Holy grails of sporting rifles

Blaser Professional Success in 6.5 Grendel would be pretty amazing to start with. I wouldn't turn my nose up at an original Hawken 50 or or a Sharps 45 either. For now I'll have to stick with the beat up Savage .222 for coyotes and the Sako A7 in 7-08 for the sheep....
 
For me, I wanted three specific Schultz & Larsens. These were the cooperative efforts between Schultz & Larsen and Norma and the cartridges were pictured on the front of the old Norma reloading manual.



I made this 'collection' of three my quest.
7x61 S&H
308 NM
358 NM



That quest was completed when I finally acquired the hard to find 'Holy Grail', a Schultz & Larsen in 358 Norma Magnum:D.

 
lilsurfer said:
Some say that the 71 was available to order in 33 WCF the first year of production only, but I don't buy it. A Model 71 carbine would be my "holy grail" rifle, although it would probably cost $4000 if you could even find one. Anybody ever seen one for sale in Canada?
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Here is a quote from the 1938 Winchester Sales Manual, page 19, 4th paragraph in the RH column: "A 20 inch barrel and the gun chambered to handle .33 caliber can also be furnished on special order".
There is an article written by Ben Hartman in the Fall 2013 of the "Winchester Collector" magazine about the Model 71. In that article, Mr Hartman states that he has observed two Model 71s chambered in 33 WCF and one in 45-70!
Quite a few years ago, I knew a guy in Middle Musquodoboit NS who owned a model 71 rifle with an original 20 inch barrel. Unfortunately it was D&T for a scope. He refused to part with it!
 
Oh my, I forgot about the Mark V Weatherby that was manufactured in 1969 in Germany. Chambered for the 300 Weatherby magnum with the 26 inch barrel. It's the third one from the bottom. These firearms are sometime difficult to find.
 
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Mine would be the Anshutz .22 Mannlicher full stock carbine with double set triggers model 1418. .It's an almost perfect match to my Steyr Mannlicher full stock carbine with double set triggers model l in .308.Even has the same skip checkering,took me almost 15 years to find it. No one sells them if they have them
 
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Mine would be the Anshutz .22 Mannlicher full stock carbine with double set triggers model 1418. .It's an almost perfect match to my Steyr Mannlicher full stock carbine with double set triggers model l in .308.Even has the same skip checkering,took me almost 15 years to find it. No one sells them if they have them
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Very nice,:)looks good!!
 
For me,..at least at this point in time...:)

It would have to be a mid 50's Model 70 Featherweight Supergrade in 257 Roberts.....that would be a find,..if indeed they actually made one...:)
 
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I saw a few today that would probably fit the bill for a few folks:
1886 with a 36" part round part octagon barrel It is the rifle pictured on p.332 of Maddis' Winchester book.

1873 SRC with factory 24" barrel. From what I have been told this may be 1 of only 2 in existence

1886 T/D Deluxe in .50-100 450 Express

I have my camera with me and I am going back to see the fellow - unfortunately my battery is low!
 
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As Ussuall Sako Canada is so far behind, they seem to drag there feet! I have the ammo on order you wanted plus a Lot of 7X33 Sako I am waiting for! I will yell at them again and see where there at with this, its ridiculas!!!

Another rare gun to find is a Sako L46 in 25-20 bolt action! Also a Sako P54 22lr Sporter!

cheers Dale Z
 
SHELL SHUCKER said:
Had to chuck this one in for "drool factor". The .22 Hornet Hummingbird double rifle by Peter Hofer of Austria.
This rifle is scaled to the cartridge and weighs 2.2 lbs. Sell the house and yard apes for this one!;)
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Thank you for sharing that. I had a bad dream last night and looking at those pictures just comforted me. (laughing). But seriously, that is amazing art work and probably some of the nicest I've seen.
 
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