I want a 6.5x55. Help me out here.
- Thread starter kman300
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I have a problem following your theory.
For example, the rifle in question that I rerferred to, is what I term a custom rifle.
It has a Mauser 98 action, polished and the trigger smoothed to near perfecion.
The barrel has no marking on it, to indicate who made it. Neither did the barrel on a custom rifle I once had, which had a Shilen barrel, mounted on a similar slicked up and polished 98 action, by a good gunsmith.
In my opinion the barrel on the rifle referred to here, is likely also a Shilen. I say this because of the similarity in size and contour.
So tell me, what exactly does a rifle to be, in order to be termed custom?
So, at what point does customization become "custom"? That rifle has a M98 action that was not often factory chambered in 6.5x55 (did anybody offer 98's in the Swede?), a nice stock that doesn't look like factory anything to me, a new barrel, and a tuned trigger. How much more needs to be done to make it "custom"?
Mark
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dont' those CF2's remind you of Sako's ?
Interesting, I sure don't see many around. Or they are like most Swedes and nobody is willing to sell one after shooting it.
Mark
A true custom rifle is made by a gunmaker, not a gunsmith. Starts with the action, not just any action, a proprietary action. Must be married flawlessly to a custom barrel from a custom barrel maker. A selected wood stock made from a blank and hand carved. Custom trigger such as Arnold Jewell.......etc, etc.
The said firearm does not meet any of those requirements. Hell a Cooper firearm is only classified as a semi-custom rifle, therefore; how can this said firearm be classified as custom? Buyer beware!
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