Mannlichers....

buckbrush said:
The price is nuts.
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Wow..after adding in the taxes and shipping, for me the total would be $1805. So that's not happening!

I see they have two of them, each priced at about 3 times what they are asking for the very same rifle with a half-stock.

They need to shave at least $500 off their asking price.
 
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Rob said:
Sometimes you get lucky:

For awhile I have wanted to try one of those folding peep sights for the Mauser cocking piece, an improvement on open sights but without the bulk of a scope. I found a Lyman, priced right and in excellent condition, complete with cocking piece and put it away in my parts bin waiting for the right Mauser to show up. I thought I would use it someday but only after some serious fitting. Then I compared it to the cocking piece on my 8mm Brno fullstock, and it seemed an exact match. So I popped it in. That took about 5 minutes. And it worked perfectly. I can detect no difference in trigger weight, overtravel, etc. It was a perfect fit.

Now, if it would only warm up a bit, I could take it out for a range test and set the front sight height.


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(BRNO small ring Mauser 98. Caliber 8x57S
Barrel Length: 20.5" to front of bolt. Double set triggers.
Hensoldt-Wetzlar 6x scope in claw mounts. German No. 1 reticle.
Leather scope case. Dated 1951 on barrel and receiver.
Matching serial numbers on barrel, bolt and stock.
Czechoslovakian and German (Ulm) proofmarks.
Right side of barrel ahead of rear sight marked in English "Made in Czechoslovakia".
Receiver and barrel stamped "Geco" (German retailer, Gustav Genschow & Co.)
Stock stamped WB (inspector) in a cartouche on bottom of stock behind the pistol grip.
Tally marked stock (silver inlays of Roe Deer, Wild Boar, Red Deer, and Fox...w/silver pins)
Weight approx. 6.5 lb. w/o scope.)
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Sweet!! That look awesome!! And nice rifle in a nice caliber(the tally marks are not my things but to each there own)
 
What a thread of beauties, if my old grandad were still around, he’d spend days in here.

This is one I inherited when he left for the high hunting grounds, chambered in 9.5x57. Iv never been good at archery, but this iron sighted rifle gets me almost as close.




9.5x57 on the left, .375 h&h on the right.

 
Any issues with feeding? I hear the earlier models can be a bit picky about what they will digest. What bullet did you guys use? I imagine some 375 projectiles would be a little hard for the velocities the round achieves.
 
Tbh, I still use the same brass that came with the rifle about 25 years ago. Grandad formed them from 8x57 and 30/06 cases.

I am getting to the point where I’ll need to start looking at making another handful of pieces soon though.

I use 220gr Hornady’s, so far it’s fed them perfectly. I have thought about the partition or AB’s, but the velocity does concern me. The 220gr that I recovered from the bear had a big prefect mushroom which was good to see.

I have a box of 250gr lead that my grandad had made for this rifle, but have never used them. I often wonder if they were made a little softer for lower speeds maybe
 
conor_90 said:
Any issues with feeding? I hear the earlier models can be a bit picky about what they will digest. What bullet did you guys use? I imagine some 375 projectiles would be a little hard for the velocities the round achieves.
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I sold mine about three decades ago, and I don't remember much about it except for fire forming the brass. (I made an attempt at a sound-proof tube to shoot through...trying to keep the sound down a bit, since I was "shooting" in town.) But no memory of bullets or loads.
 
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conor_90 said:
Any issues with feeding? I hear the earlier models can be a bit picky about what they will digest. What bullet did you guys use? I imagine some 375 projectiles would be a little hard for the velocities the round achieves.
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This is the 220 gr Hornady that I recovered on the opposite side just under the skin of the bear in the photo. The shot was about 80 yards, iirc, I use 48gr of H4895.



 
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