my 6.5x55 [the 7th-I think,thats 4 in 6.5x55 and 3 more in 9.3x57]arrived this morning-I bought it strictly because it had a Norma peep sight[about as common as hens' teeth].Anthony described the bore was ''good''-not excellent[looked excellent to me] and warned me there was a crack behind the tang[I'll need a magifying glass to see it]The metal work and bluing are in good shape-the swedes knew how to build rifles..
Since the rifle is already ''sporterized''[ I refuse to call it ''bubba'd] I;ll sand out the dings,probably slim down and reshape the forstock to give it a schnable front end,and take enough wood off the buttstock below the disk-then spend a lot of time rubbing and oiling to bring up the nice walnut stock....they come up absolutely gorgeous.....
for $260 this is about as good value as you can get anywhere-plus the opportunity to do what I like doing-refinishing and polishing old rifles
Since the rifle is already ''sporterized''[ I refuse to call it ''bubba'd] I;ll sand out the dings,probably slim down and reshape the forstock to give it a schnable front end,and take enough wood off the buttstock below the disk-then spend a lot of time rubbing and oiling to bring up the nice walnut stock....they come up absolutely gorgeous.....
for $260 this is about as good value as you can get anywhere-plus the opportunity to do what I like doing-refinishing and polishing old rifles
