his favorite toys....
Gave it to my Brother to celebrate his birthday and hair loss and he promptly took it sheep hunting. Brought home a beautiful Dall and now its one of his favorite toys....
Johnn Peterson
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Chemainus B.C.
Not sure about the 54 but most 65DL & 68DL's I've seen lately have been in the $1000.oo - $1300.oo range.
