My wife's sporterised Argentine M91 in 300 Savage

[bjmurata]

[/URL][/IMG]I looked at this rifle a couple of times at a local gunshop before finally deciding to buy it for my wife,it has worked out perfectly because it has a shorter than normal length of pull and the stock configuration fits her perfectly.She really likes it and so do I,the rifle is really well put together and who ever did the custom work on it really did a fine job,a very nice rifle in my opinion.
Looks to be a sporterised Argentine M91 that has been re-barrelled in 300 Savage with a true custom built stock topped off with a Lyman 48 receiver sight.The bore is just like new and I don't believe it has seen very many rounds out of it.In addition to the 300 Savage stamp there is also what I believe to be the original owner's name stamped into the barrel as well.Certainly very well put together.

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[mike Crawford]

Nice gun .. I like it

 

[kjohn]

Nice old rifle. Is the name on the barrel significant?

 

[Chuckbuster]

I like the old school appeal. Cool gun.

 

[SHELL SHUCKER]

That's beauty. How's the funky old bugger shoot?

 

[fugawi]

Absolutely a beaut! How does it shoot?

 

[Gunnutz]

Nice

Nice rifle in one of my favorite calibers

 

[anglia2]

Very cool ! I'm kinda jealous .

 

[bjmurata]

My wife says thanks for the nice comments and she really does love this rifle.We haven't actually shot the rifle yet,took it up north awhile ago to try her out and found out the firing pin wasn't going forward enough from someone,not me,incorrectly assembling the bolt sometime before I bought the rifle.With a thunderstorm looming I didn't want to mess around with the bolt in a gravel pit so we brought it back home without firing.This has since been remedied and works OK now.
The name on the barrel,B.F.Mannen,doesn't bring up a lot of info from the web.From what I can find if this is the same person,he is/was from the St.Thomas,ON area and at one time was granted a US patent for a Switch Stick for use in high voltage fuse handling,that's all I can find.It would be interesting to know more,one thing I do know is that he left behind a really nice rifle and we are certainly happy with it.

 

[tokguy]

Now that is a unique rifle. Funny that the builder went with the 91 action as ( proportedly ) it's a weaker Mauser action. Perhaps, but they are beautifully finished.
Does yours have the clasped hands stamp on the side or did they scrub it?

 

[bjmurata]

Now that is a unique rifle. Funny that the builder went with the 91 action as ( proportedly ) it's a weaker Mauser action. Perhaps, but they are beautifully finished.
Does yours have the clasped hands stamp on the side or did they scrub it?

I'm not sure why they chose this particular action but they sure did a nice job on it for sure.The 300 Savage is a nice fit for this action and with the magazine length and a decent throat length I can seat bullets out a little further than normal on handloads.
The only place I can find the clasped hands is on the bolt sleeve.Most of the action has been scrubbed and nicely polished but I can still make out one of the Liberty Tam or ?? it is called on the trigger guard and the original serial number is also present on the bottom of the magazine.

 

[tokguy]

I've an original 1891 Argentine Mauser and the workmanship is out of this world. And the reasoning behind the caliber change must have been availability of good ammunition. The original round is halfway between a 308 and a 30-06 it's been claimed. But not common by any means.
Beautiful rifle you have though.

 

[The Kurgan]

Very nice old school rifle. I like the peep sights.

 

[bjmurata]

I've an original 1891 Argentine Mauser and the workmanship is out of this world. And the reasoning behind the caliber change must have been availability of good ammunition. The original round is halfway between a 308 and a 30-06 it's been claimed. But not common by any means.
Beautiful rifle you have though.

I think you are probably right on the choice of caliber for this rifle,makes sense that the 300 Savage would be much more easily available at the time this rifle was built than say the 7.65X53 round.I wish I knew more about who actually put this beauty together,they sure knew what they were doing.

 

[bjmurata]

Very nice old school rifle. I like the peep sights.

One of the primary reasons my wife really likes this old school rifle is that she also considers herself old school,in her own words.I like the peep sight too,I think they compliment the rifle.