Shall I sell my M96 and get a sproterized one , or, sporterize my own

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I have a very good M96 in 6.5x55 which, with right recipe, can put 5 rounds in one inch in 200 meter range with iron sight. But I wanted to have a one that can mount a scope.

So, here comes the fight, shall I sporterize it, or, sell it to some one else and buy a already sporterized one.
 
Oh my. Well, it is your rifle so... You can often buy nice 96's that are already drilled. Do that and you won't have that haunting feeling with you for the rest of your life. :)
 
Best case scenario is to keep it and purchase a good quality commercial rifle chambered in the same cartridge, such as a Tikka T3, which with appropriate handloads will at least equal that accuracy and you can safely load much hotter with powders such as IMR7828SSC up to 2900 fps with 140 grain bullets.

The manuals all show loads catering to the M94/M96/M38.

The Tikka is much stronger and smooth as glass.

One thing to take into account, good glass is every bit as important as an accurate rifle when they're combined.

Poor quality scopes tend to have a lot of parallax which is very problematic when trying to achieve small groups

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Ganderite said:
Keep it.

And buy my commercially sporterized one. It has already got one moose. Quite accurate, too.
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That would be my advice. If you sell it you'll probably end up regretting it, and they're harder to come by unaltered.

You can get a decent sporter pretty cheap, and if it's not quite what you want you're probably not as attached to it as you are the full wood one you have now.
 
Tradex has about a hundred commercially sporterised ones on their site for under $300
 
.The good unaltered M96 rifles are going in the $400 plus range today. An already altered sporter can be bought from Trade-ex for under $300.

To alter yours, you would have to drill and tap it, get bases, cut down and alter the wood, and other things, ALL of which, if you do not have the tools and ability, will cost you extra money that you will have to pay a gunsmith to do.

If you select and "cherry pick" an already sporterized rifle from the Trade-ex website, you can usually find one with a Factory modified rifle, (Stiga, Algen, and Husqvarna amongst others,) with bases, some with side safties, and sporterized stocks.
 
Why would you put a scope on it?
A red dot is so much "kooler", and while you are at it, cut the barrel and install a 20 Round detachable magazine, pinned to five of course.
Last, give the deplorable thing a home made camp finish, and you will be "The Man" at your range.
 
Thanks, I will keep it.

This one is amazingly accurate and that is something drives me to add a scope on it and squeeze out all the potentials. I have already bought a dedicated M96 scope base for it. It will take around $75 to D&T and another $100 or so to bend the bolt handler, lower the safety. More on the way if I need to "update" the stock.

I did 5 shoots in 1 inch by 200 meter using my friend's ammo. I barely see the bullseye in that distance but did my best to aim at the low edge of the target so the front post is not blocking. After we both went to check the results and we are shocked of the it. He then helped me to remove that target paper and signed/dated it for proof.

I asked him for the recipe. He used some powder that I don't have. But at least I have a good fomular to go if my own development didn't work out.

It is to my big surpirse that M96, with about 100 Years of age, can do that good.
 
Another option is to get a mount that fits into the rear sight base. You need a long eye relief scope, but no permanent modification is required.
 
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