Herters Inc. Rifle
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A genuine rifle from the worlds greatest manufacturer of absolutly everything! 
Herters was a mail order company that sold "The highest quality gear anywhere in the world" I'll bet it's a modified military mauser action that was sporterized. I think they offered different grade levels, with finishes, checkering etc. Post a pic and we can probably guess more.
Herters was a mail order company that sold "The highest quality gear anywhere in the world" I'll bet it's a modified military mauser action that was sporterized. I think they offered different grade levels, with finishes, checkering etc. Post a pic and we can probably guess more.
In case you are not familiar, Herters was a HUGE distributor of sporting goods. They had everything from rifles, ammunition, powder, bullets, camping supplies and on and on, all made with their name on it. I still have a predator call, some bullets and a can of powder that is just a hair faster than IMR 4350. They had all types of loading equipment, dies, press, and you name it, they had it. Their catalogue was once a good inch thick.
I once stocked a Mauser with their 95% finished walnut stocks, but I was not familiar with the rifles. I think they were good Mausers, though.
They advertised everthing they had as, "The worlds best!"
At least some of their things have collectors value, but maybe only in the USA.
I once stocked a Mauser with their 95% finished walnut stocks, but I was not familiar with the rifles. I think they were good Mausers, though.
They advertised everthing they had as, "The worlds best!"
At least some of their things have collectors value, but maybe only in the USA.
Just to add a bit more on Herters. They had a large retail outlet in South Dakota and in the early 1970s, during their dieing years, had a lesser store in Washington state, south of Seattle. I was in that one about three times. All of their goods was very low in price. Some things were controversial. Several people I knew liked their loading equipment, but I found their dies to be poor. I got bullets in both 6mm and 270, for less than half the price of any others, and they were good, accurate bullets.
I would like to see a picture of the rifle you have.
One thing to remember is that Herters was in business during the glory days of shooting and hunting. No sporting equipment was manufactured during the years of WW2. After the war literally millions of men were returning from the military, super eager to get into shooting and hunting, and there were no rifles, or equipment available. Within a few years one couldn't count how many sporting magazines there were, each with a gun editor testing and pushing something new with each issue. Also, the hunting editors would go on guided hunts to ever increasing areas of game paradise and every reader dreamed of going there themselves. No wonder sporting equipment sold.
I would like to see a picture of the rifle you have.
One thing to remember is that Herters was in business during the glory days of shooting and hunting. No sporting equipment was manufactured during the years of WW2. After the war literally millions of men were returning from the military, super eager to get into shooting and hunting, and there were no rifles, or equipment available. Within a few years one couldn't count how many sporting magazines there were, each with a gun editor testing and pushing something new with each issue. Also, the hunting editors would go on guided hunts to ever increasing areas of game paradise and every reader dreamed of going there themselves. No wonder sporting equipment sold.
No matter what the actual brand of the product being marketed by Herters, it was always described in their catalog as "Herters World Famous...." I recall for example "Herters world famous Coleman lantern". In its day, the Herters catalog had no equal. I remember in the 60's, pouring over my uncle's Herters catalogs for hours on end...lead molds, camp cooking gear, wall tents, game calls, firearms, ammunition, backpacks, fishing gear of every sort imaginable...they had it all!
After checking on this, I remember that the the J9 Mauser actions were indeed, made in Yugoslavia, and have corrected my previous post. I think they were same action as the Zastava Mark X.
The BSA actions were used to build the U9.
It has been a while.....
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