Schultz & Larsen M88

Hitzy said:
The Tradex (M88) one is different lineage and would follow a different S/N system. The M61 was it's predecessor.
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The M61 receiver is about 1.300" in diameter, while the M70 receiver is approximately 0.985" in diameter. The barrel profile of the mystery barreled action seems slimmer than a M70 barrel. The M61 barrel, which has a slight taper from receiver to muzzle, has a diameter of 0.965 at the end of the forestock.

Serial numbers of the M61 almost certainly did not exceed 4000, and if they did could not have been by very much. They appear to be numbered consecutively along with the M61's predecessor models, the M47/49.
 
Back to this one....same receiver as the Tradex one. This is the same bolt the M61 uses. The M61 is different design then the M24 series.
https://www.naturabuy.fr/carabine-Match-22lr-SCHULTZ-LARSEN-DANEMARK-MK38KK-item-3510110.html
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Lineage of the M61 here
The M61 is a direct descendant of Niels Larsen's M45, M46, M47, M49 series of .22 rimfire free rifles. Production began around 1959 and probably continued until 1970. They are still listed in the 1968 and 1969 brochures and catalogs. Total production numbers are unknown and it is difficult to speculate on.
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http://forums.gunboards.com/showthr...Larsen-Model-61-22RF-Target-Rifle#/topics/872
M61/62 brochure
https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&sour...FjABegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw2mkhN_PCAmXj5BGoZ4cJfh
So whatever the Tradex one is, it is a later version of the M61 series.
 
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Perhaps it is a later version of the M61. There was one rifle new to Trade Ex last fall that looked like an M61 that was described as having dovetail grooves. I know who bought it but alas he is no longer with us and I don't know what became of the rifle. It was in his hands for so short a time before he passed that he wasn't able to test it out.

If it was an M61 receiver on the mystery barreled action, what does that mean for it's barrel diameter? Is it slimmer, the same, or larger than the M70's?

To confound things, the bolt shown in the pictures in Hitzy's post #123 above is a longer bolt than that found in M61's. Below is a M61 bolt.

 
Pretty clear now really.

It would appear the M88 is not a whole new animal after all. Its a ..... Modified M77 having basically received a stock and trigger, and if that rifle Hitzy found that matches the mystery action is a continuation of the m61 lineage..... Could very well be an M71 and we just didn't know about it.
 
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Somebody needs to buy the Tradex one....so we can speculate some more.
Lets speculate on what stock it would fit with the least amount of work.
Something for a round action, blind mag or single shot, would need to be full size as it's a big action...Rem ADL? Savage 10?
 
Its a simple action with only a small channel that would go all the way through for the trigger mechanism. Any un inletted stock would be easy to fit.
 
A picture of the mystery barreled action taken from below



A picture of a Schultz and Larsen rifle I briefly had which had two action screws in front of the trigger. Regrettably I sold the rifle without taking pictures of its receiver and trigger group out of the stock. The stock was obviously custom made, but I did not like it and sold it back to its previous owner. It had the same receiver as a M70/77 and barrel, but the trigger group was fastened in its rear and front like the trigger group in the mystery barreled action. It did not have the long extension in front of the trigger found on the typical M70/77 triggers. This BR style S&L seems to have been modified rather than factory built.



The following is a photo of a M61 receiver taken from below. It is approximately 1.300" in diameter.



The Anschutz 54 receiver is shown below for comparison. This receiver is approximately 1.18"

 
Find a BR stock you like, hog out the innerts with a template and router, replace innerts with new chunk of wood, inlet as needed.

Thats one idea anyhow.
 
A few weeks back there was a thread about 'Single Shot' .22 rifles and I had posted some pictures at that time. The 'single shot' below just showed up today and seems to fit both this thread and the original 'Single Shot' one. Can't wait to try this one out.......yes, its a Lefty and so am I.Picture 116.jpgPicture 117.jpgPicture 118.jpgPicture 119.jpg
 

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NO markings on the bottom of trigger guard,.....not many markings at all. Schultz& Larson, Otterup stamped on the barrel and a Ser # of 15,01X. The story on the rifle is that it was brought to Canada by its Danish owner 25 or so years ago and has been a safe queen for the past 20. No club rifle, no Tradex rifle, just a nice clean rifle.
 
That's a beauty. I've always wanted to get something like yours myself. I've got the Williams rear peep sight,and Lyman front target sight now, just nothing to put them on right now.
 
Willy Tincup said:
NO markings on the bottom of trigger guard,.....not many markings at all. Schultz& Larson, Otterup stamped on the barrel and a Ser # of 15,01X. The story on the rifle is that it was brought to Canada by its Danish owner 25 or so years ago and has been a safe queen for the past 20. No club rifle, no Tradex rifle, just a nice clean rifle.
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I would be really excited to shoot that rifle.. fun days ahead congrats
 
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